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(Encyclopedia) Boston Tea Party, 1773. In the contest between British Parliament and the American colonists before the Revolution, Parliament, when repealing the Townshend Acts, had retained the tea…Powell, Dawn
(Encyclopedia) Powell, Dawn, 1896–1965, American novelist, b. Mt. Gilead, Ohio. She came to New York City in 1918 and settled several years later in Greenwich Village, where she spent most of the…Sherwood, Robert Emmet
(Encyclopedia) Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896–1955, American dramatist, b. New Rochelle, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1918. After serving in World War I, he wrote for Vanity Fair and Life, serving as editor of…Barth, John
(Encyclopedia) Barth, JohnBarth, Johnbärth [key], 1930–, American writer, b. Cambridge, Md. He attended Johns Hopkins (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1952), and, beginning in 1973, taught writing at its graduate…2 Kings: 8
2 Kings Chapter 8 1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn:…Khandogya-Upanishad: Eighth Prapathaka, Thirteenth Khanda
1. From the dark (the Brahman of the heart) I come to the nebulous (the world of Brahman), from the nebulous to the dark, shaking off all evil, as a horse shakes his hairs, and as the moon frees…The Upanishads
Next Contents Inscription Preface Program of a Translation of the Sacred Books of the East Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets Introduction to the First…Khandogya-Upanishad: Fourth Prapathaka, Eleventh Khanda
1. After that the Garhapatya fire taught him: “Earth, fire, food, and the sun (these are my forms, or forms of Brahman). The person that is seen in the sun, I am he, I am he indeed. 2. “He who…Robert Le Roy LIVINGSTON, Congress, NY (1778-1836)
LIVINGSTON Robert Le Roy , a Representative from New York; born in 1778 in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y.; was graduated from Princeton College; was commissioned first lieutenant in the Twelfth…Adam SEYBERT, Congress, PA (1773-1825)
SEYBERT Adam , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 16, 1773; attended the common schools; completed the medical course at the University of Pennsylvania at…Trending
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