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John Keats: To Ailsa Rock

To -To HomerTo Ailsa Rock Hearken, thou craggy ocean-pyramid, Give answer by thy voice—the sea-fowls’ screams! When were thy shoulders mantled in huge streams? When from the sun was thy…

Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the 2011 movie The Social Network (directed by David Fincher). Jesse Eisenberg grew up in New…

Thomas Wheeler WILLIAMS, Congress, CT (1789-1874)

WILLIAMS Thomas Wheeler , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Stonington, Conn., September 28, 1789; attended the public schools; at the age of fifteen was employed as a clerk in New York…

Jeff Daniels Biography

Jeff Daniels actorBorn: 2/19/1955Birthplace: Chelsea, Michigan Genial film and stage actor who has appeared in numerous movies, including The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Something Wild (1986…

Famous and Infamous Moms

Mother Teresa, Rose Kennedy, and other notable mothers by Beth Rowen Dorothea Lange's photo, "Migrant Mother" God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." —Jewish Proverb…

Aesop's Fables: The Milkmaid and Her Pail

by Aesop The Stag in the Ox-StallThe Dolphins, the Whales, and the SpratThe Milkmaid and Her Pail A farmer's daughter had been out to milk the cows, and was returning to the dairy carrying…

Walter FOLGER, Jr., Congress, MA (1765-1849)

FOLGER Walter, Jr. , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Nantucket, Mass., June 12, 1765; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the…

James Graham CLINTON, Congress, NY (1804-1849)

CLINTON James Graham , a Representative from New York; born in Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y., January 2, 1804; attended the common schools and Newburgh (N.Y.) Academy; studied law; was…

Brewer's: Misnomers

Absalom means a Father's Peace, a fatal name for David's rebellious son. Acid (sour) applied in chemistry to a class of bodies to which sourness is only accidental and by no means a…

Walt Whitman: The World below the Brine

The World below the BrineThe world below the brine, Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves, Sea-lettuce, vast lichens, strange flowers and seeds, the thick tangle…