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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 1, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 31, 1804August 2, 1804August 1, 1804 August the 1st 1804 a fair morning, Sent out two men after the horses & one back to examine if the…

Matthew LYON, Congress, VT (1749-1822)

LYON Matthew , a Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky; born near Dublin, County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749; attended school in Dublin; began to learn the trade of printer in 1763;…

cloud

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Approximate heights of some types of clouds cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air. Cloudiness (or proportion of the sky covered by any…

Saint Louis

(Encyclopedia) Saint LouisSaint Louisl&oomacr;ˈĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 396,685), independent and in no county, E Mo., on the Mississippi River below the mouth of the Missouri; inc. as a city…

Brussels

(Encyclopedia) Brussels Brussels brŭˈsəlz [key], Fr. Bruxelles, Du. Brussel, city and region (…

William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act I, Scene I

Scene IAntioch. A room in the palaceEnter Antiochus, Prince Pericles, and followersAntiochusYoung prince of Tyre, you have at large received The danger of the task you undertake.PericlesI…

The True George Washington

Paul Leicester FordElectrotyped and Printed by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A.1896DedicationThat I have foibles, and perhaps many of them, I shall not deny. I should esteem myself, as…

Coleridge: Part the First

Part the SecondPart the First 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock, And the owls have awakened the crowing cock. Tu—whit!——Tu—whoo! And hark, again! the crowing cock, How…