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Elisha PHELPS, Congress, CT (1779-1847)

PHELPS Elisha , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., November 16, 1779; was graduated from Yale College in 1800 and from Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was…

Lawrence Jack SMITH, Congress, FL (1941)

SMITH Lawrence Jack , a Representative from Florida; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 25, 1941; attended public schools in East Meadow, N.Y.; attended the New York University, New…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Third Series (1896)

Poems by Emily Dickinson Second Series Third Series   It's all I have to bring to-day, This, and my heart beside, This, and my heart, and all the fields, And all the meadows wide. Be sure you…

John HOGE, Congress, PA (1760-1824)

HOGE John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Hogestown, Pa., September 10, 1760; pursued English studies; served in the Revolutionary War as ensign in the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment…

village

(Encyclopedia) village, small rural population unit, held together by common economic and political ties. Based on agricultural production, a village is smaller than a town and has been the normal…

Young, Brigham

(Encyclopedia) Young, BrighamYoung, Brighambrĭgˈəm [key], 1801–77, American religious leader, early head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, b. Whitingham, Vt. Brigham Young was…

Louis Untermeyer: How much of Godhood

How much of GodhoodLouis UntermeyerHow much of Godhood did it take — What purging epochs had to pass, Ere I was fit for leaf and lake And worthy of the patient grass?What mighty travails…

A Boy's Will: Rose Pogonias

by Robert Frost Flower-gatheringAsking for RosesRose Pogonias He is no dissenter from the ritualism of nature; A SATURATED meadow, Sun-shaped and jewel-small, A circle scarcely wider…

The Devil's Dictionary: Fairy

by Ambrose Bierce FAITHFAIRY -n. A creature, variously fashioned and endowed, that formerly inhabited the meadows and forests. It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to…