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Buckner, Simon Bolivar
(Encyclopedia) Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823–1914, Confederate general, b. Hart co., Ky., grad. West Point, 1844. In 1860, Buckner, a Louisville businessman, secured passage of a bill creating a large…Cape May
(Encyclopedia) Cape May, city (2020 pop. 3,374), Cape May co., S N.J., on Cape May peninsula and the Atlantic Ocean; settled in the 1600s, inc. 1857.…Texas A&M University
(Encyclopedia) Texas A&M University, main campus at College Station; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, opened 1876…Calvert, Cecilius, 2d Baron Baltimore
(Encyclopedia) Calvert, Cecilius, 2d Baron BaltimoreCalvert, Cecilius, 2d Baron Baltimoresĭsĭlˈēəs [key], c.1605–75, first proprietor of the colony of Maryland. He received the province in 1632 as a…Calvert, Charles, 3d Baron Baltimore
(Encyclopedia) Calvert, Charles, 3d Baron Baltimore, 1637–1715, second proprietor of Maryland. He was sent over as deputy governor of that province in 1661 by his father, Cecilius Calvert, 2d Baron…Abakanowicz, Magdalena
(Encyclopedia) Abakanowicz, Magdalena, 1930–2017, Polish sculptor, studied Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw (1950–54). She won notice with her Abakan series, begun in 1967; these monumental woven…Randi, James
(Encyclopedia) Randi, James (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge), 1928–2020, Canadian-American illusionist and psychic investigator, b. Toronto. Performing as “The Amazing Randi,” he was a conjurer and…Preface to First Edition - The Odyssey
Preface to Second Edition Preface to First Edition This translation is intended to supplement a work entitled "The Authoress of the Odyssey", which I published in 1897. I could not…The Illiad: The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon.
The Night Adventure of Diomed ... The Battle at the Grecian Wall. The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon. Agamemnon, having armed himself, leads the Grecians to battle; Hector…Preface to Second Edition - The Odyssey
Preface to First Edition Preface to Second Edition Butler's Translation of the "Odyssey" appeared originally in 1900, and The Authoress of the Odyssey in 1897. In the preface to the…Trending
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