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Brewer's: Look One Way and Row Another

(To). “Olera spectant, lardum tollunt.” To aim apparently at one thing, but really to be seeking something quito different. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Roman roads

(Encyclopedia) Roman roads, ancient system of highways linking Rome with its provinces. Their primary purpose was military, but they also were of great commercial importance and brought the distant…

James Way COVERT, Congress, NY (1842-1910)

COVERT James Way , A Representative from New York; born at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., September 2, 1842; attended the public schools and received an academic education in Locust Valley, N.Y.;…