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— Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials (29 July [O.S. 19 July] 1692), to Reverend Nicholas Noyes prior to execution by hanging [note 100] "More weight." [note 101] — Giles Corey, English-born American farmer (19 September 1692), before being pressed to death during the Salem witch trials
Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists.
Leslie Aaron Fiedler (March 8, 1917 – January 29, 2003) was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work incorporates the application of psychological theories to American literature. [1] Fiedler's best known work is the book Love and Death in the American Novel (1960).
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
A Prayer for Owen Meany is the seventh novel by American writer John Irving. Published in 1989, it tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960s. According to John's narration, Owen is a remarkable boy in many ways; he believes himself to be God's ...
Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples make up a big part of the U.S. population. Today, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, plus an estimated 400 more that are ...
Engraving of Anna Maria van Schurman Cornelis van Dalen the Younger after Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen, Anna Maria van Schurman, c. 1657, engraving. Van Schurman was born in Cologne, at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire, a daughter of wealthy parents, Frederik van Schurman, from Antwerp (d. 1623) and Eva von Harff de Dreiborn.
“I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!” — Daniel Webster “No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well ...