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John Haynes John Haynes
John Haynes c.1594-1654, colonial governor of Massachusetts and then of Connecticut. He emigrated (1633) from England to Massachusetts and as governor (1635) banished Roger Williams, an act he later regretted. Haynes moved (1637) to Hartford, Conn., and became (1639) the first governor of... Read more
Jam Jam
jam jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today used to express resignation or regret for opportunity failing to present itself; this proverbial saying derives from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1872), ‘The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam... Read more
Sir William Gooch Sir William Gooch
Sir William Gooch , 1681-1751, colonial governor of Virginia (1727-49), b. Yarmouth, England. He came to Virginia after distinguished service with the British army. Nominally, Gooch was only lieutenant governor, but he was in fact the real chief executive in the colony for 22 years. He defended the... Read more
Remorse Remorse
554. Remorse (See also Regret.) Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience ) Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 74] Deianira commits suicide out of remorse for unwittingly having killed husband, Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 709] Hermione ... Read more
Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume
Robert Guillaume 1927family:Lucida Sans Unicode;">— Actor, singer, producer Before Robert Guillaume became a popular television actor and Broadway musical star, he was Robert Williams from St. Louis, Missouri: a young man with a golden voice and a future in the accounting field. Fortunately... Read more
Nathan Hale Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale 1755-76, American soldier, hero of the American Revolution, b. Coventry, Conn. A young schoolteacher when the Revolution broke out, he was commissioned an officer in the Connecticut militia, served in the siege of Boston, then went to take part in operations in New York. He volunteered... Read more
Ernie Banks Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks 1931- American baseball player Hall of Famer Ernie Banks was the greatest and most popular player in the history of the Chicago Cubs, a man so closely associated with the franchise both during and after his playing days that he was known as Mr. Cub. Over the course of 19 seasons,... Read more
Joachim Du Bellay Joachim Du Bellay
Joachim Du Bellay , 1522?-1560, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad ). He wrote their manifesto, La Deffence et illustration de la langue francoyse (1549), which urges the study and emulation of the classics and the use of French as the literary language. His poetic works, broadly... Read more
Fashoda crisis Fashoda crisis
Fashoda crisis, 1898. In 1893 France, irritated by Britain's continued hold over Egypt, decided to go for Fashoda, on the White Nile to the south. An expedition was sent from the west under Colonel Marchand, to French Premier Delcassé's regrets later, because he feared it might provoke a... Read more
apology apology
apology [Gr.,=defense], literary work that defends, justifies, or clarifies an author's ideas or point of view. Unlike the ordinary use of the word, the literary use neither implies that wrong has been done nor expresses regret. The most famous ancient example, Plato's Apology (3d cent. BC),... Read more

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