Word: maidens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Phillips's maiden speech was at Lynn in 1837, but he first established his position as one of the foremost orators of his time in a speech delivered the same year in Faneuil Hall, at a meeting called to express indignation at the killing of Loverjoy. From that time on he was the champion of the anti-slavery movement, using his unequalled powers of oratory in its cause. The fight was over when Lincoln called for volunteers, and the abolitionists came into popular favor...
...former, the author shows the material for a very pretty and interesting story, which he fails to do full justice in the working up. "The Pale Stranger" betrays a lack of originality; for the unknown princely guest who sings a mysterious song and then disappears, leaving the fair maiden dead behind him, is hardly without parallel in fairy tale and legend...
...interesting to note the change of the official name to Radcliffe College. Investigations which have recently been made, revealed the fact that the first woman who ever gave money to Harvard was, by her maiden name, Anne Radcliffe. Her bequest of L100 was made in the year 1640; and it seemed desirable to Mrs. Agassiz, the president of the present society, that a college for the education of women should remember, in the days of its prosperity, the first woman who showed an active interest in educational institutions...
...Maiden and the Weathercock Longfellow...
Another concerns itself with The Mill Song. A certain king possessed a magical mill which would turn out anything its owner desired. He commanded the two giant maiden miller to grind out Peace, Happiness and Prosperity, which they did day and night without intermission. Finally he was killed by another king who took possession of the mill and ordered an unlimited amount of salt to be ground out, which he packed in such large quantities in a ship that it sank, and the salt, dissolving in the sea, gave it its salty character...