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  2. Little Orphant Annie - Wikipedia

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    Mary Alice Smith was born near Liberty, Union County, Indiana, 25 September 1850. She lived on a small farm with her parents until (as one story goes) both parents died when she was about nine years old. Some stories say that Mary's mother died when she was very young and her father, Peter Smith, died when she was ten.

  3. List of last words (19th century) - Wikipedia

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    "Farewell child of sorrow—Farewell child of misfortune and persecution—you are now secure from the tongue of slander—for you I have lived; for you I die." [4] — Jereboam O. Beauchamp, American lawyer and murderer (7 July 1826), to his wife. Beauchamp had murdered Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp to avenge his wife's honor. Beauchamp ...

  4. Walt Whitman - Wikipedia

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    On December 16, 1862, a listing of fallen and wounded soldiers in the New-York Tribune included "First Lieutenant G. W. Whitmore", which Whitman worried was a reference to his brother George. [80] He made his way south immediately to find him, though his wallet was stolen on the way. [ 81 ] "

  5. Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    He went home, only to discover that the people there did not know him. Finally, he encountered his younger brother, who had become an old man, and learned that he had been asleep in the cave for fifty-seven years. [20] [21] According to the different sources that Diogenes relates, Epimenides lived to be 154, 157, or 299 years old. [22]

  6. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - Wikipedia

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    "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" (Spanish: Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes) and subtitled "A Tale for Children" is a short story by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. The tale was written in 1968 [ 1 ] and published in the May–June 1968 (VIII, 48) issue of the journal Casa de las Américas [ es ] . [ 2 ]

  7. Mary Baker Eddy - Wikipedia

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    Eddy was the youngest of six children: boys Samuel Dow (1808), Albert (1810), and George Sullivan (1812), followed by girls Abigail Barnard (1816), Martha Smith (1819), and Mary Morse (1821). [4] [5] She was the cousin of U.S. Representative Henry M. Baker. [6] She was the sixth generation of her family born in the United States.

  8. Gerontion - Wikipedia

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    The title is Greek for "little old man," and the poem is an interior monologue relating the opinions and impressions of an elderly man, which describes Europe after World War I through the eyes of a man who has lived most of his life in the 19th century. [2]

  9. The Old Man and the Sea - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. 1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway This article is about the novella by Ernest Hemingway. For other uses, see The Old Man and the Sea (disambiguation). The Old Man and the Sea Original book cover Author Ernest Hemingway Language English Genre Literary fiction Publisher Charles Scribner's ...