Dictionary Entry
A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.
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Poetry examples for “lewis”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →/Ashman Mrs Kittie r. 415 Center st...Walnut-3629
Ashman Lewis & Co C P A 308 S & L. Walnut-2893 |
Ashman Roy r 1722 6th Red-7433
Read full poem →t>r the Spanish Rogue^ part ii. chap. 4. The story of Dinant, Clereraont,
and Lamira, being borrowed from Don Lewis de Castro, and Don Rode-
rigo de Montalva. The like story is in other novels; as in Scarron's No-
Read full poem →the Country, to form his Love makes a Man ; or, the Fop's Fortune. In
the former there are two old French noblemen, Lewis ana Brisac; the first
Read full poem →by Richard Bruce; The Resurrection by Jonathan H.
Brooks; Africa and Transformation by Lewis Alexander
Read full poem →Lewis ALEXANDER was born July 4, 1900, at Washing-
ton, D. C. He was educated in the public schools of
Read full poem →The Carolina Magazine for The Dark Brother by Lewis
Alexander
Read full poem →ALFRED Henry Lewis, ‘‘Dan Quinn,’’ contributor
and novelist, author of Wolfville, etc.
Read full poem →Samuel, Jones, DeKalb, Kosciusco, Lee, R. H., Lee,
Henry, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Lynch, Macon,
MeIntosh, Marion, Mason, Morgan, Morris, Mont-
Read full poem →7. “An Enigma,” addressed to Mrs. Sarah Anna Lewis (“Stella”), was sent to
that lady in a letter, in November, 1847, and the following March appeared
