Douglas
['dʌɡləs]
Definition
(noun.) United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861).
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Examples
- Douglas Galton of the English army for use in barracks, but this stove is also admirably adapted for houses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Rawlins, an elector on the Douglas ticket. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Douglas Kinnaird kept up his character the whole of the evening, and contributed much to our amusement during supper. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In July, 1916, Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander-in-chief, began a great offensive which failed to break through the German line. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was also a candidate for elector on the Douglas ticket. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Douglas, who had no possible chance of election. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Douglas Kinnaird was unfeelingly severe on almost everybody in their turn. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Pennington, among clergymen, Douglas and Ward, among editors, are well known instances. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- To prevent the market from being overstocked, too, they have sometimes, in plentiful years, we are told by Dr Douglas {Douglas's Summary, vol. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A saw which planes, as well as severs, is shown in patents to Douglass, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nicholas Douglass, however, invented a new system of dovetailing, and great improvements have been made in the system of illuminating. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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