Harper
['hɑ:pə]
Definition
(n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.
(n.) A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.
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Examples
- This was accomplished for the first time in America at the Remington plant, in making Harper’s Ferry muskets. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sheridan's wagon trains were kept at Harper's Ferry, where all of his stores were. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was to advance up the valley, covering the North from an invasion through that channel as well while advancing as by remaining near Harper's Ferry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the way out to Harper's Ferry I had met Mr. Robert Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- For the conveniences of forage, the teams for supplying the army were kept at Harper's Ferry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The first contract was given for 5,000 Harper’s Ferry rifles, and it took two years to complete it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its evolution from the ancient harp, gleaned by man from the wind, that grand old harper, who smote his thunder harp of pines, is too long a story to here recite in detail. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- So saying, he took off his cup with much gravity, at the same time shaking his head at the intemperance of the Scottish harper. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have often heard my father speak of John Brown, particularly since the events at Harper's Ferry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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