Crashaw
RICHARD, an English poet; born in London in 1613. A convert to Catholicism, he wrote "Steps to the Temple" and "Sacred Poems," s," productions of great imaginative power. In or may. It is a European thorn. The 1634 Crashaw published a volume of Latin, poems, "Epigrammatum Sacrorum Liber" (2d ed., 1670), in which appeared the famous line on the miracle at Cana: CRATÆGUS "Lympha pudica Deum vidit et erubuit" (The modest water saw its God and blushed.) He died in Rome or Loreto, May or June, 1649. CRASSULACEÆ, house-leeks; order of hypogynous exogens, alliance an violales. It consists of succulent herbs or shrubs with entire or pinnatifid leaves and no stipules, flowers usually in sessile, often unilateral cymes.
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Crassus
LUCIUS LICINIUS, a Roman orator, 140 B. C., who is introduced by Cicero, in the treatise "De Oratore," as the representative of that writer's own opinions on the subject of oratory. He was unfortunate as a legislator, inasmuch as the law proposed by him, to compel all who were not citizens to depart from Rome, was a main cause of the Social War. He was distinguished for his love of the arts; and his mansion upon the Palatine is cited as having been one of the most noteworthy in ancient Rome. He died 91 b. C.
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Crater
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Crater
the central cupshaped cavity in the summit of a volcano which the lava, stones, scoria, through etc., are for the most part ejected.
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Crater
a constellation S. of the equator and N. of Hydra, one of Ptolemy's original 48. Its brightest star is only a little above the fourth magnitude. The constellation lies between Leo, Virgo, Corvus, Hydra, and Sextans.
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Crater Lake
a small lake in the Cascade Mountains, in Oregon, remarkable for its wall of perpendicular rock, from 1,000 to 2,000 feet high.
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Cratinus
One of the most celebrated of the Athenian poets of the old comedy, born в. c. 519. He gave the old comedy its peculiar character, and did not, like Aristophanes , live to see its decline. 2026 Editor's Note: Cratinus was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy, active from around 519 to 422 BC. The page text incorrectly states he was born 'в. c. 519' and omits his death date. (Ed: BR 2026-06-05)
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Cravanette
cra-ve-net', a closely woven, fine twilled, worsted cloth, used largely for men's summer coats and vests. A light weight of fine quality is used for women's suits and dresses. Cravanette, made waterproof by a special process, is used for mackintoshes and raincoats. The uniforms worn by the Salvation Army and the Volunteers of America are made of this waterproof cravanette.
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Crawfish
or CRAYFISH, a name of various crustaceous animals, the common crawfish being the river lobster, a macrurous (long-tailed), 10-footed crustacean, resembling the lobster in appearance and habits. It inhabits the fresh waters of Europe and the N. of Asia, and is common in some of the streams of England. In the United States crawfish of the genus Astacus and Cambărus occur.
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Crawford
THOMAS, an American sculptor; born in New York City, March 22, 1814. His most famous works comprise "Orpheus and Cerberus," "Adam and Eve," "Hebe and Ganymede," "Mercury and Psyche," and "Dancing Jenny." He performed important works for the National Government and State of Virginia. He died in London, Oct. 16, 1857.
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Crawford
FRANCIS MARION, an American novelist; no born in Tuscany, Italy, Aug. 2, 1853; son of THOMAS CRAWFORD (q. v.). He was educated at Concord, N. H.; Trinity College, Cambridge; Karlsruhe, and Heidelberg. At Rome he devoted himself to the study of Sanskrit, and during 1879-1880 was engaged in press work at Allahabad, where he was admitted to the Catholic Church. He was selected by the government committee to write the National Ode at the centennial of the American Constitution, Sept. 17, 1887. His first novel, "Mr. Isaacs" (1882), was a book of striking and quite unusual merit, securing a new romantic element in certain of the aspects and contrasts of modern Oriental life. His works include: "Dr. Claudius" (1883); "To Leeward" (1883); "A Roman Singer" (1884); "Zoroaster" (1885); "A Tale of a Lonely Parish" (1886); "Saracinesca" (1887); "Marzio's Crucifix" (1887); "Paul Patoff" "Pa (1887); "Greifenstein" (1889); "Sant Ilario" (1889); "A Cigarette-Maker's Romance" (1890); "The Witch of Prague" (1891) ; "Khaled" (1891); "The ; "Kha Three Fates" (1892 ); "Katharine Lau- ); derdale," and its sequel "The Ralstons" F. MARION CRAWFORD (1895); "Casa Braccio" (1895); "Ta- دو quisara" (1896) ; "A Rose of Yesterday" ; (1897); ); "Corleone" (1897); "Ave, Roma Immortalis," "In the Palace of the King," "Via Crucis," "Rulers of the South." He died April 8, 1909.
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Crawford (COE ISAAC an Amercan public)
COE ISAAC, an Amercan public official; born at Volney, Ia., Jan. 14, 1858. He was graduated from the University of Iowa, admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law at Independence, Ia., in 1883, removing in 1884 to Dakota Territory. In 1886 he was appointed Attorney of Hughes county, and in 1889 became a member of the Territorial Legislative Council. He was elected Governor of South Dakota by the Republicans in 1907, and served as United States Senator from 1909-1915.
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Crawford (II)
WILLIAM HARRIS, an American statesman; born in Amherst co., Va., Feb. 24, 1772. In 1783, he settled in Columbia co., Ga., began teaching school, was admitted to the bar in 1798, and entered on practice in Lexington. He assisted in compiling the first digest of State laws, was elected to the State Senate in 1802, and to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy in 13-Vol. III-Cyc 1807 (fighting two duels during the canvass); was re-elected for a full term in 1811; was chosen president of the Senate pro tem. in 1812; and, refusing the secretaryship of war, was appointed minister to France in 1813. Two years later he was appointed Secretary of War, and the next year became Secretary of the Treasury, and held the latter office till March, 1825. He was urged as a candidate for the Presid Presidency several times, rein ceived the nomination in 1824, and the election had 41 electoral votes. No choice for President having been reached, the election was decided in the House of Representatives, but meanwhile Crawford had been stricken with paralysis, which precluded his effectual candidacy. He died Sept. 15, 1834.
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