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Hamilton

noun

Irish mathematician (1806-1865). Synonyms: Sir William Rowan Hamilton, William Rowan Hamilton.

English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815). Synonyms: Amy Lyon, Lady Emma Hamilton.

United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970). Synonym: Alice Hamilton.

United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804). Synonym: Alexander Hamilton.

A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario.

The capital of Bermuda.

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"Hamilton" Quotes from Famous Books

... with that big Retrenchment Report, in 1828. Major Hamilton got Chilton's place as chairman—and called the dogs. Ingham worked honestly, like a beaver; Wickliff was as keen as a cutworm: all of them worked hard; and they did really, I suppose, convince themselves that they had found out a great deal of iniquity; or, what was more desirable, ...

— David Crockett: His Life and Adventures • John S. C. Abbott

... lines may be touched en passant. Lady Bellaston, as Fielding has carefully explained (chap. i. Book xiv.), was not a typical, but an exceptional, member of society; and although there were eighteenth-century precedents for such alliances (e.g. Miss Edwards and Lord Anne Hamilton, Mrs. Upton and General Braddock,) it is a question whether in a picture of average English life it was necessary to deal with exceptions of this kind, or, at all events, to exemplify them in the principal personage. But the discussion of this subject would prove endless. Right or ...

— Fielding - (English Men of Letters Series) • Austin Dobson

... applications. Take for example the "Burial of Moses," and in the proper analysis and study of the poem, such a process of absorption and reflection is observable. In tracing the biography of John Quincy Adams or of Alexander Hamilton, the facts of personal experience and action first absorb the attention from step to step in the study of his life. But reflection on the bearings of these personal events, upon contemporaries, and upon public affairs is noticed all along. The ...

— The Elements of General Method - Based on the Principles of Herbart • Charles A. McMurry

... Esq. June 25.-Mistley, the seat of Mr. Rigby, described. Fashionable at Homes. Lady Brown's Sunday parties. Lady Archibald hamilton. Miss Granville. Jemmy ...

— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole

... Hohsmann, your daughters would feel affronted did you not give them an opportunity of appearing upon the subscription list! The necklace and the aigrette will do! I shall post, of course, a formal receipt to Hamilton Place!" ...

— The Sins of Severac Bablon • Sax Rohmer

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