"That truth should be silent I had almost forgot"--Enobarbus in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, back in Rome after having been too long in Egypt.---------
Melville's PIERRE, Book 4, chapter 5: "Something ever comes of all persistent inquiry; we are not so continually curious for nothing."
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
William Cocke--Tarring and Feathering a Brit recruiter before the Revolution
From Pat Alderman's THE OVERMOUNTAIN MEN
Why did no one write a biography of this impetuous, ambitious, and controversial man who married Grandma Sims? Are there no direct descendants with records, letters from Jefferson and Jackson, at least?
Why did no one write a biography of this impetuous, ambitious, and controversial man who married Grandma Sims? Are there no direct descendants with records, letters from Jefferson and Jackson, at least?
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