Comstock
Anthony, 1844–1915, U.S. author and reformer.
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Of the six contenders, Comstock enjoyed the highest name recognition and by far the most love from the party establishment.
The GOP Establishment Turns a ‘Firehose’ on Virginia Tea Partiers | Michelle Cottle | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe have a situation here”—that is, in the Comstock race—“where a convention is probably not the way to go.
The GOP Establishment Turns a ‘Firehose’ on Virginia Tea Partiers | Michelle Cottle | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this time the party favorite is Ed Gillespie, like Comstock a longtime Washington insider—though an even better known one.
The GOP Establishment Turns a ‘Firehose’ on Virginia Tea Partiers | Michelle Cottle | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVirginia State Delegate Barbara Comstock is the ur-Republican.
Republican Congressional Candidate's Awkward Obama Vote | Ben Jacobs | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis has all fueled attacks against Comstock by her opponents in the primary, who include arch conservative Del.
Republican Congressional Candidate's Awkward Obama Vote | Ben Jacobs | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The charge was "obscenity," and they had been arrested at the instance of Anthony Comstock.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainWhen the tea-bell rang, the new-comer was escorted to the dining-room, and introduced to her schoolmates as Miss Fannie Comstock.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle | AnonymousReference has already been made to the Comstock's delight in humor of a positive sort.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineSam Clemens, himself a practical joker in his youth, found a healthy delight in this knock-down humor of the Comstock.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineUnspoiled humanity appealed to him, and the Comstock presented human nature in its earliest landscape forms.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
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