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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene I
Scene IA lane by the wall of Capulet's orchardEnter RomeoRomeoCan I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out.He climbs the wall, and leaps down within…Lewis Carroll: Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur
Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur“How shall I be a poet? How shall I write in rhyme? You told me once ‘the very wish Partook of the sublime.’ Then tell me how! Don’t put me off With your ‘another time…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Second Epistle To Robert Graham, ESQ., Of Fintry
by Robert Burns Epistle To John Maxwell, ESQ.,...The Song Of DeathSecond Epistle To Robert Graham, ESQ., Of Fintry 5th October 1791. Late crippl'd of an arm, and now a leg…Brewer's: Do
A contraction of ditto, which is the Italian détto (said), Latin dictus. How do you do? i.e. How do you fare? It should be, How do you du (Anglo-Saxon, dug-an = valere); in Latin, Quomodo…Brewer's: Donkey
An ass. It was made to rhyme with “monkey,” but is never now so pronounced. The word means a little tawny or dun-coloured animal. Donkey. The cross of the donkey's back is popularly…Brewer's: Teeth
From the teeth outwards. Merely talk; without real significance. “Much of the ... talk about General Gordon lately was only from the teeth outwards.” —The Daily News, 1886. To set one's…The Koran/Preface
Preface It is necessary that some brief explanation should be given with reference to the arrangement of the Suras, or chapters, adopted in this translation of the Koran. It should be…Pulitzer Prizes: Special Citations
(For years not listed, no award was made.) 1938 Edmonton [Alberta] Journal, special bronze plaque for…John Keats: To George Felton Mathew
by JohnKeatsTo My Brother GeorgeTo George Felton Mathew Sweet are the pleasures that to verse belong, And doubly sweet a brotherhood in song; Nor can remembrance, Mathew! bring to view A…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To William Simson
by Robert Burns Second Epistle To J. LapraikPostcriptEpistle To William Simson Schoolmaster, Ochiltree.-May, 1785 I gat your letter, winsome Willie; Wi' gratefu' heart I…Trending
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