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Thelma Catherine Pat Ryan Nixon Biography
Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan NixonFirst LadyBorn: 3/16/1912Birthplace: Ely, Nevada Her father, a miner in Ely, Nevada, gave her the nickname “Pat” because she was born the evening before St.…The Iron Giant
Director:Brad BirdWriter:Tim McCanliesWarner Bros.; 90 minutes; PGRelease:8/99Voices of:Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal The Iron Giant is based on British Poet…The Wallflowers Biography
The Wallflowersrock band The Wallflowers have existed as two different bands, both helmed by lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jakob Dylan. Dylan, guitarist Tobi Miller, keyboard player Rami…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Thief and the Honest Man
178 180 The Thief and the Honest Man A THIEF who had brought a suit against his accomplices to recover his share of the plunder taken from an Honest Man, demanded the Honest Man's attendance at…Stephen Crane: The successful man has thrust himself
The successful man has thrust himself Through the water of the years, Reeking wet with mistakes,— Bloody mistakes; Slimed with victories over the lesser, A figure thankful on the shore of…Theodore Roosevelt's “The Man with the Muck Rake” Speech
Given on Sunday, April 15, 1906, at the laying of the corner stone of the Cannon Office Building in Washington, DC. Over a century ago Washington laid the corner stone of the Capitol in what…Aesop's Fables: The Man Who Lost His Spade
by Aesop The Lion, the Fox, and the StagThe Partridge and the FowlerThe Man Who Lost His Spade A Man was engaged in digging over his vineyard, and one day on coming to work he missed his…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Thief and the Honest Man
The Disinterested Arbiter The Dutiful Son The Thief and the Honest Man A THIEF who had brought a suit against his accomplices to recover his share of the plunder taken from an Honest…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Old Man and the Pupil
The Pugilist's Diet The Deceased and his Heirs The Old Man and the Pupil A BEAUTIFUL Old Man, meeting a Sunday-school Pupil, laid his hand tenderly upon the lad's head, saying: "…Brewer's: Blind old Man of Scio's rocky Isle
Homer is so called by Byron in his Bride of Abydos. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blind MagistrateBlind Hedge A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…