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Tender Troubles"Jo, I'm anxious about Beth.""Why, Mother, she has seemed unusually well since the babies came.""It's not her health that troubles me now, it's her spirits. I'm sure there is…Artistic Attempts
Artistic AttemptsIt takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. Amy was learning this distinction through much…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
Scene VIIThe forestA table set out. Enter Duke Senior, Amiens, and Lords like outlawsDuke SeniorI think he be transform'd into a beast; For I can no where find him like a man.First LordMy…Reception of Ulysses at the Palace of King Alcinous - The Odyssey
The Meeting Between Nausicaa ... Banquet in the House of Alcin... Reception of Ulysses at the Palace of King Alcinous. Thus, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the girl drove on…The Boys
The BoysWhile Nat takes a good long sleep, I will tell my little readers something about the boys, among whom he found himself when he woke up. To begin with our old friends. Franz was a tall…All Alone
All AloneIt was easy to promise self-abnegation when self was wrapped up in another, and heart and soul were purified by a sweet example. But when the helpful voice was silent, the daily…John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book VIII
Book VIII No more of talk where God or Angel Guest With Man, as with his Friend, familiar us'd To sit indulgent, and with him partake Rural repast, permitting him the while Venial discourse…The Fox and the Horse
The Fox and the Horse A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work; so the farmer would give him nothing more to eat, and said…William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act II
Act IIPrologueEnter ChorusChorusNow all the youth of England are on fire, And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies: Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought Reigns solely in the breast…Alice Corbin: Muy Vieja Mexicana
Muy Vieja MexicanaAlice CorbinI've seen her pass with eyes upon the road — An old bent woman in a bronze-black shawl, With skin as dried and wrinkled as a mummy's, As brown as a cigar-box,…Trending
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