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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…

James Winthrop: Agrippa XVIII

Agrippa XVIIIJames Winthrop29 January 1788by James WinthropTo the Massachusetts Convention.Gentlemen.As it is essentially necessary to the happiness of a free people, that the constitution of…

Daisy and Demi

Daisy and DemiI cannot feel that I have done my duty as humble historian of the March family, without devoting at least one chapter to the two most precious and important members of it.…

Amy Lowell: Number 3 on the Docket

Number 3 on the DocketThe lawyer, are you? Well! I ain't got nothin' to say. Nothin'! I told the perlice I hadn't nothin'. They know'd real well 'twas me. Ther warn't no supposin', Ketchin'…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Red Shoes

The Naughty BoyThe Red Shoes There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear…

Christina Rossetti: Noble Sisters

Noble Sisters'Now did you mark a falcon, Sister dear, sister dear, Flying toward my window In the morning cool and clear? With jingling bells about her neck, But what beneath her wing?…