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John Keats: Book II
by John Keats Book IBook IIIBook II Just at the self-same beat of Time's wide wings Hyperion slid into the rustled air, And Saturn gain'd with Thea that sad place Where Cybele and…William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIA room in Capulet's houseEnter Lady Capulet and NurseLady CapuletNurse, where's my daughter? call her forth to me.NurseNow, by my maidenhead, at twelve year old, I bade her come.…The Celtic Twilight: The Friends of the People of Faery
by W. B. Yeats The Queen and the FoolDreams That Have No MoralThe Friends of the People of Faery Those that see the people of faery most often, and so have the most of their wisdom, are…Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of December 20, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from various flight cancellations to holiday tragedies . Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top four stories of the week.…Selected Essays in Black History: Po' Sandy
The Goophered Grapevine Dave's Neckliss Po' Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt On the northeast corner of my vineyard in central North Carolina, and fronting on the Lumberton plank-road…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland
by Robert Burns My Eppie AdairEpigram On Francis Grose The AntiquaryOn The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland Collecting The Antiquities Of That Kingdom Hear,…Lewis Carroll: I
IThere was an ancient City, stricken down With a strange frenzy, and for many a day They paced from morn to eve the crowded town, And danced the night away.I asked the cause: the aged man…Brewer's: Full Fig
(In). “En grande tenue. ” Probably “fig” is the contraction of figure in books and journals of fashion, and full fig. would mean the height of fashion. It is outrageous to refer the phrase…Brewer's: Naivete
(pron. nah'-eve-ty). Ingenuous simplicity; the artless innocence of one ignorant of the conventions of society. The term is also applied to poetry, painting, and sculpture. The word is…Brewer's: Nutcrack Night
All Hallows' Eve, when it is customary in some places to crack nuts in large quantities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NutcrackersNut-brown Maid A B C D…Trending
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