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Amy Lowell: The Paper Windmill

The Paper WindmillThe little boy pressed his face against the window-pane and looked out at the bright sunshiny morning. The cobble-stones of the square glistened like mica. In the trees, a…

Brewer's: Planets

i. In astrology there are seven planets: APOLLO, the sun, represents gold. DIANA, the moon, represents silver. MERCURY represents quicksilver. VENUS represents copper. MARS represents iron…

Lamentations: 4

Lamentations Chapter 4 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons…

Corman, Roger William

(Encyclopedia) Corman, Roger William, 1926-, American film director, screenwriter, and producer, b. Detroit, Mi., Stanford Univ. (B.S., 1947). Corman…

July Current Events 2024: US News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…

Notable Female Reformers and Activists

Abbott - Crandell | Davies - King | La Flesche - Sanger | Seton - Wright Mary Church Terrell Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: First Edition

Fifth Edition First Edition Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught The Sultan's…

1958–1959 Emmy Awards

Best Dramatic Series, Less Than One HourAlcoa-Goodyear Theatre (NBC)Best Dramatic Series, One Hour or LongerPlayhouse 90 (CBS)Best Actor in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic…

Black Actors

Notable African-American Actors   James Earl Jones Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil…

Brewer's: Blunderbore

A giant, brother of Cormoran, who put Jack the Giant Killer to bed and intended to kill him; but Jack thrust a billet of wood into the bed, and crept under the bedstead. Blunderbore came…