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The Devil's Dictionary: Regalia
by Ambrose Bierce REFUSALRELIGIONREGALIA -n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient…Stephen Crane: In the night
In the night Grey heavy clouds muffled the valleys, And the peaks looked toward God alone. "O Master that movest the wind with a finger, "Humble, idle, futile peaks are we. "…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, February 8, 1805
Day 503 Day 505 Lewis, February 8, 1805 8th February Friday 1805. This morning was fair wind S. E. the weather still warm and pleasent- visited by the black-Cat the principal chief of the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, May 29, 1804
Day 37 Day 39 Clark, May 29, 1804 May 29th Tuesday rained last night, Cloudy morning 4 hunters Sent out with Orders to return at 12 oClock Took equal altitudes of Suns Lower limb found it…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame
by Robert Burns Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots...Song-Out Over The ForthThere'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame By yon Castle wa', at the close of the day, I heard a man…Classical Mythology: The Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres, and Monsters
The Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres, and MonstersClassical MythologyFriends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale MonstersFrom Dusk to Dawn: The Sisters of HeliusThe Good-Time God: PanThe Fairy Tale World: Giants…Biographies: 2014 People in the News
2014 People in the News See also 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People…Sun Tzu on the Art of War: Introduction - Footnotes
Introduction Bibliography Footnotes 1. SHI CHI, ch. 65. 2. He reigned from 514 to 496 B.C. 3. SHI CHI, ch. 130. 4. The appellation of Nang Wa. 5. SHI CHI, ch…The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto XV
Inferno: Canto XIVInferno: Canto XVIInferno: Canto XV Now bears us onward one of the hard margins, And so the brooklet's mist o'ershadows it, From fire it saves the water and the dikes…The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XII
Purgatorio: Canto XIPurgatorio: Canto XIIIPurgatorio: Canto XII Abreast, like oxen going in a yoke, I with that heavy-laden soul went on, As long as the sweet pedagogue permitted;…