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Classical Mythology: Friends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale Monsters
Friends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale MonstersClassical MythologyFriends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale MonstersFrom Dusk to Dawn: The Sisters of HeliusThe Good-Time God: PanThe Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres…William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Prologue
PrologueI come no more to make you laugh: things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now…Flatland: How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there
by Edwin A. Abbott How the Sphere, having in vain...How, though the Sphere showed ...How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there An unspeakable horror seized me. There was a darkness;…Prasna-Upanishad: Fourth Question
Fourth Question1. Then Sauryayanin Gargya asked: “Sir, What are they that sleep in this man, and what are they that are awake in him? What power (deva) is it that sees dreams? Whose is the…Brewer's: Blind
That's a mere blind. A pretence; something ostensible to conceal a covert design. The metaphor is from window-blinds, which prevent outsiders from seeing into a room. Blind as a bat. A…Walt Whitman: The Base of All Metaphysics
The Base of All MetaphysicsAnd now gentlemen, A word I give to remain in your memories and minds, As base and finale too for all metaphysics.(So to the students the old professor, At the…2016 Nobel Prize Winners
Related Links Nobel Prize History Nobel Prize History Quiz Nobel Peace Prize Winners Quiz Women Nobel Prize Winners…Classical Mythology: Assembling the Argonauts
Assembling the ArgonautsClassical MythologyCrimes of Passion: Jason, Medea, and the ArgonautsAssembling the ArgonautsIn Search of AdventureWitch Way to the Golden FleeceCrime and Punishment: The Long…Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad: Fourth Adhyâya, Third Brahmana
Third Brahmana1.Yagnavalkya came to Ganaka Vaideha, and he did not mean to speak with him. But when formerly Ganaka Vaideha and Yagnavalkya had a disputation on the Agnihotra, Yagnavalkya had…Brewer's: Giants
(g soft). (1) Of Greek mythology, sons of Tartaros and Ge. When they attempted to storm heaven, they were hurled to earth by the aid of Hercules, and buried under Mount Etna. (2) Of…Trending
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