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The Little Peasant

The Little Peasant There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and…

Chauncey Judd: Seizure of Henry Wooster

Wooster's Barn Negro Patriotism Seizure of Henry Wooster When the teamsmen had reached a safe distance from the barn, Graham sprang from his biding-place, and began to swear at the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 20, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 19, 1806April 21, 1806April 20, 1806 Sunday April 20th 1806. some frost this morning. The Enesher an Skillutes are much better clad than…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act I, Scene V

Scene VBritain. A room in Cymbeline's palaceEnter Queen, Ladies, and CorneliusQueenWhiles yet the dew's on ground, gather those flowers; Make haste: who has the note of them?First LadyI,…

Burdens

Burdens"Oh, dear, how hard it does seem to take up our packs and go on," sighed Meg the morning after the party, for now the holidays were over, the week of merrymaking did not fit her for…

William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act I, Scene VI

Scene VINear the camp of CominiusEnter Cominius, as it were in retire, with soldiersCominiusBreathe you, my friends: well fought; we are come off Like Romans, neither foolish in our stands,…

Chauncey Judd: Returning From Mill

The Tories Returning From Mill Halloo, youngster! give me ride, said a young man bearing a musket, and having a military sash around his waist, at the same time springing into the…

Entertainment News from May 1997

Eddie MurphyArchive Photos1News Corp.'s Preston Padden resigns. Padden orchestrated the $1-billion direct-broadcast satellite merger between News Corp. and EchoStar that is beginning to show…