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Aesop's Fables: The Ploughman and the Wolf
by Aesop The Wolf and his ShadowMercury and the Man Bitten by an AntThe Ploughman and the Wolf A Ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough, and led them away to the water to drink. While…The Devil's Dictionary: Ink
by Ambrose Bierce INJUSTICEINNATEINK -n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual…The Devil's Dictionary: Lettuce
by Ambrose Bierce LEONINELEVIATHANLETTUCE -n. An herb of the genus Lactuca, "Wherewith," says that pious gastronome, Hengist Pelly, "God has been pleased to reward the good and punish the…The Devil's Dictionary: R
by Ambrose Bierce…Classical Mythology: First in War, First in Peace: Athena
First in War, First in Peace: AthenaClassical MythologyThe A Team: Olympians AllFirst in War, First in Peace: AthenaThree's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleFirst of the Red-Hot Lovers:…Classical Mythology: First of the Red-Hot Lovers: Aphrodite
First of the Red-Hot Lovers: AphroditeClassical MythologyThe A Team: Olympians AllFirst in War, First in Peace: AthenaThree's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleFirst of the Red-Hot Lovers:…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 1), Act II, Scene II
Scene IIThe highway, near GadshillEnter Prince Henry and PoinsPoinsCome, shelter, shelter: I have removed Falstaff's horse, and he frets like a gummed velvet.Prince HenryStand close.Enter…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 18, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark December 17, 1804December 19, 1804December 18, 1804 18th December Tuesday 1804 The Themometer the Same as last night Mr. Haney & La Rocke…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 3, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 2, 1806July 4, 1806July 3, 1806 Thursday July 3rd 1806. All arrangements being now compleated for carrying into effect the several scheemes…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: A Winter Night
by Robert Burns Fragment On SensibilitySong-Yon Wild Mossy MountainsA Winter Night Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm!…