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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, December 18, 1804
Day 448 Day 450 Clark, December 18, 1804 18th December Tuesday 1804 The Themometer the Same as last night Mr. Haney & La Rocke left us for the Grossventre Camp, Sent out 7 men to hunt…Aesop's Fables: The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks
by Aesop The Fox and the GrasshopperThe Ass and the DogThe Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks A Farmer had just sown a field of wheat, and was keeping a careful watch over it, for numbers of…William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Act V, Scene IV
Scene IVThe palace yardNoise and tumult within. Enter Porter and his ManPorterYou'll leave your noise anon, ye rascals: do you take the court for Paris-garden? ye rude slaves, leave your…William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act II, Scene II
Scene IIBefore Gloucester's castleEnter Kent and Oswald, severallyOswaldGood dawning to thee, friend: art of this house?KentAy.OswaldWhere may we set our horses?KentI' the mire.OswaldPrithee…The Devil's Dictionary: Commonwealth
by Ambrose Bierce COMMERCECOMPROMISECOMMONWEALTH -n. An administrative entity operated by an incalculable multitude of political parasites, logically active but fortuitously efficient…Aesop's Fables: The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
by Aesop The Hunter and the HorsemanThe Nightingale and the SwallowThe Goatherd and the Wild Goats A Goatherd was tending his goats out at pasture when he saw a number of Wild Goats…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Judge and the Plaintiff
134 136 The Judge and the Plaintiff A MAN of Experience in Business was awaiting the judgment of the Court in an action for damages which he had brought against a railway company. The door opened…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Judge and the Plaintiff
An Inadequate Fee The Return of the Representative The Judge and the Plaintiff A MAN of Experience in Business was awaiting the judgment of the Court in an action for damages which he…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 30, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 29, 1806July 1, 1806June 30, 1806 Monday June 30th 1806. We dispatched Drewyer and J. Fields early this morning to hunt on the road and…Anne Bradstreet: The Flesh and the Spirit
The Flesh and the Spirit In secret place where once I stood Close by the Banks of Lacrim flood, I heard two sisters reason on Things that are past and things to come. One Flesh was call'd,…Trending
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