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William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Epilogue

EpilogueRosalindIt is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue; but it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologue. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that…

Exodus: 3

Exodus Chapter 3 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God,…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 1

by Oscar Wilde The PrefaceChapter 2Chapter 1 The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came…

Tao Te Ching: Chapter 20

Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge Chapter 19 Chapter 21 Chapter 20 1 When we renounce learning we have no troubles. The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;'-- Small is…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 7

Part 7Has any one supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash'd babe, and…

Aesop's Fables: The Old Woman and the Doctor

by Aesop The Spendthrift and the SwallowThe Moon and her MotherThe Old Woman and the Doctor An Old Woman became almost totally blind from a disease of the eyes, and, after consulting a…

The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, V

by Rabindranath Tagore IVV I found out after this that there were constant interruptions in my husband's professional duties. He refused all calls from a distance, and would hurry away…