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Brewer's: St. Cecilia
born of noble Roman parents, and fostered from her cradle in the Christian faith, married Valirlan. One day she told him that an angel, “whether she was awake or asleep, was ever beside…Brewer's: Gelert
(g hard). The name of Llewellyn's dog. One day a wolf entered the room where the infant son of the Welsh prince was asleep; Gelert flew at it and killed it; but when Llewellyn returned…Little Faithful
Little FaithfulFor a week the amount of virtue in the old house would have supplied the neighborhood. It was really amazing, for everyone seemed in a heavenly frame of mind, and self-denial…Confidential
ConfidentialI don't think I have any words in which to tell the meeting of the mother and daughters. Such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe, so I will leave it to the…William Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II
Scene IIAnother part of the woodEnter Titania, with her trainTitaniaCome, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence; Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose…Andersen's Fairy Tales: Of the Flower-Garden At the Old Woman's Who Understood Witchcraft
A Little Boy and a Little GirlThe Prince and PrincessOf the Flower-Garden At the Old Woman's Who Understood Witchcraft But what became of little Gerda when Kay did not return? Where could…The Celtic Twilight: The Untiring Ones
by W. B. Yeats KidnappersEarth, Fire and WaterThe Untiring Ones It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy…The Hunting of the Snark: The Barrister's Dream
The Beaver's Lesson The Banker's Fate The Barrister's Dream They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life…John DeWitt V (excerpt)
John DeWitt V (excerpt)by They have the power of "organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and of governing them when in service of the United States, giving to the separate States…Fundevogel
Fundevogel There was once a forester who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child were there. He followed the sound, and at last…