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The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 31

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 30Federalist No. 32Federalist No. 31 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) To the People of…

Edna St. Vincent Millay: God's World

God's WorldEdna St. Vincent MillayO world, I cannot hold thee close enough! Thy winds, thy wide grey skies! Thy mists that roll and rise! Thy woods this autumn day, that ache and sag…

John Keats: To -

Spenser! a jealous honourer of thine,To Ailsa RockTo - Time’s sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, Since I was tangled in thy beauty’s…

Latin and Greek Word Elements

Latin Roots, Prefixes, and SuffixesGreek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes English is a living language, and it is growing all the time. One way that new words come into the language is when…

Carmen

Music:Georges BizetLibretto:Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novel by Prosper MériméePremiere:Paris, March 3, 1875 Though Carmen is now a universal favorite, the opera's first…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Shadow

The False CollarThe Little Match GirlThe Shadow It is in the hot lands that the sun burns, sure enough! there the people become quite a mahogany brown, ay, and in the HOTTEST lands they…

John DeWitt III

John DeWitt III5 November 1787by John DeWittTo the Free Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Civil liberty, in all countries, hath promoted by a free discussion of publick measures,…

The Fisherman and His Wife

The Fisherman and His Wife There was once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigsty, close by the seaside. The fisherman used to go out all day long a-fishing; and one day, as he sat on…