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The Devil's Dictionary: Hope
by Ambrose Bierce HONORABLEHOSPITALITYHOPE -n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left — Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft; When…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 6, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark December 5, 1804December 7, 1804December 6, 1804 Fort Mandan 6th of December Thursday 1804 The wind blew violently hard from the N, N W. with…Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Ass
by Aesop The Lark and the FarmerThe ProphetThe Lion and the Ass A Lion and an Ass set up as partners and went a-hunting together. In course of time they came to a cave in which there were…Khandogya-Upanishad: Second Prapathaka, Sixth Khanda
Sixth Khanda1. Let a man meditate on the fivefold Saman in animals. The hinkara is goats, the prastava sheep, the udgitha cows, the pratihara horses, the nidhana man.2. Animals belong to him…Ulysses in the Hut with Eumaeus - The Odyssey
Ulysses Leaves Scheria and Re... Minerva Summons Telemachus fr... Ulysses in the Hut with Eumaeus. Ulysses now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the wooded…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: November 5, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 4, 1804November 6, 1804November 5, 1804 5th November Monday 1804 I rose verry early and commenced raising the 2 range of Huts the…Aesop's Fables: The Hunter and the Horseman
by Aesop The Swallow and the CrowThe Goatherd and the Wild GoatsThe Hunter and the Horseman A Hunter went out after game, and succeeded in catching a hare, which he was carrying home with…Aesop's Fables: The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf
by Aesop The Ass and His BurdensThe Fox and the GoatThe Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf A Shepherd's Boy was tending his flock near a village, and thought it would be great fun to hoax the…Aesop's Fables: The Old Lion
by Aesop The She-Goats and Their BeardsThe Boy BathingThe Old Lion A Lion, enfeebled by age and no longer able to procure food for himself by force, determined to do so by cunning.…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, September 14, 1804 (Entry 1)
Day 270 Day 272 Lewis, September 14, 1804 September 14th 1804 this day Capt. Clark killed a male wild goat so called- it's weight 65 lbs. F I length from point of nose to point of…Trending
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