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A Genoese halfpenny, a corruption of Januensis or Genoensis. “Because I could not give her many a jane.” Spenser: Fuërie Queene, book iii. canto vii. 58. Jane. A most ill-starred name…Of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit-Hole
by Lewis Carroll The Pool of TearsDown the Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped…William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act V, Scene VI
Scene VIWindsor castleFlourish. Enter Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of York, with other Lords, and AttendantsHenry BolingbrokeKind uncle York, the latest news we hear Is that the rebels have…Mob murder in a Christian nation<cite>by Ida B. Wells</cite>
1909 The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people. It presents three salient facts: First, lynching is a colorline murder. Second…Herta Däubler-Gmelin, 2002 News
German justice minister, outraged the Bush administration in September when she said that President Bush was focusing on a military strike against Iraq to shift attention away from domestic…Alexander Litvinenko, 2006 News
former KGB spy, died in London in November after being contaminated with the radioactive isotope polonium 210. His mysterious death sparked an investigation that found traces of polonium 210…The Devil's Dictionary: Belladonna
by Ambrose Bierce BEHAVIORBENEDICTINESBELLADONNA -n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.William Shakespeare: King John, Act V, Scene VII
Scene VIIThe orchard in Swinstead AbbeyEnter Prince Henry, Salisbury, and BigotPrince HenryIt is too late: the life of all his blood Is touch'd corruptibly, and his pure brain, Which some…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 6
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 5 7 6 All touch, all eye, all ear, The Spirit felt the Fairy's burning speech. O'er the thin texture of its frame, The varying periods painted changing glows, As on a…February 2008 Current Events
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