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Brewer's: Finger

(Anglo-Saxon, finger). The ear finger, digitus auricularis—i.e. the little finger. The four fingers are the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the ear finger. In French…

Kaushitaki-Upanishad: Second Adhyâya

Second Adhyâya 1. Prâna (breath) is Brahman, thus says Kaushitaki. Of this prâna, which is Brahman, the mind (manas) is the messenger, speech the housekeeper, the eye the guard, the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 9, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 8, 1806May 10, 1806May 9, 1806 Friday May 9th 1806. We sent out several hunters early this morning with instructions to meet us at the lodge…

Candide: Cunegund's Story

How the Old Woman Took Care O... What Happened to Cunegund, Ca... Cunegund's Story I was in bed, and fast asleep, when it pleased Heaven to send the Bulgarians to our delightful…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Sin

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Hell Grace Sin Lo. Peter in Hell's Grosvenor Square, A footman in the Devil's service! And the misjudging world would swear That every man in service there To virtue…

Brewer's: God

Gothic, goth (god); German, gott. (See Alla, Adonist, Elohistic, etc.) It was Hiero, Tyrant of Syracuse, who asked Simonides the poet, “What is God?” Simonides asked to have a day to…

What You Might Not Know About May Day

by Shmuel Ross Related Links Spring Poems Holidays Haymarket Square Riot May 1st, often called May Day, just might have more holidays than any other day of the year. It's a…