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Brewer's: Walker
a proper name, is generally supposed to be $$$, a fuller, but the derivation of ancient names from trades is to be received with great caution. It is…Brewer's: Rope-dancers
Jacob Hall, in the reign of Charles II., greatly admired by the Duchess of Cleveland. Richer, the celebrated rope-dancer at Sadler's Wells (1658). Signora Violante, in the reign of Queen…Micah: 4
Micah Chapter 4 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted…Walt Whitman: Starting from Paumanok, Part 11
Part 11As I have walk'd in Alabama my morning walk, I have seen where the she-bird the mocking-bird sat on her nest in the briers hatching her brood.I have seen the he-bird also, I have…Brewer's: Beat
A track, line, or appointed range. A walk often trodden or beaten by the feet, as a policeman's boat. The word means a beaten path. Not in my beat. Not in my line; not in the range of my…A Christmas Carol: Marley's Ghost
The First of the Three Spirits Marley's Ghost MARLEY was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk…Walt Whitman: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, Part 5
Part 5What is it then between us? What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us?Whatever it is, it avails not—distance avails not, and place avails not, I too lived,…William Blake: Songs of Innocence, Holy Thursday
by WilliamBlakeDivine ImageNightHoly Thursday 'Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, Came children walking two and two, in read, and blue, and green: Grey-headed…Christina Rossetti: My Friend
My FriendDec. 1864Two days ago with dancing glancing hair, With living lips and eyes: Now pale, dumb, blind, she lies; So pale, yet still so fair.We have not left her yet, not yet alone…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Shadow of the Leader
The Thistles upon the Grave The Sagacious Rat The Shadow of the Leader A POLITICAL Leader was walking out one sunny day, when he observed his Shadow leaving him and walking…Trending
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