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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, February 13, 1805
Day 509 Day 511 Clark, February 13, 1805 I returned last night from a hunting party much fatigued, haveing walked 30 miles on the ice and through of wood land Points in which the Snow was…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, May 26, 1805 (Entry 1)
Day 677 Day 679 Lewis, May 26, 1805 Sunday May 26th 1805. Set out at an early hour and proceeded principally by the toe line, using the oars mearly to pass the river in order to take…Brewer's: Cake
A fool, a poor thing. (Cf. HALF-BAKED.) Cake To take the cake. To carry off the prize. The reference is to the prize-cake to the person who succeeded best in a given competition. In…Zechariah: 6
Zechariah Chapter 6 1 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of…Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 37
Part 37You laggards there on guard! look to your arms! In at the conquer'd doors they crowd! I am possess'd! Embody all presences outlaw'd or suffering, See myself in prison shaped like…Walt Whitman: Recorders Ages Hence
Recorders Ages HenceRecorders ages hence, Come, I will take you down underneath this impassive exterior, I will tell you what to say of me, Publish my name and hang up my picture as that…Walt Whitman: The World below the Brine
The World below the BrineThe world below the brine, Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves, Sea-lettuce, vast lichens, strange flowers and seeds, the thick tangle…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, August 4, 1805
Day 826 Day 828 Clark, August 4, 1805 August 4th Sunday 1805 a fine morning cool proceeded on verry early and Brackfast at the Camp Capt Lewis left yesterday morning, at this Camp he left…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Moral Principle and the Material Interest
The Crimson Candle The Moral Principle and the Material Interest A MORAL Principle met a Material Interest on a bridge wide enough for but one. "Down, you base thing!" thundered…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Causeway
Alarm and Pride Two in Trouble A Causeway A RICH Woman having returned from abroad disembarked at the foot of Knee-deep Street, and was about to walk to her hotel through the mud…Trending
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