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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…Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to bite and to break, and…Walt Whitman: To Him That Was Crucified
To Him That Was CrucifiedMy spirit to yours dear brother, Do not mind because many sounding your name do not understand you, I do not sound your name, but I understand you, I specify you with…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 21, 1805
Day 608 Day 610 Clark, April 21, 1805 21st of April Sunday 1805 Set out early the wind gentle & from the N. W. the river being verry Crooked, I concluded to walk through the point, the…Aesop's Fables: The Quack Doctor
by Aesop The Fox Who Served a LionThe Lion, the Wolf, and the FoxThe Quack Doctor A certain man fell sick and took to his bed. He consulted a number of doctors from time to time, and they…John Donne: Expostulation XXI. Atque annuit ille
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, how large a glass of the next world is this! As we have an art, to cast from one glass to another, and so to carry the species a great way off, so hast…1 Kings: 3
1 Kings Chapter 3 1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 23, 1805
Day 612 Day 614 Clark, April 23, 1805 23rd of April 1805 a cold morning at about 9 oClock the wind as usial rose from the N W and continued to blow verry hard untill late in the evening I…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 30, 1805
Day 625 Day 627 Lewis, April 30, 1805 Tuesday April 30th 1805. Set out at sunrise. the wind blew hard all last night, and continued to blow pretty hard all day, but not so much, as to…Trending
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