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William Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing, Act III, Scene III
Scene IIIA streetEnter Dogberry and Verges with the WatchDogberryAre you good men and true?VergesYea, or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation, body and soul.DogberryNay, that…Winter Olympics: Snowboarding
U.S.-dominated crowd pleaser Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsHistory of SnowboardingSki Jumping Through the YearsShaun White biography The United States is a force to be reckoned with when…Brewer's: Alert
To be on the watch. From the Latin erectus, part. of erigere, to set upright; Italian, erto, French, erte, a watch-tower. Hence the Italian starë allerta, the Spanish estar alerta, and the…The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Elves and the Shoemaker There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone…Brewer's: Kettle
(A), a watch. A tin kittle is a silver watch. A red kittle is a gold watch. “Kettle,” or rather kittle, in slang language is a corrupt rendering of the words to-tick read backwards. (…Brewer's: Contemplate
(3 syl.). To inspect or watch the temple. The augur among the Romans, having taken his stand on the Capitoline Hill, marked out with his wand the space in the heavens he intended to…Hurricane Advisories and Warnings
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency and NOAA. Thanks to modern detection and tracking devices, the National Weather Service can usually provide 12 to 24 hours of advance warning.…Amy Lowell: Part First
Part FirstFrau Concert-Meister Altgelt shut the door. A storm was rising, heavy gusts of wind Swirled through the trees, and scattered leaves before Her on the clean, flagged path. The sky…Sara Teasedale: Swans
SwansNight is over the park, and a few brave stars Look on the lights that link it with chains of gold, The lake bears up their reflection in broken bars That seem too heavy for…Christina Rossetti: Song ("She sat and sang")
SongShe sat and sang alway By the green margin of a stream, Watching the fishes leap and play Beneath the glad sunbeam.I sat and wept alway Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam,…Trending
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