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Sirach: 31

Sirach Chapter 31 1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep. 2 Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 7

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 6Chapter 8Chapter 7 For some reason or other, the house was crowded that night, and the fat Jew manager who met them at the door was beaming from ear to ear…

The Valentine's Day Massacre

Capone and Company's botched plan The players: Al Capone (left) and George "Bugs" Moran. Valentine Links Valentine's Day Features Classic Love Poems on the Web From Reel Love to Real…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 16, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 15, 1805March 17, 1805March 16, 1805 March 16th, Mr. Gurrow a Frenchman who has lived many years with the Ricares & Mandans shewed us…

Brewer's: Cuckoo

A cuckold. The cuckoo occupies the nest and eats the eggs of other birds; and Dr. Johnson says “it was usual to alarm a husband at the approach of an adulterer by calling out `Cuckoo,'…