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The Devil's Dictionary: Looking-glass
by Ambrose Bierce LONGEVITYLOQUACITYLOOKING-GLASS -n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given. The King of Manchuria had a magic looking-glass,…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Lines Written In Friars'-Carse Hermitage
by Robert Burns Song-I Hae a Wife O' My AinTo Alex. Cunningham, ESQ., WriterLines Written In Friars'-Carse Hermitage Glenriddel Hermitage, June 28th, 1788. Thou whom chance may…The True George Washington: Master and Employer: Charity
CharityAfter the terrible attack of fever in Philadelphia in 1793, Washington wrote to a clergyman of that city,—"It has been my intention ever since my return to the city, to contribute my…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Miracle
The MiracleI have trod this path a hundred times With idle footsteps, crooning rhymes. I know each nest and web-worm's tent, The fox-hole which the woodchucks rent, Maple and oak, the old…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo
by Robert Burns On The Birth Of A Posthumous ChildElegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, As Burnet, lovely from her native skies;…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Bessy And Her Spinnin' Wheel
by Robert Burns The Country LassLove For LoveBessy And Her Spinnin' Wheel O Leeze me on my spinnin' wheel, And leeze me on my rock and reel; Frae tap to tae that cleeds me…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: My Spouse Nancy
by Robert Burns On Mrs. Riddell's BirthdayAddressMy Spouse Nancy Tune-"My Jo Janet." "Husband, husband, cease your strife, Nor longer idly rave, Sir; Tho' I am your wedded…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Sonnet ("Ye hasten to the grave!")
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The World's Wanderers Lines to a Reviewer Sonnet Published by Leigh Hunt, "The Literary Pocket-Book", 1823. There is a transcript amongst the Ollier manuscripts, and…The Heisman Trophy Vote's for College Football's 2001–2002 Season
Player of the Year Eric Crouch, Nebraska Heisman, Camp Rex Grossman, Florida AP Ken Dorsey, Miami-FL Maxwell Position Players of the Year O'Brien Award (Quarterback) Eric…John DeWitt I
John DeWitt I22 October 1787by John DeWittTo the Free Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Whoever attentively examines the history of America, and compares it with that of other…Trending
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