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Brewer's: Saxon Characteristics

(architectural). (1) The quoining consists of a long stone set at the corner, and a short one lying on it and bonding into the wall. (2) The use of large heavy blocks of stone in some…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Open Road, Part 9

Part 9Allons! whoever you are come travel with me! Traveling with me you find what never tires.The earth never tires, The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude…

Brewer's: Mary Queen of Scots

Shakespeare being under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth, and knowing her jealousy, would not, of course, praise openly her rival queen; but in the Midsummer Night's Dream, composed in…

Fighter Planes: MiG-15

The air power of the Evil Empire by David Noland MiG-15 Specs Length: 35 ft, 7 in. Wingspan: 33 ft, 1 in. Empty weight: 8,100 lbs Max weight: 13,300 lbs Max speed: 670…

Etiquette Q & A

Etiquette Q & A We asked manners expert Jodi Smith of Mannersmith http://www.mannersmith.com/ General 1. What's your biggest pet peeve concerning manners? Not enough people use…

Walt Whitman: Our Old Feuillage

Our Old FeuillageAlways our old feuillage! Always Florida's green peninsula—always the priceless delta of Louisiana—always the cotton-fields of Alabama and Texas, Always California's…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles I Scene 4

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Scene 3: The Star Chamber Scene 5: Scene 4: Hampden, Pym, Cromwell, his daughter, and young Sir Harry Vane. HAMPDEN: England, farewell! thou, who hast been my cradle…

Tom Green

Tom Green's rude, lewd and scatological humor made him a hit with teenage fans in the 1990s. Green began as a stand-up comedian and radio host in Canada; The Tom Green Show, a pop-eyed comedy-variety…