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Dr. Seuss

The beloved author of more than 46 children's books by Borgna Brunner Related Links Dr. Seuss Quiz Seuss on Broadway Grinchy Trivia Review: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Tongue Twisters Children…

In the Company of St. Patrick

Ten major Irish saints St. Patrick Related Links Christian Saints Patron Saints Index Ireland Canonization Saint Patrick's Day Quiz: Irish Literature and Folklore…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Jane: The Recollection

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Jane: The Invitation The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa To Jane: The Recollection Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition. See the…

Brewer's: Benbow

(Admiral ), in an engagement with the French near St. Martha, on the Spanish coast, in 1701, had his legs and thighs shivered into splinters by a chain-shot, but, supported in a wooden…

Brewer's: Primrose

(George). Son of the worthy Vicar of Wakefield. He went to Amsterdam to teach the people English, but forgot that he could not do so till he knew something of Dutch himself. (Goldsmith:…

Brewer's: Memnon

Prince of the Ethiopians, who went to the assistance of his uncle Priam, and was slain by Achilles. His mother Eos was inconsolable for his death, and wept for him every morning. The…

Brewer's: Mirrors

Alasnam's mirror. The “touchstone of virtue,” showed if the lady beloved was chaste as well as beautiful. (Arabian Nights: Prince Zeyn Alasnam.) Cambuscan's mirror. Sent to Cambuscan' by…

1 Peter: 4

1 Peter Chapter 4 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from…