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Naughty Nan

Naughty Nan"Fritz, I've got a new idea," cried Mrs. Bhaer, as she met her husband one day after school. "Well, my dear, what is it?" and he waited willingly to hear the new plan, for some of…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 14, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 13, 1805June 15, 1805June 14, 1805 Friday June 14th 1805. This morning at sunrise I dispatched Joseph Fields with a letter to Capt. Clark…

John Keats: Part 2

by John Keats Part 1Part 2 love in a hut, with water and a crust, Is — Love, forgive us! — cinders, ashes, dust; Love in a palace is perhaps at last More grievous torment than a hermit's…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 26, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 25, 1806April 27, 1806April 26, 1806 Saturday April 26th 1806. This morning early we set forward and at the distance of three miles entered…

Brewer's: Dustman has arrived

(The), or “The sandman is about.” It is bedtime, for the children rub their eyes, as if dust or sand was in them. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DustyDust…

Brewer's: Dutch

The Dutch have taken Holland. A quiz when anyone tells what is well known as a piece of wonderful news. Similar to Queen Bess (or Queen Anne) is dead; the Ark rested on Mount Ararat; etc…

William of Occam

(Encyclopedia) William of Occam or OckhamWilliam of Occam or Ockhamboth: ŏkˈəm [key], c.1285–c.1349, English scholastic philosopher. A Franciscan, Occam studied and taught at Oxford from c.1310 until…

George, Henry

(Encyclopedia) George, Henry, 1839–97, American economist, founder of the single tax movement, b. Philadelphia. Of a poor family, his formal education was cut short at 14, and in 1857 he emigrated to…

Manager of the Year

Manager of the Year Voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Two awards (one for each league) presented since 1983. Note that (*) indicates manager's team won division…

Plays at Plumfield

Plays at PlumfieldAs it is as impossible for the humble historian of the March family to write a story without theatricals in it as for our dear Miss Yonge to get on with less than twelve or…