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Aesop's Fables: The Fisherman Piping
by Aesop The Fowler and the LarkThe Weasel and the ManThe Fisherman Piping A Fisherman who could play the flute went down one day to the sea-shore with his nets and his flute; and,…Aesop's Fables: Grief and His Due
by Aesop The Dog Chasing a WolfThe Hawk, the Kite, and the PigeonsGrief and His Due When Jupiter was assigning the various gods their privileges, it so happened that Grief was not present…Aesop's Fables: The Ass and the Old Peasant
by Aesop The Bear and the FoxThe Ox and the FrogThe Ass and the Old Peasant An old Peasant was sitting in a meadow watching his Ass, which was grazing close by, when all of a sudden he…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The First Lesson
by EmilyDickinsonXXXXIIThe First Lesson The First Lesson Not in this world to see his face Sounds long, until I read the place Where this is said to be But just the primer to a life…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment of a Sonnet ("Farewell to North Devon")
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Devil's Walk On Leaving London for Wales Fragment of a Sonnet FAREWELL TO NORTH DEVON. Published (from the Esdaile manuscript book) by Dowden, "Life of Shelley",…Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden was a small-town Sunday school teacher who was accused of the gruesome 1892 axe murders of her father and step-mother, Andrew and Abby Borden. A lifelong resident of Fall River,…Recent Discoveries: Slimy Cave Critters
Researchers exploring a mile-deep area of a Mexican cavern called Cueva De Villa Luiz (Cave of the Lighted House), in Tabasco state, discovered strange viscous colonies of single-cell…Nauseous vs. Nauseating vs. Nauseated
The Question: Is it correct to say "the chicken salad made me nauseous," meaning that it made me feel sick to my stomach? My friend says that this would mean…Posthumous Oscars
The Question: Chadwick Boseman is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar after his death. Has anyone else won an Oscar after they died? The Answer: Dozens of people have won Oscars after their deaths,…William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Act I
Act IScene IAlexandria. A room in Cleopatra's palaceEnter Demetrius and PhiloPhiloNay, but this dotage of our general's O'erflows the measure: those his goodly eyes, That o'er the files and…Trending
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