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September 2016: First Presidential Debate

World News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major U.S. news events of September 2016. 1. Native Mosquitoes in Miami Test Positive for Zika 2. ITT…

Christina Rossetti: The First Spring Day

The First Spring DayI wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate, If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun And crocus fires are kindling one by one: Sing,…

Women's Suffrage: The First Victory (1869)

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Negro Suffrage as a Political NecessityPolitics After the WarThe First Victory (1869)In the midst of the baffling discouragement…

Lewis & Clark: First Across the Continent

by NoahBrooks First Across the ContinentContentsA Great Transaction in LandBeginning a Long JourneyFrom the Lower to the Upper RiverNovel Experiences among the IndiansFrom the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles the First

by Percy Bysshe Shelley [1]Fragments of an Unfinished Drama The Triumph of Life Charles the First DRAMATIS PERSONAE: King Charles I. Queen Henrietta. Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury. Wentworth…

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…

Baron Munchausen: Preface to the First Edition

by Rudolph Erich Raspe To the PublicPreface to the First Edition Baron Munnikhouson or Munchausen, of Bodenweder, near Hamelyn on the Weser, belongs to the noble family of that name,…

Brewer's: First-class Hard Labour

Under this sentence, the prisoner sleeps on a plank bed without a mattress, and spends six or eight hours a day turning a hard crank, or treading a wheel. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…