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Saul Bellow
Name at birth: Solomon BellowsSaul Bellow was a Jewish-American writer who in 1976 won the Nobel Prize for a career that included the novels Herzog (1965) and Seize the Day (1956). The son of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, December 19, 1805
Day 1082 Day 1084 Clark, December 19, 1805 Thursday 19th December 1805 Some rain with intervales of fair weather last night, this morning Clear & the wind from the S, W. we dispatched…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Flowery Banks Of Cree
by Robert Burns Young Jamie, Pride Of A' The PlainMonodyThe Flowery Banks Of Cree Here is the glen, and here the bower All underneath the birchen shade; The village-bell…John Keats: On a Dream
Ode to MayOn a Leander Gem Which a Young...On a Dream As Hermes once took to his feathers light, When lulled Argus, baffled, swoon’d and slept, So on a Delphic reed, my idle spright So…The Devil's Dictionary: Excess
by Ambrose Bierce EXCEPTIONEXCOMMUNICATIONEXCESS -n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of moderation. Hail, high Excess — especially in wine…The Devil's Dictionary: Grape
by Ambrose Bierce GRAMMARGRAPESHOTGRAPE -n. Hail noble fruit! — by Homer sung, Anacreon and Khayyam; Thy praise is ever on the tongue Of better men than I am. The lyre…The Devil's Dictionary: Satire
by Ambrose Bierce SATIETYSATYRSATIRE -n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this…Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is the host of the MSNBC political and news program The Rachel Maddow Show, where she is a staunch supporter of unions, women's rights, gay rights, and other classic liberal causes.…William Demarest
William Demarestcomedic actorBorn: 2/27/1892Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota Brash, comedic supporting actor from vaudeville, film and television, he appeared in more than 100 films from 1926…William Demarest Biography
William Demarestcomedic actorBorn: 2/27/1892Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota Brash, comedic supporting actor from vaudeville, film and television, he appeared in more than 100 films from 1926…Trending
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