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Brewer's: Birds
Birds of a feather flock together. Persons associate with those of a similar taste and station as themselves. Qui se ressemble s'assemble. Cicero says, “Similes similibus gaudent, pures…Top 100 Works in World Literature
Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…Andersen's Fairy Tales: Metamorphosis of the Copying-Clerk
A Moment of Head Importance - ...The Best That the Galoshes GaveMetamorphosis of the Copying-Clerk The watchman, whom we have certainly not forgotten, thought meanwhile of the galoshes he…Brewer's: Virgil
In the Gesta Romanorum Virgil is represented as a mighty but benevolent enchanter. This is the character that Italian tradition always gives him, and it is this traditional character that…The Divine Comedy: Postscript
Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine...Postscript 'Ich habe unter meinen Papieren ein Blatt gefunden, wo ich die Baukunst eine erstarrte Musik nenne.' Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1829…Classical Mythology: The Limits of Craftsmanship
The Limits of CraftsmanshipClassical MythologyNot in Our Stars: Tragic Heroes and Their FatesSwitchblade SistersMutual Mistrust: The High Cost of JealousyThe Limits of CraftsmanshipDad, Can I Borrow…Federalist No. 67
No 66 No 68 The Executive Department From the New York Packet.Tuesday, March 11, 1788. Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE constitution of the…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 67
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 66Federalist No. 68Federalist No. 67 The Executive Department To the People of the State of New York: The constitution…Brewer's: Serpent
An attribute of St. Cecilia, St. Euphemia, and many other saints, either because they trampled on Satan, or because they miraculously cleared some country of such reptiles. (See Dagon.)…A Game of Chess
A Game of ChessThe Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,[14]Glowed on the marble, where the glass Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out (…