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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Fragment.-Leezie Lindsay
by Robert Burns InscriptionFragment.-The Wren's NestFragment.-Leezie Lindsay Will ye go to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay, Will ye go to the Hielands wi' me? Will ye go to…The Devil's Dictionary: Oblivion
by Ambrose Bierce OATHOBSERVATORYOBLIVION -n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for…The Devil's Dictionary: Slang
by Ambrose Bierce SIRENSMITHAREENSLANG -n. The grunt of the human hog (Pignoramus intolerabilis) with an audible memory. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with…Sophia Loren
Name at birth: Sofia ScicoloneSophia Loren was one of Italian film's great 20th-century sex symbols. She hit it big in the movies in 1950s, thanks especially to film producer Carlo Ponti (whom she…Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress who shot to international fame with her Oscar-nominated performance in the 2006 film Babel. A model since the age of 14, Kikuchi began her career as an actress in…Aesop's Fables: The Lamp
by Aesop Father and SonsThe Owl and the BirdsThe Lamp A Lamp, well filled with oil, burned with a clear and steady light, and began to swell with pride and boast that it shone more…The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 3
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 2Federalist No. 4Federalist No. 3 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) To the…Isaiah: 16
Isaiah Chapter 16 1 Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird…The Devil's Dictionary: Dawn
by Ambrose Bierce DATARYDAYDAWN -n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and…Walt Whitman: To Get the Final Lilt of Songs
To Get the Final Lilt of SongsTo get the final lilt of songs, To penetrate the inmost lore of poets—to know the mighty ones, Job, Homer, Eschylus, Dante, Shakespere, Tennyson, Emerson; To…Trending
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