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Coleridge: The Ancient Mariner
ChristabelThe Ancient Mariner The Latin motto is condensed, by omission, from about a page of Thomas Burnet's Archaeologiae Philosophicae: sive Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus,…Million-Dollar Math Problem
—By Borgna Brunner After a seven-year, three-billion-mile expedition through the solar system, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft capsule landed in the Arizona desert on Jan. 15, 2006, with an…Infoplease BBQ Primer
Some BBQ tips Marinades and Sauces For a superbly juicy piece of meat, nothing beats a quality marinade. There are dozens of different ways to marinate pork, beef, and chicken. Try out a few…The Willow-Wren and the Bear
The Willow-Wren and the Bear Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he said: 'Brother wolf, what bird is…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 19, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 18, 1804July 20, 1804July 19, 1804 July 19th after breakfast which was on a rosted Ribs of a Deer a little and a little Coffee I walked on…Coleridge: Part IV
Part IIIPart VPart IV The Wedding-Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him; "I Fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As…Baron Munchausen: A further account of the jo...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe Our Baron excels Baron Tott... This is a very short chapte... A further account of the jo... A further account of the journey from Harwich to Helvoetsluys…Brewer's: Ear
(Anglo-Saxon, eáre.) A deaf ear. One that refuses to listen; as if it heard not. Bow down Thine ear. Condescend to hear or listen. (Ps. xxxi. 2.) By ear. To sing or play by ear means to…Brewer's: Elohistic
and Jehovistic Scriptures. The Pentateuch is supposed by Bishop Colenso and many others to have been written at two widely different periods, because God is invariably called Elohim in…Brewer's: Relics
A writer in the Twentieth Century (1892, article ROME) says: “Some of the most astounding relics are officially shown in Rome, and publicly adored by the highest dignitaries of the…