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Brewer's: Cock

Mahomet found in the first heaven a cock of such enormous size that its crest touched the second heaven. The crowing of this celestial bird arouses every living creature from sleep except…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Sphinx

The SphinxThe Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled: Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. "Who'll tell me my secret, The ages have kept?— I awaited the seer While they…

Fun Facts About Skyscrapers

From the father of the skyscraper to a building with a view by Karen Barss The Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France The Empire State Building, in New York City The Sears Tower, in…

Round Three: Monarchos vs. Point Given

Preview of the 2001 Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown by John Gettings   Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos (left) is sure to face stiff competition from Preakness winner Point Given. (…

World's Tallest Towers

This table provides information about the tallest towers in the world. A tower differs from a building in that the latter has floors, and is designed for residential, business, or…

Toronto

(Encyclopedia) TorontoTorontotərŏnˈtō [key], city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been…

Amy Lowell: Hoops

HoopsBlue and pink sashes, Criss-cross shoes, Minna and Stella run out into the garden To play at hoop.Up and down the garden-paths they race, In the yellow sunshine, Each with a big round…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 15, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 14, 1806July 16, 1806July 15, 1806 15 July 1806. Sent McNeal down this morning to the lower part of the portage to see whether the large…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Orpheus

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Buona NotteFiordispinaOrpheus Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862; revised and enlarged by Rossetti, "Complete Poetical Works of P. B. S.", 1870.…