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Amy Lowell: Part Third

Part ThirdThe `Residenz-Theater' sparked and hummed With lights and people. Gebnitz was to sing, That rare soprano. All the fiddles strummed With tuning up; the wood-winds made a ring Of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Hellas, Preface

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue to Hellas Preface The poem of "Hellas", written at the suggestion of the events of the moment, is a mere improvise, and derives its interest (should it be…

Election Ballots: Types and History

Paper, lever machines, butterfly, and more by David Johnson Types of Ballots Paper BallotsMechanical Lever MachinesPunch CardsMarksense (…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 16

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 15Chapter 17Chapter 16 A cold rain began to fall, and the blurred street-lamps looked ghastly in the dripping mist. The public-houses were just closing, and dim…

Aliza's Time Travel Essay

Aliza imagines life in the year 2108 Related Links How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay Punctuation Sentences Ten Tips for…

A Christmas Carol: The Last of the Spirits

The Second of the Three Spirits The End of It The Last of the Spirits THE Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in…

Locke, John

(Encyclopedia) Locke, JohnLocke, Johnlŏk [key], 1632–1704, English philosopher, founder of British empiricism. Locke summed up the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to…