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Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Honourable Member
131 133 The Honourable Member A MEMBER of a Legislature, who had pledged himself to his Constituents not to steal, brought home at the end of the session a large part of the dome of the Capitol.…chinoiserie
(Encyclopedia) chinoiseriechinoiserieshēnwäzrēˈ [key], decorative work produced under the influence of Chinese art, applied particularly to the more fanciful and extravagant manifestations.…art history
(Encyclopedia) art history, the study of works of art and architecture. In the mid-19th cent., art history was raised to the status of an academic discipline by the Swiss Jacob Burckhardt, who…Anne Bradstreet: In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess, Queen Elizabeth
In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess, Queen ElizabethProem. Although great Queen, thou now in silence lie, Yet thy loud Herald Fame, doth to the sky Thy wondrous worth proclaim, in…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epitaph On My Ever Honoured Father
by Robert Burns Epitaph On My Own Friend And M...Ballad On The American WarEpitaph On My Ever Honoured Father O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, Draw near with pious rev'…Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St. John
(Encyclopedia) Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St. JohnWaugh, Evelyn Arthur St. Johnēvˈlĭn, sĭnˈjən wô [key], 1903–66, English writer, considered the greatest satirist of his generation. Educated at Oxford, he…John Keats: Robin Hood
by John Keats Lines on the Mermaid TavernTo AutumnRobin Hood To a Friend No! those days are gone away, And their hours are old and gray, And their minutes buried all Under the…William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, Act III, Scene II
Scene IIA public placeEnter Lucilius, with three StrangersLuciliusWho, the Lord Timon? he is my very good friend, and an honourable gentleman.First StrangerWe know him for no less, though we…Brewer's: Funeral Games
Public games were held both in Greece and Rome in honour of the honoured dead. Examples of this custom are numerous: as at the death of Azan (son of Arcas, father of the Arcadians); the…