Search

Search results

Displaying 391 - 400

Antioch, city, Turkey

(Encyclopedia) Antioch Antioch ănˈtēŏkˌ [key] or Antakya Antakya äntäkˈyä [key], city, capital of Hatay prov., S Turkey, on the Orontes (Asi) River,…

A Game of Chess

A Game of ChessThe Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,[14]Glowed on the marble, where the glass Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out (…

The Congress of Women: Art

by Mrs. Emily Crawford Woman, the New Factor in EconomicsThe Pacific NorthwestArt Mrs. Emily Crawford was born in New London, in the County of Middlesex, England. Her parents were…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto IX

Purgatorio 42 - Purgatorio: Canto VIII Purgatorio: Canto X - 44 Purgatorio: Canto IX The concubine of old Tithonus now Gleamed white upon the eastern balcony, Forth from the arms…

The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto XX

Inferno: Canto XIXInferno: Canto XXIInferno: Canto XX Of a new pain behoves me to make verses And give material to the twentieth canto Of the first song, which is of the submerged. I…

What Makes Versailles So Special?

What makes it different from any other palace? Throughout Western Europe, centuries-old castles and palaces are spread across the countryside. Representing another lifetime and giving insight into…

John Keats: Part 1

by John Keats Part 2Part 1 Upon a time, before the faery broods Drove Nymph and Satyr from the prosperous woods, Before King Oberon's bright diadem, Sceptre, and mantle, clasp'd with dewy…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 3

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 2Chapter 4Chapter 3 At half-past twelve next day Lord Henry Wotton strolled from Curzon Street over to the Albany to call on his uncle, Lord Fermor, a genial if…