This public-house sign refers to the distillation of spirits from green herbs, such as peppermint cordial, and so on. The green man is the herbalist, or the greengrocer of herbs, and the…
(A). A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn. Coleridge: The Ancient Mariner. Saddle Set the saddle on the right horse. Lay the blame on those who deserve it. Lose the horse and…
a henpecked husband: one ordered here, and ordered there and ordered everywhere. Tameson —i.e. spiritless, the slave even of a Tame-son. “`The deil's in the wife!' said Cuddie. `Dye think…
There was a man with tongue of wood
Who essayed to sing,
And in truth it was lamentable.
But there was one who heard
The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood
And knew what the man
Wished to…
This Dust Was Once the ManThis dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the…
by Aesop The Woman and the FarmerThe Swallow and the CrowPrometheus and the Making of Man At the bidding of Jupiter, Prometheus set about the creation of Man and the other animals. Jupiter…
by Aesop The Oak and the ReedsThe Boy and the SnailsThe Blind Man and the Cub There was once a Blind Man who had so fine a sense of touch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he…
by Aesop The Traveller and His DogThe Wild Boar and the FoxThe Shipwrecked Man and the Sea A Shipwrecked Man cast up on the beach fell asleep after his struggle with the waves. When he…
by Aesop The Belly and the MembersThe Ass and the WolfThe Bald Man and the Fly A Fly settled on the head of a Bald Man and bit him. In his eagerness to kill it, he hit himself a smart…
by Aesop The WitchThe MiserThe Old Man and Death An Old Man cut himself a bundle of faggots in a wood and started to carry them home. He had a long way to go, and was tired out before he…
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