(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of AlameinMontgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alameinməntgŭmˈərē, ăləmānˈ [key], 1887–1976, British field marshal.…
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The Flying-Machine
AN Ingenious Man who had built a flying-machine invited a great concourse of people to see it go up. At the appointed moment, everything being ready, he boarded the car…
The Alderman and the Raccoon The Angel's Tear The Flying-Machine AN Ingenious Man who had built a flying-machine invited a great concourse of people to see it go up. At the appointed…
by Ambrose Bierce TYPETZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY -n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some…
On a Fly-Leaf of Burns' SongsFrederic Lawrence KnowlesThese are the best of him,
Pathos and jest of him;
Earth holds the rest of him.Passions were strong in him, —
Pardon the wrong in him;…
Music:Richard WagnerLibretto:Wagner, based on HeinePremiere:Dresden, January 2, 1843 Wagner based the spooky plot of Der Fliegende Hollander on the legend of a Dutch sea captain who vows to…
The man who gave himself "terrible frights"
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From Paumanok Starting I Fly Like a BirdFrom Paumanok starting I fly like a bird,
Around and around to soar to sing the idea of all,
To the north betaking myself to sing there arctic songs,…
by EmilyDickinsonXLVXLVIIDying Dying I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
Between the heaves of storm. The eyes beside had…
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