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Dura, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Dura, in the Bible, plain, near Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image.

Titus , in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Titus, in the Bible, early Christian, a missionary and friend of St. Paul. According to later tradition he was a bishop in Crete.

Demetrius, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Demetrius, in the New Testament. 1 Silversmith of Ephesus who stirred up a riot against Paul. 2 Disciple commended in Third John.

Chauncey Judd: Returning From Mill

The Tories Returning From Mill Halloo, youngster! give me ride, said a young man bearing a musket, and having a military sash around his waist, at the same time springing into the…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: October 17, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark October 16, 1805October 18, 1805October 17, 1805 October 17th Thursday 1805 Forks of Columbia This morning after the Luner observations, the old…

The Celtic Twilight: Drumcliff and Rosses

by W. B. Yeats The Three O'Byrnes and the Evil FaeriesThe Thick Skull of the FortunateDrumcliff and Rosses Drumcliff and Rosses were, are, and ever shall be, please Heaven! places of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Vision of the Sea

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Sensitive PlantThe CloudA Vision of the Sea Composed at Pisa early in 1820, and published with "Prometheus Unbound" in the same year. A transcript in Mrs.…