Saksagan
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 3
“She was the freest-handed woman that ever I knew,” said Mrs. Crowe, decidedly. “According to her means, she gave away more than anybody. I...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 2
Mrs. Crowe, on the contrary, was well to do, her husband being a rich farmer and an easy-going man. She was a stingy woman,...
Miss Tempy`s Watchers part 1
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909)
Sarah Orne Jewett was born at South Berwick, Maine, in 1849. She was one of the leading exponents of New England...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 2
I will give you either an arm or a leg, whichever shall best please you, and which shall be made over to you as...
Doctor Faust and the Usurer part 1
Anonymous: Late 16th Century
The author of the socalled Chapbook of Dr. Faust was in all probability a Lutheran pastor. The first known edition appeared...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 3
So they stopped and called Howleglass in a great passion, inquiring what vile work he had been doing, and swore and threatened dreadfully. Just...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 2
Away they went, and the merchant bought some pieces of roasting meat, saying on his return, “Now, Do l, remember when you put this...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 1
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant (Anonymous: about 1500)
The earliest known version of Eulenspiegel dates from 1515, though an edition is said to have been printed...
Gregorian calendar
The Julian and Gregorian calendars are the accepted conventions of measuring JL Linear Time today. The genesis-area I characteristics of any civilization, however,
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The first museum of Turkey
The first museum of Turkey: St.lrene
The ottoman band of musicians had been organizing concerts in 1914 in st. Irene, the first museum of the...