The British tried to restrict the growth of westward expansion into Canada and the Mississippi valley. ... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ... If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. ... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ...

• Word Count: 1351
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Ode to a Grecian Urn THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? ... Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold L...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The mountains contain many streams and fertile valleys. ... Their primary crops were cassava, yams, and sweet potatoes. ... Most worked in the large sugar factories in the Cul-de-Sac, Roseau, and Mabouya valleys and in Vieux Fort, where there is still a significant East Indian community. ... There is a high level of audience participation as a commentary on the people's acceptance or rejection of the talent. ...

• Word Count: 1516
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

But it's no surprise why the people of the Valley of Ashes disillusion themselves in this gloomy town. ... She deceives people into believing she's a sweet, innocent girl, but that couldn't be further from the truth. ... In a conversation between Tom and Gatsby it's discussed that daisy seems to live, "High in a white palace." ...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After graduating from Salinas High School in 1919, Steinbeck attended Stanford University. ... Also during this period of time, Steinbeck worked on a series of short stories, later titled and published as The Long Valley (1938). ... The next highly successful novel from Steinbeck since Tortilla Flat encased the saga of the Salinas Valley and much of his own family's history. ... Steinbeck's later publications include Sweet Thursday (1954), The Sort Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication (1957), Once There Was a War (1958), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Travels with Charley in S...

• Word Count: 2138
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator describes, "Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing; and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came soothingly on the ear. It was a sweet substitute for the yet absent murmur of the summer foliage, which drowned that music about the Grange when the trees were in leaf......

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hundreds of singing children filled the streets of downtown Birmingham police officers were sent with attack dogs and firefighters with high-pressure water hoses against the marchers. ... After his death, King came to represent black courage and achievement, high moral leadership, and the ability of Americans to address and overcome racial divisions. ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School