In 1801 Thomas Jefferson, who was the president, had a dream. His dream was to send an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory and the Oregon Region. Jefferson believed that there must be a land and water route to the Pacific coast. He wanted the expedition to find this route and to establ...
In personal life of William Shakespeare is worth mentioning that the age of seventeen, made his first quatrain that night met at a youth meeting to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than him, he would marry soon after. ... In 1594 Richard II, dream of a summer night King John, The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the flower. ... In 1600 he wrote twelfth night as you please. ...
1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: 8 Streets that follow like a tedious argument 9 Of insidious intent 10 To lead you to an overwhelming question ... 11 Oh, do not ask, "What is it?" 12 Let us go and make our visit. 13 In the room the women come and go 14 Talking of Michelangelo. 15 ...
"Hey let me bum a cigarette. Hey share the wealth, I need more alcohol." Teens today are having many problems dealing with drugs. Teenagers get influence by ads in magazines, ads on TV, people pressuring them, and from everyday life. Drugs and Alcohol does not help anything in the world. When teens ...
Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure is one of the main reasons for drug use in America. ...
In the twelfth century England, when the Assize was first introduced, unlike the modern-day jury, the jury was just a tool for the king; the earliest recorded juries were employed to be as mere recognitors (juror impanelled on an assize to hold a recognition in England in the period following the Norman Conquest)6, providing local knowledge, acting as witnesses and gathering information, rather than making decisions like it is now. ... Since then, Vaughan ruled that a jury could not be punished simply on account of the verdict it returned, but that individual jurors could still be punished if...
Mark's Place, then on East Twelfth Street. ... Heady stuff for the young Man Ray in search of a role model; and still more exciting when one night George Bellows, Henri's student, friend, fellow Ashcan realist painter, and shortstop of the artists' softball team at the Ferrer School, came by for a visit and singled out Man Ray's charcoal drawing, holding it in front of the rest of the class as a model of initiative and imagination. ...
The gun fire is never ending; the battle has raged on for what seems like an eternity. I can't remember a time I was more scared. All I can do is hunker down below a small stone wall along Guntown Road. My heart is pounding so hard it is louder then the gun fire surrounding me. "Joe! Joe! Where a...
Theories Found in The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeIn the magical land of Narnia, four siblings take on the White Witch with the help of a powerful lion named Aslan, who also serves as a Christ figure. One of the siblings, Edmund, feels underappreciated by the rest of his family and is fooled ...
India, Cambodia, and Indonesia are home to some of the most religiously influential megalithic structures of ancient Southeast Asia. These monuments stand before us in the present as faint remnants of the ancient civilizations that aspired to build towards the heavens. Each of the Hindu temples disc...
The English have been in Ireland as both peaceful settlers and conquerors since the 12th century. It was not until King Henry VIII (1509-1547) that the English interference took its toll on the Irish people. In order to subdue and rule Ireland, Henry sent Protestants to plant' or colonize Ireland...
