"Then gave I her, -- so tutor'd by my art, --	 
A sleeping potion; which so took effect
As I intended, for it wrought on her
The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo
That he should hither come as this dire night,
To help to take her from her borrow'd grave,
Being the time the potion's force should cease."
	-William Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet_

"Then gave I her, -- so tutor'd by my art, --
 A sleeping potion; which so took effect
 As I intended, for it wrought on her
 The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo
 That he should hither come as this dire night,
 To help to take her from her borrow'd grave,
 Being the time the potion's force should cease."
    -William Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet_

With a Sting in his Tail as long as a Flail,

 With a Sting in his Tail as long as a Flail,

He had long Claws, and in his Jaws 

 He had long Claws, and in his Jaws 

With a Hide as tough, as any Buff,

 With a Hide as tough, as any Buff,

    -"An Excellent Ballad of a moſt dreadful Combat, fought between

    -"An Excellent Ballad of a most dreadful Combat, fought between

    Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical, 

    Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant. With Introductions Historical,

"The little princess, asleep in her cradle, floated on the water, and at 
last she was cast up on the shore of a beautiful country, where, however, 
very few people dwelt since the ogre Ravagio and his wife Tourmentine had 
gone to live there-for they ate up everybody. Ogres are terrible people. 
When once they have tasted raw human flesh they will hardly eat anything 
else, and Tourmentine always knew how to make some body come their way, 

"The little princess, asleep in her cradle, floated on the water, and at
last she was cast up on the shore of a beautiful country, where, however,
very few people dwelt since the ogre Ravagio and his wife Tourmentine had
gone to live there-for they ate up everybody. Ogres are terrible people.
When once they have tasted raw human flesh they will hardly eat anything
else, and Tourmentine always knew how to make some body come their way,

	-Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy, 
	"'Orangier et l'Abeille".  1697
	

    -Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy,
    "'Orangier et l'Abeille".  1697

	-Shrek.  2001.

    -Shrek.  2001.

$"The latter lived in the country, and before his house there was an oak, 
in which there was a lair of snakes. His servants killed the snakes, but 
Melampus gathered wood and burnt the reptiles, and reared the young ones. 
And when the young were full grown, they stood beside him at each of his 
shoulders as he slept, and they purged his ears with their tongues. He 
started up in a great fright, but understood the voices of the birds flying 
overhead, and from what he learned from them he foretold to men what should 

$"The latter lived in the country, and before his house there was an oak,
in which there was a lair of snakes. His servants killed the snakes, but
Melampus gathered wood and burnt the reptiles, and reared the young ones.
And when the young were full grown, they stood beside him at each of his
shoulders as he slept, and they purged his ears with their tongues. He
started up in a great fright, but understood the voices of the birds flying
overhead, and from what he learned from them he foretold to men what should

$"Buckshank bold and Elfinstone,
And more than I can mention here,
They caused to be built so stout a ship,
And unto Iceland they would steer.

$
"Buckshank bold and Elfinstone,
 And more than I can mention here,
 They caused to be built so stout a ship,
 And unto Iceland they would steer.

They launched the ship upon the main,
Which bellowed like a wrathful bear;
Down to the bottom the vessel sank,
A laidly Trold has dragged it there."

 They launched the ship upon the main,
 Which bellowed like a wrathful bear;
 Down to the bottom the vessel sank,
 A laidly Trold has dragged it there."

&

You feel a lump in the pit of your stomach.  

You feel a lump in the pit of your stomach.

"That country was then ruled by Antaeus, son of Poseidon, who used to 
kill strangers by forcing them to wrestle. Being forced to wrestle with 
him, Hercules hugged him, lifted him aloft, broke and killed him; for 
when he touched earth so it was that he waxed stronger, wherefore some 

"That country was then ruled by Antaeus, son of Poseidon, who used to
kill strangers by forcing them to wrestle. Being forced to wrestle with
him, Hercules hugged him, lifted him aloft, broke and killed him; for
when he touched earth so it was that he waxed stronger, wherefore some

"We'll call him Cacodemon, with his black Gib there, his Succuba, his 
Devil's Seed, his Spawn of Phlegethon, that o' my Conſience was bred 

"We'll call him Cacodemon, with his black Gib there, his Succuba, his
Devil's Seed, his Spawn of Phlegethon, that o' my Consience was bred

by single combat; but Canute saying that he, a man of small stature, 
would have little chance against the tall athletic Edmund, proposed, on 

by single combat; but Canute saying that he, a man of small stature,
would have little chance against the tall athletic Edmund, proposed, on

had killed Orthos and the oxherd Eurytion out in the gloomy meadow beyond fabulous 

had killed Orthos and the oxherd Eurytion out in the gloomy meadow beyond fabulous

And set on rock of yonder hill aloft;
Her husband is no wight of human seed,
But serpent dire and fierce, as may be thought, 
Who flies with wings above in starry skies,
And doth subdue each thing with fiery flight.
The Gods themselves and powers that seem so wise 
With mighty love be subject to his might.
The rivers black and deadly floods of pain
And darkness eke as thrall to him remain."

 And set on rock of yonder hill aloft;
 Her husband is no wight of human seed,
 But serpent dire and fierce, as may be thought, 
 Who flies with wings above in starry skies,
 And doth subdue each thing with fiery flight.
 The Gods themselves and powers that seem so wise 
 With mighty love be subject to his might.
 The rivers black and deadly floods of pain
 And darkness eke as thrall to him remain."

"But Sigmund turned him about, and he said: 'What aileth thee, son?  
Shall our life-days never be merry, and our labour never be done?'  

"But Sigmund turned him about, and he said: 'What aileth thee, son?
 Shall our life-days never be merry, and our labour never be done?'

But Sinfiotli said: 'I have looked, and lo, there is death in the cup.'

 But Sinfiotli said: 'I have looked, and lo, there is death in the cup.'

And the song, and the tinkling of harp-strings to the roof-tree winded up;
And Sigmund was dreamy with wine and the wearing of many a year;
And the noise and the glee of the people as the sound of the wild woods were 
And the blossoming boughs of the Branstock were the wild trees waving about;

 And the song, and the tinkling of harp-strings to the roof-tree winded up;
 And Sigmund was dreamy with wine and the wearing of many a year;
 And the noise and the glee of the people as the sound of the wild woods were 
 And the blossoming boughs of the Branstock were the wild trees waving about;

So he said: 'Well seen, my fosterling; let the lip then strain it out.'"

 So he said: 'Well seen, my fosterling; let the lip then strain it out.'"

With all her force she rageth, full of wrath.
All the gods have turned to her,
With those, whom ye created, they go at her side.
They are banded together, and at the side of Tiamat they advance;
They are furious, they devise mischief without resting night and day.
They prepare for battle, fuming and raging;
They have joined their forces and are making war.
Tiamat who formed all things,
Made in addition weapons invincible; she spawned monster-serpents,
Sharp of tooth, and merciless of fang;
With poison, instead of blood, she filled their bodies.
Fierce monster-vipers she clothed with terror,
With splendor she decked them, she made them of lofty stature.
Whoever beheld them, terror overcame him,
Their bodies reared up and none could withstand their attack."

 With all her force she rageth, full of wrath.
 All the gods have turned to her,
 With those, whom ye created, they go at her side.
 They are banded together, and at the side of Tiamat they advance;
 They are furious, they devise mischief without resting night and day.
 They prepare for battle, fuming and raging;
 They have joined their forces and are making war.
 Tiamat who formed all things,
 Made in addition weapons invincible; she spawned monster-serpents,
 Sharp of tooth, and merciless of fang;
 With poison, instead of blood, she filled their bodies.
 Fierce monster-vipers she clothed with terror,
 With splendor she decked them, she made them of lofty stature.
 Whoever beheld them, terror overcame him,
 Their bodies reared up and none could withstand their attack."

"He thinks every buſh a boggart."
    -John Ray, _A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs_.  1768. 

"He thinks every bush a boggart."
    -John Ray, _A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs_.  1768.

"A BOGGART intruded himself, upon what pretext or by what authority is unknown, 
into the house of a quiet, inoffensive, and laborious farmer; and, when once it 
had taken possession it disputed the right of domicile with the legal mortal 
tenant, in a very unneighbourly and arbitrary manner. In particular, it seemed 
to have a great aversion to children. As there is no point on which a parent 
feels more acutely than that of the maltreatment of his offspring, the feelings 
of the father and more particularly of his good dame, were daily, ay, and 

"A BOGGART intruded himself, upon what pretext or by what authority is unknown,
into the house of a quiet, inoffensive, and laborious farmer; and, when once it
had taken possession it disputed the right of domicile with the legal mortal
tenant, in a very unneighbourly and arbitrary manner. In particular, it seemed
to have a great aversion to children. As there is no point on which a parent
feels more acutely than that of the maltreatment of his offspring, the feelings
of the father and more particularly of his good dame, were daily, ay, and

"How doth the little busy Bee 
     Improve each shining Hour, 
And gather Honey all the day 

"How doth the little busy Bee
     Improve each shining Hour,
 And gather Honey all the day

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your 

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your

He made a human figure of clay, and left a small aperture in the lesser 
brain in which he laid a parchment with the unutterable name of God 
written on it. The clod immediately arose and was a man; he performed 
all the duties of a servant for his creator, he fetched water, and hewed 
wood.  All through the Jews quarter he was known as the Golem of the great 
Rabbi Löw. Every Friday evening the Rabbi took the parchment out of his 
head, and he was clay until Sunday morning. Once the Rabbi forgot this 
duty, all were in the Synagogue, the Sabbath hymn was begun, when all the 

He made a human figure of clay, and left a small aperture in the lesser
brain in which he laid a parchment with the unutterable name of God
written on it. The clod immediately arose and was a man; he performed
all the duties of a servant for his creator, he fetched water, and hewed
wood.  All through the Jews quarter he was known as the Golem of the great
Rabbi Löw. Every Friday evening the Rabbi took the parchment out of his
head, and he was clay until Sunday morning. Once the Rabbi forgot this
duty, all were in the Synagogue, the Sabbath hymn was begun, when all the

the Golem is destroying everything!' The Rabbi ordered the precentor to 
pause at the end of the prayer: it was yet possible to save all, but later 
nought would avail, the whole world would be destroyed.  He hastened home, 
and saw the Golem already seizing the joists of his house to tear down the 

the Golem is destroying everything!' The Rabbi ordered the precentor to
pause at the end of the prayer: it was yet possible to save all, but later
nought would avail, the whole world would be destroyed.  He hastened home,
and saw the Golem already seizing the joists of his house to tear down the

	-Berthold Auerbach, _Spinoza_. 1882.

    -Berthold Auerbach, _Spinoza_. 1882.

"Snouk but and snouk ben,

'Snouk but and snouk ben,

His heart this night shall kitchen my bread."

His heart this night shall kitchen my bread.'"

I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, 'Is it good, friend?'
'It is bitter - bitter', he answered,
'But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart.'"

 I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
 Who, squatting upon the ground,
 Held his heart in his hands,
 And ate of it.
 I said, 'Is it good, friend?'
 'It is bitter - bitter', he answered,
 'But I like it
 Because it is bitter,
 And because it is my heart.'"

Hello, my honey
Hello, my ragtime gal

 Hello, my honey
 Hello, my ragtime gal

Send me a kiss by wire
Baby, my hearts on fire

 Send me a kiss by wire
 Baby, my hearts on fire

If you refuse me
Honey, you'll lose me
Then you'll be left alone

 If you refuse me
 Honey, you'll lose me
 Then you'll be left alone

Oh baby, telephone
And tell me I'm your own."

 Oh baby, telephone
 And tell me I'm your own."

trees, and the unearthly silence gave way, as it were with a grace, 

trees, and the unearthly silence gave way, as it were with a grace,

that came faster and faster until they were incoherent.  And where they took 

that came faster and faster until they were incoherent.  And where they took

Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat!
Work, work! Nor dare to shirk,
While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh,
Round and round far underground
Below, my lad!"

 Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat!
 Work, work! Nor dare to shirk,
 While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh,
 Round and round far underground
 Below, my lad!"

With winged course, o'er hill and moory dale,
Pursues the Arimaspian who by stealth
Hath from his wakeful custody purloined
His guarded gold."

 With winged course, o'er hill and moory dale,
 Pursues the Arimaspian who by stealth
 Hath from his wakeful custody purloined
 His guarded gold."

"The Devil, too, sometimes steals human children; it is not infrequent 
for him to carry away infants within the first six weeks after birth, 

"The Devil, too, sometimes steals human children; it is not infrequent
for him to carry away infants within the first six weeks after birth,

It creeps 
And leaps
and glides and slides 
Across the floor 
Right through the door 
And all around the wall, 
A splotch, a blotch..."

 It creeps
 And leaps
 and glides and slides
 Across the floor
 Right through the door
 And all around the wall,
 A splotch, a blotch..."

No one knows where kobolds originated.  Some say they were the creation 

No one knows where kobolds originated.  Some say they were the creation

gone bad.  Kobolds look like small, greyish creatures with canine heads.  

gone bad.  Kobolds look like small, greyish creatures with canine heads.

"Ctesias writeth, that in Æthiopia likewise there is a beast which he calleth Mantichora, having three rankes of teeth, which when they meet togither are let in one within another like the teeth of combes: with the face and eares of a man, with red eyes; of colour sanguine, bodied like a lyon, and having a taile armed with a sting like a scorpion: his voice resembleth the noise of a flute and trumpet sounded together: very swift he is, and mans flesh of all others hee most desireth."

"Ctesias writeth, that in Aethiopia likewise there is a beast which he calleth Mantichora, having three rankes of teeth, which when they meet togither are let in one within another like the teeth of combes: with the face and eares of a man, with red eyes; of colour sanguine, bodied like a lyon, and having a taile armed with a sting like a scorpion: his voice resembleth the noise of a flute and trumpet sounded together: very swift he is, and mans flesh of all others hee most desireth."

... To the Sirens first shalt thou come, who beguile all men whosoever comes to them. Whoso in ignorance draws near to them and hears the Sirens' voice, he nevermore returns, that his wife and little children may stand at his side rejoicing, but the Sirens beguile him with their clear-toned song, as they sit in a meadow, and about them is a great heap of bones of mouldering men, and round the bones the skin is shrivelling.
        -Homer, _The Odyssey_, Book XII

"To the Sirens first shalt thou come, who beguile all men whosoever comes to them. Whoso in ignorance draws near to them and hears the Sirens' voice, he nevermore returns, that his wife and little children may stand at his side rejoicing, but the Sirens beguile him with their clear-toned song, as they sit in a meadow, and about them is a great heap of bones of mouldering men, and round the bones the skin is shrivelling."
    -Homer, _The Odyssey_, Book XII

I see Egypt and the Egyptians -- I see the pyramids and obelisks;
I look on chisel'd histories, songs, philosophies, cut in slabs
   of sand-stone, or on granite-blocks;
I see at Memphis mummy-pits, containing mummies, embalm'd, swathed 
   in linen cloth, lying there many centuries;	 
I look on the fall'n Theban, the large-ball'd eyes, the side-drooping
   neck, the hands folded across the breast."

"I see Egypt and the Egyptians -- I see the pyramids and obelisks;
 I look on chisel'd histories, songs, philosophies, cut in slabs
     of sand-stone, or on granite-blocks;
 I see at Memphis mummy-pits, containing mummies, embalm'd, swathed
     in linen cloth, lying there many centuries;
 I look on the fall'n Theban, the large-ball'd eyes, the side-drooping
     neck, the hands folded across the breast."

And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
    For thine is the Kingdom

 And the reality
 Between the motion
 And the act
 Falls the Shadow
     For thine is the Kingdom

Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
    Life is very long"

 Between the conception
 And the creation
 Between the emotion
 And the response
 Falls the Shadow
     Life is very long"

And the music softly moans
T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones.

 And the music softly moans
 T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin
 And dance around in your bones.

When it gets too hot for comfort
And you can’t get ice cream cones
T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin
And dance around your bones."

 When it gets too hot for comfort
 And you can’t get ice cream cones
 T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin
 And dance around your bones."

'While the angels, all pallid and wan,	 
  Uprising, unveiling, affirm	 
That the play is the tragedy, "Man,"	 
  And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.'
     -Edgar Allen Poe

"While the angels, all pallid and wan,
   Uprising, unveiling, affirm
 That the play is the tragedy, "Man,"
   And its hero, the Conqueror Worm."
    -Edgar Allen Poe

"MINERVA was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she 
did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with 
Juno and Venus for the prize of beauty. It happened thus: 
At the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were 
invited with the exception of Eris, or Discord. Enraged 
at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among 

"MINERVA was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she
did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with
Juno and Venus for the prize of beauty. It happened thus:
At the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were
invited with the exception of Eris, or Discord. Enraged
at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among

This is made two Ways, viz. either by infuſing the Apricots cut in 
Pieces in Brandy for a Day or two, and then paſſing it thro' the draining 
Bag, and putting in the uſual Ingredients; or elſe the Apricots may be 
boil'd in White wine, and by that Means more eaſily clarify'd adding an 

This is made two Ways, viz. either by infusing the Apricots cut in
Pieces in Brandy for a Day or two, and then passing it thro' the draining
Bag, and putting in the usual Ingredients; or else the Apricots may be
boil'd in White wine, and by that Means more easily clarify'd adding an

with Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Kernels of the Apricots. After all 
the Ingredients have infuſed eight or ten Days the Liquor is to be ſtrain'd 
again and put into Bottles and ſo kept."

with Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Kernels of the Apricots. After all
the Ingredients have infused eight or ten Days the Liquor is to be strain'd
again and put into Bottles and so kept."

"It is further reported that in the provinces [Caesar] gave banquets 
constantly in two dining halls, in one of which his officers or Greek 
companions, in the other Roman civilians and the more distinguished of 
the provincials reclined at table. He was so punctilious and strict in 
the management of his household, in small matters as well as in those of 
greater importance, that he put his baker in irons for serving him with 

"It is further reported that in the provinces [Caesar] gave banquets
constantly in two dining halls, in one of which his officers or Greek
companions, in the other Roman civilians and the more distinguished of
the provincials reclined at table. He was so punctilious and strict in
the management of his household, in small matters as well as in those of
greater importance, that he put his baker in irons for serving him with

"I ought not to omit naming a vegetable which Mr Yates placed on 
our table, and to which he directed our attention. It was the 
Tchu-tchu (Sechium edule) called also by the people _pepinella_. 
It is a small gourd, very much like vegetable marrow; one seed 
covers a wall with its ramifications "

"I ought not to omit naming a vegetable which Mr Yates placed on
our table, and to which he directed our attention. It was the
Tchu-tchu (Sechium edule) called also by the people _pepinella_.
It is a small gourd, very much like vegetable marrow; one seed
covers a wall with its ramifications."

"O Bell my wife, why dost thou flyte?	
  Now is now, and then was then:	
Seek now all the world throughout,	
  Thou kens not clowns from gentlemen:	
They are clad in black, green, yellow and blue,
  So far above their own degree.	
Once in my life I'll take a view;	
  For I'll have a new cloak about me."

"O Bell my wife, why dost thou flyte?
   Now is now, and then was then:
 Seek now all the world throughout,
   Thou kens not clowns from gentlemen:
 They are clad in black, green, yellow and blue,
   So far above their own degree.
 Once in my life I'll take a view;
   For I'll have a new cloak about me."

  That was sae sharp and meet,
And drave it into the nut-browne bride,
  That fell deid at his feit.

   That was sae sharp and meet,
 And drave it into the nut-browne bride,
   That fell deid at his feit.

‘Now stay for me, dear Annet,’ he sed,
  ‘Now stay, my dear,’ he cry’d;
Then strake the dagger untill his heart,
  And fell deid by her side."
    -English traditional ballad, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet", 

 'Now stay for me, dear Annet,' he sed,
   'Now stay, my dear,' he cry'd;
 Then strake the dagger untill his heart,
   And fell deid by her side."
    -English traditional ballad, "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet",

"Here it was that the ambassadors of the Samnites, finding him 
boiling turnips in the chimney corner, offered him a present of 
gold; but he sent them away with this saying; that he, who was 
content with such a supper, had no need of gold; and that he 
thought it more honourable to conquer those who possessed the 

"Here it was that the ambassadors of the Samnites, finding him
boiling turnips in the chimney corner, offered him a present of
gold; but he sent them away with this saying; that he, who was
content with such a supper, had no need of gold; and that he
thought it more honourable to conquer those who possessed the

	-Plutarch, "Marcus Cato"

    -Plutarch, "Marcus Cato"

  I can't get up for my life
For you have two long beaten swords
  And I have but a pocket knife.

   I can't get up for my life
 For you have two long beaten swords
   And I have but a pocket knife.

Well it's true I have two beaten swords,
  They cost me deep in the purse
But you will have the better of them
  And I will have the worst."

 Well it's true I have two beaten swords,
   They cost me deep in the purse
 But you will have the better of them
   And I will have the worst."

"The Litchi is the most celebrated native fruit of China.  It is 
nearly round, about an inch and a half in diameter, the shell is 
tough, becoming brittle, of a chocolate brown colour covered all 
over with wart-like protuberances. When fresh it is filled with a 
white almost transparent, sweet, jelly-like pulp in which lies a 
rather large, shining, brown seed; the pulp is of a delicious sub-acid 
flavour when fresh.  The Chinese dry it when it becomes black like 
a prune and thus preserve it for use throughout the year; in this state 

"The Litchi is the most celebrated native fruit of China.  It is
nearly round, about an inch and a half in diameter, the shell is
tough, becoming brittle, of a chocolate brown colour covered all
over with wart-like protuberances. When fresh it is filled with a
white almost transparent, sweet, jelly-like pulp in which lies a
rather large, shining, brown seed; the pulp is of a delicious sub-acid
flavour when fresh.  The Chinese dry it when it becomes black like
a prune and thus preserve it for use throughout the year; in this state

    which Furnish the Natural and Acquired Wants of Man, in 

    which Furnish the Natural and Acquired Wants of Man, in

    Products, & Uses_. 1882. 

    Products, & Uses_. 1882.

"Conſerve of Orange Peel

"Conserve of Orange Peel

HAVING grated the rinds of ſome Seville oranges as thin as you can,
weigh them, and to every pound of orange rind add three pounds of loaf ſugar.
Pound the orange rind well in a marble mortar, mix the ſugar by degrees 
with them and beat all well together.  Put it into gallipots and tie 
it down ſo as properly to prevent the air getting to it."

HAVING grated the rinds of some Seville oranges as thin as you can,
weigh them, and to every pound of orange rind add three pounds of loaf sugar.
Pound the orange rind well in a marble mortar, mix the sugar by degrees
with them and beat all well together.  Put it into gallipots and tie
it down so as properly to prevent the air getting to it."

"The rambutan (_nephelium lappaceum_) is a beautiful fruit to which 
I have already alluded, as resembling the mammoth arbutus; and you suppose 
them at first, when at a little distance from you, a delicious dish of 
some tropical strawberry. But you find on inquiring into the 'particulars 
within' the outer coat, that there is concealed beneath the red and hairy 
covering a semi-transparent pulp of a pleasant acid taste, enveloping a 
single oval and oblong seed. I know not but I am peculiar in my memory 
of the beautiful fruits of the straits, but none lingers in my recollection 
so sweetly in its clustered beauties of the fruit-dish as the bearded 
and rosy rambutan.

"The rambutan (_nephelium lappaceum_) is a beautiful fruit to which
I have already alluded, as resembling the mammoth arbutus; and you suppose
them at first, when at a little distance from you, a delicious dish of
some tropical strawberry. But you find on inquiring into the 'particulars
within' the outer coat, that there is concealed beneath the red and hairy
covering a semi-transparent pulp of a pleasant acid taste, enveloping a
single oval and oblong seed. I know not but I am peculiar in my memory
of the beautiful fruits of the straits, but none lingers in my recollection
so sweetly in its clustered beauties of the fruit-dish as the bearded
and rosy rambutan."

and basil.. 

and basil.

"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore."

"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore."

"A Samurai was out walking when a large tiger began to chase him. The 
samurai ran for his life, never seeing the cliff under his feet. As 
he fell, he reached out and caught a vine that hung down. He looked 
down and saw another tiger circling below; the first tiger waited 
above. The vine began to give away. The samurai then saw a single 
strawberry growing on the vine. He reached out and ate the strawberry. 

"A Samurai was out walking when a large tiger began to chase him. The
samurai ran for his life, never seeing the cliff under his feet. As
he fell, he reached out and caught a vine that hung down. He looked
down and saw another tiger circling below; the first tiger waited
above. The vine began to give away. The samurai then saw a single
strawberry growing on the vine. He reached out and ate the strawberry.

"A Turkish garden was among the curiosities to which the Jew found access 
for Bentham. It was a sort of orchard of vines and other trees, without 
order or apparent arrangement. From that garden Bentham sent specimens 
of the Sultana raisin to England which he believed to have been the first 

"A Turkish garden was among the curiosities to which the Jew found access
for Bentham. It was a sort of orchard of vines and other trees, without
order or apparent arrangement. From that garden Bentham sent specimens
of the Sultana raisin to England which he believed to have been the first

	-Dante Alighieri, _Divina Commedia_, "L'Inferno", Canto III.
	circa 1315.

   -Dante Alighieri, _Divina Commedia_, "L'Inferno", Canto III.  Circa 1315.

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
	-Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ozymandias".  1818.

 Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
 Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
 Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
 And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
 Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
 Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
 The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
 And on the pedestal these words appear:
 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
 Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
 Nothing beside remains: round the decay
 Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
 The lone and level sands stretch far away."
    -Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Ozymandias".  1818.

    - Friedrich Nietzsche, "Beyond Good and Evil"

    -Friedrich Nietzsche, "Beyond Good and Evil"

  Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who lie in gaol
  Is that the wall is strong;
And that each day is like a year,
  A year whose days are long."
	-Oscar Wilde, "Ballad of Reading Gaol"

   Or whether Laws be wrong;
 All that we know who lie in gaol
   Is that the wall is strong;
 And that each day is like a year,
   A year whose days are long."
    -Oscar Wilde, "Ballad of Reading Gaol"

    - Nathaniel Hawthorne

    -Nathaniel Hawthorne

    - Nathaniel Hawthorne

    -Nathaniel Hawthorne