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The man with the hoe, and other poems

The man with the hoe, and other poems

by Edwin Markham

The man with the hoe, and other poems is a collection of American poems written by Edwin Markham. A list of poems belowThe Man with the HoeA Look into the GulfBrotherhoodSong of the Followers of PanLittle Brothers of the GroundWail of the Wandering DeadA PrayerThe PoetThe Whirlwind RoadThe Desire of NationsThe Elf ChildThe Goblin Laugh..

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 110, Vol. III, February 6, 1886

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 110, Vol. III, February 6, 1886

by Chambers' Journal

The cry is everywhere the same—the badness of our modern servants. But who is really to blame—the mistresses or the maids? the masters or the employed? The one class are educated, the other are comparatively ignorant; and influence filters downwards—it does not permeate the social mass from below. We cast longing looks backward to the bygone times ..

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 111, Vol. III, February 13, 1886

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 111, Vol. III, February 13, 1886

by Chambers' Journal

All the world has shrunk since the Golden Age of our childhood. Time was longer, and people were taller then. A wet day was the depth of despair and the end of all things; the hours also were longer, and a year from January to December lapsed slowly by, like the prehistoric ages. The future seemed to be bringing a measureless succession of such yea..

Day Dreams

Day Dreams

by Rudolph Valentino

A collection of poems by Rudolph Valentino includingThe Gift BookNatureThe Love ChildHeart FlowerYouDay DreamsSuspicionThe SageMorphiaDominoThe SphinxStradivariusExtravaganzaMirageGlorificationRemembrance..

First notions of logic

First notions of logic

by Augustus De Morgan

What we here mean by Logic is the examination of that part of reasoning which depends upon the manner in which inferences are formed, and the investigation of general maxims and rules for constructing arguments, so that the conclusion may contain no inaccuracy which was not previously asserted in the premises. It has nothing to do with the truth of..

In the Rockies with Kit Carson

In the Rockies with Kit Carson

by John T. McIntyre

From the soldiers’ quarters straggled the guard, as unkempt a lot as one would wish to see; each grasped a musket, and each was much excited by the shot and the sudden alarm. A horde of Indians, men, women and children, also made their appearance and pressed toward the scene of action. There was an excited hubbub of voices; the musket barrels shone..

Lyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide

Lyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide

by Clinton Scollard

Lyrics & Legends of Christmas-Tide is a collection of Christmas poems written by Clinton Scollard including the belowA BellChristmas ElvesThe Christmas AngelNazareth TownA Christmas MasqueA Song for Christmas MorningThe Christmas MinstrelsTwelfth Night SongYule at ThengelforA Yule-Tide Carol..

The Sabbath -  A Sermon

The Sabbath - A Sermon

by John Warton

The Sermon here presented to the Public is below all criticism.  It makes no pretensions to novelty, or to merit of any kind; it is only one of the thousands which are preached every week by men, who, in the midst of evil report, labour, nevertheless, with an anxious zeal for the salvation of souls.  It was composed in haste, with no inte..