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A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large fo...
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
1.1 On board a ship carrying King Alonso of Naples and his entourage, a boatswain directs the crew to fight a great stor...
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
This first book proposes, first in brief, the whole subject: man's disobedience and the loss thereupon of Paradise where...
Plays (36)
by William Shakespeare
Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...
Allan's Wife
by H. Rider Haggard, H. Rider Haggard
It may be remembered that in the last pages of his diary, written just before his death, Allan Quatermain makes allusion...
Dictionary of historical allusions & eponyms
by Dorothy Auchter
It is doubtful if many of the people who use the expression "Draconian Justice" as a reference to harsh repercussions ha...
