We watched her jug a hare, once, on television, years ago.... The hare had been half rotted, then cremated, then consumed. If ther...e is a god and she is of the rabbit family, then Saskia will be in deep doo- doo on Judgment Day.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king So rudely forced: yet there the nightingale... Filled all the desert with inviolable voice And still she cried, and still the world pursues, "Jug Jug" to dirty ears.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Man, in spite of his tendency towards mendacity, has a great respect for what he calls the truth. Truth is his staff in his voyage... through life; commonplaces are the bread in his bag and the wine in his jug.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou... Beside me singing in the Wilderness-- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
On the Coast of Coromandel Where the early pumpkins blow,... In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs, and half a candle,-- One old jug without a handle,-- These were all his worldly goods: In the middle of the woods,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What bird so sings, yet so does wail? O, 'tis the ravished nightingale!... "Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu," she cries, And still her woes at midnight rise. Brave prick-song! who is't now we hear? None but the lark so shrill and clear;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If George Washington were alive today, what a shining mark he would be for the whole camorra of uplifters, forward-lookers and pro...fessional patriots! He was the Rockefeller of his time, a promoter of stock companies, a land-grabber, an exploiter of mines and timber.... He was not pious. He drank whiskey whenever he felt chilly, and kept a jug of it handy. He knew far more profanity than Scripture, and used and enjoyed it more. He had no belief in the infallible wisdom of the common people, but regarded them as inflammatory dolts and tried to save the Republic from them.... He took no interest in the private morals of his neighbors. Inhabiting these States today, George would be ineligible for any office of honor or profit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,... Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing, "Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »