There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile:... He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they "must appear in short clothes or no engagement." Below a Gospel Guide colu...mn headed, "Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow," was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney's California Concert Hall, patrons "bucked the tiger" under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular "lady" gambler.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A man is murdered a mile away. And do you know what killed him? My name. The very name of Frankenstein burst his heart. And now th...e happy little villagers are clamoring for my blood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent In...tentions.... Spacious avenues, that begin in nothing, and lead nowhere; streets, mile-long, that only want houses, roads, and inhabitants; public buildings that need but a public to be complete; and ornaments of great thoroughfares, which only lack great thoroughfares to ornament--are its leading features.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This is my playes last scene, here heavens appoint My pilgrimages last mile; and my race... Idly, yet quickly runne, hath this last pace, My spans last inch, my minutes last point, And gluttonous death, will instantly unjoynt My body, and soule, and I shall sleepe a space,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »