ardent (n)- fervent in feeling; intense; passionate. aliment (n)- anything that nourishes or sustains; food; support. congenial (adj)- kindred; like; sympathetic. ineffaceably (adj)- impossible to wipe out or do away with. recondite (adj)- hard to understand; deep in meaning. remonstrance (n)- an ob ...
1. It was originally called “Unanimous Declaration.” The term Declaration of Independence is actually a rewording of the original “Unanimous Declaration” of the 13 colonies in North America when they declared themselves free from the rule of the English King. It is a lesser known fact that the Unite ...
July 4 is not just the birthday of our independence as the United States of America. It is the day we declared to the world that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life ...
Hawthorne was one of the great masters of American fiction. Hawthorne a fost unul din cei mai mari maeştri ai ficţiunii americane. His novels and tales are penetrating explorations of moral and spiritual conflicts, and his masterpiece, The Scarlet Letter, is often considered the first American psych ...
We do not remember to have seen any translated specimens of the productions of M. de l'Aubepine—a fact the less to be wondered at, as his very name is unknown to many of his own countrymen as well as to the student of foreign literature. read the short story Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Average: Sele ...
I think this is one of the greatest pieces of presidential trivia out there (and I love presidential trivia): John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826. And James Monroe followed in their footsteps exactly five years later. There’s only one president, however, who was born on the Fou ...
I wasn’t really impressed by Patrick Sskind’s book Perfume. I had heard so much about it and that is why I bought it, but after finishing it, I was far from satisfied. This is not a book I will remember in a couple of years. I thought the story was lacking depth and I never got into it. In the end i ...