A maiden once, with eyes of blue,And mischief a suggestion,Propounded all her friends untoA geographic question.“Why all degrees of latitudeWere longer at th’ equator?”Their answers brought beatitudeAnd highly did elate her: For Mr. Smithson talked to her–With knowledge…
Early editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica accepted Noah’s ark as real, to the point of discussing how the animals were arranged and fed: Bishop Wilkins computes all the carnivorous animals equivalent, as to the bulk of their bodies,…
Even is come; and from the dark Park, hark,The signal of the setting sun–one gun!And six is sounding from the chime, prime timeTo go and see the Drury-Lane Dane slain,–Or hear Othello’s jealous doubt spout out,–Or Macbeth raving…
