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  2. Winter Holiday (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Winter Holiday is the fourth novel of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1933. In this story, the third set of major characters in the series, the Ds — Dick and Dorothea Callum—are introduced. The series' usual emphasis on boats and sailing is largely absent, as the story is set in the winter.

  3. Exeter Book Riddle 47 - Wikipedia

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    swallow up, consume fræt fretan strong verb devour, eat, consume, gnaw away gied giedd neuter strong noun poem, song, report, tale, utterance, saying glēawra glēaw adjective wise, discerning, prudent hē hē personal pronoun he moððe moððe feminine weak noun moth ond and conjunction and ne ne negative particle not se se

  4. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (poetry ...

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    The title was later used by Tucson, Arizona industrial rock band Machines of Loving Grace, formed in 1989, and in its full form by British musician Martin Carr as the title of a 2004 album, by the musician Martha Tilston for the title of her album "Machines Of Love And Grace", as well as a 2011 television series by documentary maker Adam Curtis. [2]

  5. Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs. Hogs Eat Snakes. Men ...

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    This poem's title is one of those that rankled with Louis Untermeyer, but Stevens insisted on it in preference to the abbreviated "Frogs Eat Butterflies", which he wrote in a 1922 letter, "would have an affected appearance, which I should dislike". [2] If "The Worms at Heaven's Gate" is about death, then "Frogs Eat Butterflies. Snakes Eat Frogs.

  6. Snow-Bound - Wikipedia

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    Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl is a long narrative poem by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier first published in 1866. The poem, presented as a series of stories told by a family amid a snowstorm, was extremely successful and popular in its time. The poem depicts a peaceful return to idealistic domesticity and rural life after the American Civil War.

  7. Jabberwocky - Wikipedia

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    "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The book tells of Alice's adventures within the back-to-front world of the Looking-Glass world.

  8. Schoolhouse Blizzard - Wikipedia

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    What made the storm so deadly was the timing (during work and school hours), the suddenness of the storm, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it. In addition, the very strong wind fields behind the cold front and the powdery nature of the snow reduced visibilities on the open plains to zero.

  9. The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian - Wikipedia

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    The strong likelihood that Henryson employed Christian numerology in composing his works has been increasingly discussed in recent years. [4] [5] Use of number for compositional control was common in medieval poetics and could be intended to have religious symbolism, and features in the accepted text of the Morall Fabilliis indicate that this was elaborately applied in that poem.