TO BE, OR NOT TO BE ...
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No...
from Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the...
Said the Table to the Chair,
"You can hardly be aware,
How I suffer from the heat,
And from chilblains on my feet!
If we took a little walk,
We might have a little talk!
Prey let us take the air!"
Said the Table to the Chair.
Said the Chair...
This is the house that Jack built.
This is the bread
That lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the rat
That ate the bread
That lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the cat
That killed the rat
That ate the bread
That lay in the house that...
What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Frogs and snails
And poppy-dog's tails,
That's what little boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice
And all that's nice,
That's...
Keep a dog and bark (oneself)
- to hire or pay someone who is responsible for some amount of work, but then do or oversee most or all of that work oneself.
Why are you paying a copy editor when you end up disregarding all of the changes anuway? Why...
This famous wicked little tale
Should never have been put on sale.
It is a mystery to me
Why loving parents cannot see
That this is actually a book
About a brazen little crook.
Had I the chance I woldn't fail
To clap young Goldilocks in jail.
Now...
There was an old lady
Who swallowed a fly.
I don’t know why
She swallowed a fly.
I wonder why.
There was an old lady
Who swallowed a spider
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know...
Elementary:
Practice Comparatives - Superlatives and Wild animals vocabulary with Monkey Game
Practice Comparatives - Superlatives and Zoo animals vocabulary with Crocodile Game
Practice Comparatives - Superlatives and Zoo animals vocabulary Pirate...
Genius is the service of the whole race, as the normal intellect is the service of the individual.
Schopenhauer The proportion of genius to the vulgar, is like one to a million. To compare useful people with geniuses, is to compare brick with...
The scorpion’s name is Stingaling,
A most repulsive ugly thing,
And I would never recommend
That you should treat him as a friend.
His scaly skin is black as black
With armour-plate upon his back.
Observe his scowling murderous face,
His...