This series has four easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Diligent Study of Everyday Habits.IntroductionThe enigmatic and exotic
Archives for November 2020
Fates of the Doomed
Today's installment concludes Volcano Buries Pompeii,the name of our combined selection from Pliny and Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The concluding
Flight With Terror
But darker and larger and mightier spread the cloud above them. It was a sudden and more ghastly Night rushing upon the realm of Noon!Continuing
Fleeing the Area
The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity.Continuing Volcano Buries Pompeii,with a selection from Letters to Tacitus by
In the Midst of a Most Dangerous and Dreadful Scene
Though it was now morning, the light was still exceedingly faint and doubtful; the buildings all around us tottered.Continuing Volcano Buries
Volcano Buries Pompeii
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Cloud From Vesuvius.IntroductionAmong the historic calamities of
Clay’s Compromise Passes
Today's installment concludes The South Carolina Nullification Crisis,our selection from Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton published in
Clay Introduces Compromise Bill
The object of Clay was to save all that he could save of the protective policy, and to postpone further action upon the tariff to a more auspicious
Congress Prepares to Roll Back Tariffs
We discover, therefore, that while the President was resolved to crush nullification by force if it opposed by force the collection of the revenue, he