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The Parable of the Madman
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, trans. Josefine Nauckhoff (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001) section 125. The madman – Haven’t you heard of that madman who in the bright morning lit a lantern and ran around the marketplace crying incessantly, ‘I’m looking for God! I’m looking for God!’ Since many of those who did not…
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Emergent
(ǐmə•ɹd𝔷ĕnt). 1528. [a. L. emergentem; see EMERGENCE.] A. adj. 1. Rising out of a surrounding medium, e.g. water; also fig. 1627. 2. That is in the process of issuing forth; also fig. 1619. 3. Casually or unexpectedly arising (arch.) 1593. ⁋4. Used (improp.) for ‘urgent’, ‘pressing’ 1706. 1.fig. Hope, still e., still contemns the…
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The Fox and the Goat
A Fox fell into a well and was unable to get out again. By and by a thirsty Goat came by, and seeing the Fox in the well asked him if the water was good. “Good?” said the Fox, “it’s the best water I ever tasted in all my life. Come down and try it…
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Chicken Little
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Anterior
(æntīə•riər), a. 1611. [a. L., f. ante; cf. Fr. antérieur.] 1. Of place: Fore, more to the front; opp. to posterior. 2. Of time, etc.: Preceding, former, earlier 1794. Also with to. (Thus anterior is comparative in sense, but not in const.) 1728. Hence Anterio•rity, the quality of being a. Ante•riorly adv.
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The Dog in the Manger
A Dog was lying upon a manger full of hay. An Ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of the hay; but the envious ill-natured cur, getting up and snarling at him, would not suffer him to touch it. Upon which the Ox, in the bitterness of his heart, said, ‘A curse light…
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Ward No. 6
By Anton Chekhov I In the hospital yard there stands a small lodge surrounded by a perfect forest of burdocks, nettles, and wild hemp. Its roof is rusty, the chimney is tumbling down, the steps at the front-door are rotting away and overgrown with grass, and there are only traces left of the stucco. The…
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The bet
By Anton Chekhov I It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was pacing from corner to corner of his study, recalling to his mind the party he gave in the autumn fifteen years ago. There were many clever people at the party and much interesting conversation. They talked among other things of capital…
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Conceit
(kɒnsī•d), sb. ME. [f. conceive; after deceive, deceit etc.] †1. That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device -1823. †2. The faculty or action of conceiving; conception; apprehension -1805. †3. Personal opinion or judgement, usually ‘in a neutral sense’ (J.) -1759 4. Favourable opinion, esteem. Now dial.., exc. in out…
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Bartleby, The Scrivener
A Story of Wall Street By Herman Melville I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever…
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Idiot
(i•diət), sb. ME. [a. F. idiot, ad. L. idiota, ad. Gr. ἰδιώτης private person, ‘layman’, f. Ἴδιος.] †1. An ignorant, uneducated man; a clown -1722. †b. spec. A layman -1660. †c. One not professionally learned; also, a private man -1663. 2. A person so deficient mentally as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning or rational…
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-ish
1. In OE. and the cognate langs., chiefly forming gentile adjs. from national names; e.g. British (OE. Brittisc), English (OE. Englisc, Sc. †Inglis), Scottish, Scotch (OE. Scyttisc; Sc. †Scottis, later Scots), etc. 2. Added to other subs., with the sense ‘Of or belonging to a person or a thing, of the nature or character…
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The Chaos
By Gerard Nolst Trenité Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse. I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy; Tear in eye, your dress you’ll tear; Queer, fair seer, hear my prayer. Pray, console your loving…
