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"In Moulmein, in Lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people --- the only time in my life that I have been important enough f...

"Sing, Ovid, to me of Metamorphoses, and breath all these stories into my mind as a remembrance of your fine craft" ........

"Of the Persians gone  To the land of Greece Here are the trusted: As protectors of treasure ....." Performed in A...

"When in April, and it hasn't yet rained, And the drought of March has again sustained Another year of our eternal spring; The...

“A critic who makes no claim to be a true Shakespearian scholar and who had been honoured by an invitiation to speak about Sha...

"The Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers." Encouraged by friends and colleagues to shar...

Karen @ Books and Chocolate is once again hosting my favourite challenge of the year, the Back to the Classics Challenge.   Admittedly, i...