THE matron had given her leave to go out as soon as the womens tea was over and Maria looked forward to her evening out. The kitchen was spick and span: the cook said you could see yourself in the big copper boilers. The fire was nice and bright and on one of the side-table

I had been dining with Erskine in his pretty little house in Birdcage Walk, and we were sitting in the library over our coffee and cigarettes, when the question of literary forgeries happened to turn up in conversation. I cannot at present remember how it was that we struck

Every evening the young Fisherman went out upon the sea, and threw his nets into the water. When the wind blew from the land he caught nothing, or but little at best, for it was a bitter and black-winged wind, and rough waves rose up to meet it. But when the wind blew to th

When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt i

And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder,always in the name of right and honor and peace,until the gods are tired of bloodand create a race that can understand. Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. Life

Maurice Connor was the king, and that’s no small word, of all the pipers in Munster. He could play jig and reel without end, and Ollistrum’s March, and the Eagle’s Whistle, and the Hen’s Concert, and odd tunes of every sort and kind. But he knew one far more surprising than

Now and again i like to return to the writings of that genius of a man, Mr. Oscar Wilde. For you today heres the story of The Selfish Giant: Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giants garden. It was a large lovely garde

For this fine summer morning here are a few quotes by that great master of old, Mr. George Bernard Shaw: My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. "England and America are two countries separated by

When you talk about the Classics one name that pops instantly into mind is that of the great Irish storyteller, James Joyce. Joyce became famous for his novels but he wrote short stories as well. In one of those stories you can read about A Little Cloud: Eight years before

Δημοσιεύθηκε από satyrikon στο Ιούνιος 13, 2008 Millions of European citizens today would like to embrace the courageous people of Ireland with a clear and heartfelt message: Slainte! Go raibh mile maith agat!     Irish NO a YES for democracy     ΟΙ ΙΡΛΑΝΔΟΙ ΕΙΠΑΝ ΕΝΑ

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. A gentleman is one who never hurts anyones feelings unintention

H γνήσια συνταγή του Irish Coffee (σύμφωνα με την IBA) περιέχει τα εξής υλικά: 4cl Irish Whiskey, 8cl Καφέ Φίλτρου, 3cl Κρέμα Γάλακτος και 1 κουταλάκι του γλυκού Μάυρη Ζάχαρη. Μετά την ανακάλυψη και διάδοση του Irish Coffee, ανά τον κόσμο, ξεκίνησαν και οι διαφορετικές πα

Oscar Wilde is with no doubt one of the most ingenius writers that ever set foot on planet literature. And a very funny one too. His quotes are still famous today, his life has been turned into a movie, as well as some of his plays, and his poems are considered masterpiec

Νέο unmastered demo από τον Michael Tapscott και τον Isaac Edwards aka Odawas. Το τραγούδι ήταν να μπει ως bonus track στην επανακυκλοφορία του An Appendix of Whaling Terms (σόλο δουλειάς του M.T υπό το όνομα More Animals of the Arctic) αλλά τελικά θα περιέχεται στο νέο

George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950. Irish writer. The first love is the small madness and a great curiosity. If you have constructed a castle in the air, there are lost no the time, is there where it would have to be. Now you must construct the foundations underneath him. You se