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The Devil's Dictionary: Regalia

by Ambrose Bierce REFUSALRELIGIONREGALIA -n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient…

Stephen Crane: In the night

In the night Grey heavy clouds muffled the valleys, And the peaks looked toward God alone. "O Master that movest the wind with a finger, "Humble, idle, futile peaks are we. "…

Biographies: 2014 People in the News

2014 People in the News See also 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in the News 2008 People in the News 2007 People…

The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto XV

Inferno: Canto XIVInferno: Canto XVIInferno: Canto XV Now bears us onward one of the hard margins, And so the brooklet's mist o'ershadows it, From fire it saves the water and the dikes…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XII

Purgatorio: Canto XIPurgatorio: Canto XIIIPurgatorio: Canto XII Abreast, like oxen going in a yoke, I with that heavy-laden soul went on, As long as the sweet pedagogue permitted;…