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Sandra Hess

Sandra Hess is a Swiss actress known especially for playing action babes and Euro-villains in American TV shows and movies. A teen model in her native country, she moved to Los Angeles in the late…

The Devil's Dictionary: Ichor

by Ambrose Bierce ICONOCLASTICHOR -n. A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of blood. Fair Venus, speared by Diomed, Restrained the raging chief and said: "Behold,…

The Devil's Dictionary: Reprobation

by Ambrose Bierce REPRESENTATIVEREPUBLICREPROBATION -n. In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Who?

by EmilyDickinsonXVIXVIIIWho? Who? My friend must be a bird, Because it flies! Mortal my friend must be, Because it dies! Barbs has it, like a bee. Ah, curious friend, Thou…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Witch of Atlas

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To MaryNote on the Witch of Atlas, by...The Witch of Atlas Before those cruel Twins, whom at one birth Incestuous Change bore to her father Time, Error and Truth…

The Devil's Dictionary: Rope

by Ambrose Bierce ROMANCEROSTRUMROPE -n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal. It is put about the neck and remains in place one's whole life long. It…

Etymology of "Third World"

The Question: What is the definition of a third world country and where did it come from? Are there first, second, and fourth world countries? The…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 1

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Harriet ***** 2 1 How wonderful is Death, Death and his brother Sleep! One, pale as yonder waning moon With lips of lurid blue; The other, rosy as the morn When…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Vanished

by EmilyDickinsonGhostsPrecedenceVanished Vanished She died, — this was the way she died; And when her breath was done, Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun. Her little…