by Rudyard Kipling It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it
Been brought down this month by Never Trumpers and Trump betrayers? Disgusted with the buyer’s remorse of fellow Republicans? Wearied by impatient, knee-jerk emotionalism of right wingers outraged by the President’ s
Faint light hailed a cold Sunday morning as Mary Magdalene led her co-conspirators through the city’s heavy gates. Their mission was a sorrowful one. They were to enter the tomb of a
Editor’s note: Here follows the second chapter of The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War, by Winston S. Churchill (published 1898). All spelling in the original. (Continued
Behold, my first review on that site: If you were an actual story, my love, you would have a plot, that structure of narrative points that makes a tale comprehensible. It might
Editor’s note: Here follows the Preface and first chapter of The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War, by Winston S. Churchill (published 1898). All spelling in the
In a future set of articles, I intend to discuss Richard Weaver‘s views on the role that ideas play in society. His most famous work, Ideas Have Consequences, deals with this issue. I
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from My African Journey, by Winston Spencer Churchill (published 1909). All spelling in the original. It took no little time to stow all our baggage, food
Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Letters of Travel (1892-1913), by Rudyard Kipling. All spelling in the original. All that day the two paced the deck with the absorbed insolence of
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Victorian Worthies, by G.H. Blore (published 1920). All spelling in the original. The famous Napier brothers, Charles, George, and William, came of no mean parentage.
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