The Man With No Enemies
Ambrose Bierce
An Inoffensive Person walking in a public place was assaulted by a Stranger with a Club, and severely beaten.
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The African Diet Of The 1800s
A Voice From The Past
This text was taken from the 1807 book Observations Upon The Windward Coast Of Africa by Joseph Corry.
(more…)Laws And Customs Respecting The Roman Women
Anonymous
The Roman women, as well as the Grecian, were under perpetual guardianship; and were not at any age, nor in any condition, ever trusted with the management of their own fortunes.
Every father had power of life and death over his own daughters: but this power was not restricted to daughters only; it extended also to sons.
(more…)The Occupant Of The Room
Algernon Blackwood
He arrived late at night by the yellow diligence, stiff and cramped after the toilsome ascent of three slow hours. The village, a single mass of shadow, was already asleep.
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