Norman West part 16
The child had a swarthy complexion, broad forehead, lean cheeks, a nose neither snub nor aquiline but something between the two, very black eyes...
The Story of an Heir part 2
This makes me often think on a story I have heard of two friends, which I shall give my reader at large, under feigned...
Victory over the Turks part 26
And he made this monk, who was so many-sided in wickedness, swallow all the poison he offered him by pretending that he wished to...
The Man and the Snake part 1
Ambrose Bierce (1839-1914)
Bierce was born in Ohio in 1839. He served as an officer in the Civil War, and in 1866 went to California,...
The Story of an Heir part 3
His affliction would have been insupportable, had not he been comforted by the daily visits and conversations of his friend. As they were one...
Victory over the Turks part 27
For these erring Bogomils believe that they can bear any suffering without feeling pain, as the angels forsooth will pluck them out of the...
The Man and the Snake part 2
A snake in a. bedroom of a modern city dwelling of the better sort is, happily, not so common a phenomenon as to make...
Victory over the Turks part 28
IX Let this be sufficient about that miracle. I wished to expound the whole heresy of the Bogomils, but ‘modesty prevents me,’ as the...
The Man and the Snake part 3
Beyond a smart shock of surprise and a shudder of mere loathing, Mr. Brayton was not greatly affected. His first thought was to ring...
