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Justinian, Emperor of East Roman Empire 527 - 265 CE His nephew, Justinian, though still quite young, used to manage all the affairs o...

Sculpture of Genghis Khan at Marble Arch, London (The Khan Mandeville writes about would have been generations removed from Genghis.) ...

But though I confined my Family, I could not prevail upon my unsatistfy'd Curiosity to stay within entirely myself; and though I general...

...A true saying is, this gluttony kills more than the sword; this all-devouring and murdering gut...And that of Pliny is truer, "Simpl...

Language might not have entirely escaped its origins. Since you can be understood even when you are not well-spoken, what is the point of be...

...I think it does students of literature good, after hard and serious reading, to relax their minds and invigorate them further for future ...

Certain things are within one's control at first, whereas the subsequent stages carry us along with a force all their own and leave us n...

For both Darwin and Freud the idea of death saves us from the idea that there is anything to be saved from. If we are not fallen creatures, ...

Now everything as far as the eye can see is covered in water. Every hill is hidden beneath the sea, and everywhere the depth is enormous. On...

...there is one operation -- perhaps field -- of judgment which a writer must exercise in regard to his work: He must after a time decide wh...

When we arrived at Thebes, our sailors were drumming their darabukehs, the mate was playing his flute, Khalil was dancing with his castanets...