The Story of Devadatta 2
A traveler
So he remained in the veranda of an almshouse near, and at night he suddenly beheld a woman descending with a rope from...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 8
At last the looked-for moment arrived, when the priest, after bowing low and murmuring the sacred words, took the host in his hands. The...
War with the Scyths part 24
XI After taking three days’ rest there he moved on to Tzouroulus. He contemplated remaining there for some time, and therefore had an entrenched...
True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal part 1
This thing is so rare in all its circumstances, and on so good authority, that my reading and conversation have not given me anything...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 9
“Because,” returned the organist, endeavoring to repress the agitation which revealed itself in the pallor of his face—“because it is so old and poor;...
War with the Scyths part 25
Each wheel rebounded at least a cubit’s length from the wall, and through their rims springing back from the wall they seemed to be...
The Bet part 2
“If you mean it seriously,” replied the lawyer, “then I bet I`ll stay not five but fifteen.”
“Fifteen! Done!” cried the banker. “Gentlemen, I stake...
True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal part 2
Some time after, Mr. Veal`s friends got him a place in the customhouse at Dover, which occasioned Mrs. Veal, by little and little, to...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 10
“There, you see,” the mother superior was saying, “your fear is entirely childish; there is no one in the church. All Seville is trooping...
War with the Scyths part 10
IV During the flight of the defeated troops that day Palaeologus was knocked off his horse and lost it; while standing helpless and well...
