The Dream 2
Howbeit the ways were unknown to me: and thereupon I took up my packet, unlocked and unbarred the doors, but those good and faithful...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 4
Nevertheless, several minutes passed before the celebrant appeared. The multitude commenced to murmur impatiently; the knights exchanged words with each other in a low...
The Pious Lady and the Gray Friar part 3
“Sir,” replied the worthy woman, “I look upon what you tell me as of great advantage to myself, for I shall at least have...
War with the Scyths part 22
Thus it came about that both arrnies remained stationary till the evening, and then when night fell, both returned to their own camps without...
The Jackal 1
The Jackal (Anonymous: 14th Century A.D., or earlier)Nothing is known of the author of the Hitopadesa, a manual of didac-tic fables composed—on the basis...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 5
The multitudinous voices of the metal tubes gave forth a prolonged and majestic chord, which died away little by little, as if a gentle...
The Pious Lady and the Gray Friar part 4
She uttered, however, not a word, but waited till he should turn round again, when, looking still more carefully at him, she had no...
War with the Scyths part 23
As he was expecting the Scythians to attack he did not sleep at all nor even doze a little, but the whole night long...
The Matron of Ephesus 1
Petronius (Died 66 A.D.)Gaius Petronius Arbiter was born some time early in the First Century of the Christian era, and committed suicide in the...
Maese Pfirez the Organist part 6
“What was that?” asked the great ladies of the chief judge. He had been one of the first to ascend to the organ-loft. Now,...
