Saksagan
Michael IV part 22
The Escape Of Alousianus To Bulgaria
45. The war had not yet broken out when a most astonishing thing happened — something nearly as amazing...
Michael IV part 21
The Emperor’s Bulgarian Expedition
43. This thought afflicted the emperor much more than physical suffering, and the harm it produced in him was quite different,...
Michael IV part 7
14. It has often been a cause of surprise to me, when I have sat with him at banquets, to observe how a man,...
Michael IV part 4
9. Clearly it was not a noble beginning for a man promoted to supreme power, as I have shown. Nevertheless, for a short period...
Michael IV part 8
16. So much then for the brothers. Let us return to the emperor. For some time he treated Zoe with marked consideration, but that...
Michael IV part 6
If he did no harm to a soul, yet in his dealings with the people he assumed a fierce expression which terrified one and...
Lulu`s Triumph part 12
“And very capricious—”
“Lacking in judgment—”
And a whimsical creature. I am everything you like; lecture me,
I deserve it. Come; have you nothing to say? I...
Lulu`s Triumph part 11
“Mother, let us define the world.”
“People.”
“And who is Mr. People? I do not know him; I am not obliged to be unhappy for the...
Lulu`s Triumph part 10
Finally, she decided not to let herself be seen. Every evening for a week she shut herself in her room, trembling with impatience, trying...
Lulu`s Triumph part 9
Sofia was very happy, very happy. For this reason she wept, sobbing heartily, her head buried in her pillow.
Three months had passed, Lulu`s marriage...
