Michael IV part 26
His respiration was laboured already and he was beginning to breathe his last, so he again went to his couch and lay down. For...
St. John`s Eve part 5
She said that his father had been in Zaporozhe, and had been taken prisoner by the Turks, amongst whom he underwent God only knows...
History of Bulgaria part 10
Linguistic material collected in recent decades undermines the thesis that the ancient Bulgarians belong to the Turkic Altaic language group. The vocabulary and grammatical...
History of Bulgaria part 26
There are events when all Bulgarians stand up in defence of their state. On 22 September 1908, the independence of Bulgaria was announced on...
St. John`s Eve part 6
Recovering himself, he took his grandfather`s hunting whip from the wall, and was about to belabor Peter`s back with it, when Pidorka`s little six-year-old...
History of Bulgaria part 11
Yet, in the second half of the 11th century, one can see clearly the differences between the “old” Bulgarians and the “new” ones, who...
History of Bulgaria part 27
That caused two problems, which are significant from the point of view of the analysis of a civilization. The first one is related to...
St. John`s Eve part 7
My late grandfather`s aunt was somewhat surprised at seeing Peter at the tavern, at an hour when good men go to morning mass; and...
History of Bulgaria part 12
The situation in Central and Western Europe, where Latin stayed in the church, science and state offices but where, in all other domains, it...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 1
Bret Harte (1839-1902)
Francis Bret Harte was born at Albany in 1839, and after receiving an ordinary school education, went to California, in 1854. He...
