Michael IV part 27
Roman forces in Sicily and it was not long before all Maniaces’ conquests
49. Not strictly correct. John was speaking of his brother-in-law, Stephen, husband...
Second Battle with Heresy part 14
With what intent they could not say; but to the Emperor Alexius it seemed that the former Emperor had wished to divert the water...
Second Battle with Heresy part 30
As they would not obey, for they were expecting Bohemund to arrive, but found various means of evasion by continually making some fresh demands,...
The Shipwreck of Simonides 2
A lerned man has always a fund of riches in himself.
Simonides, who wrote such excellent lyric poems, the more easily to support his poverty,...
The Torture of Hope part 1
Villiers de L`isle Adam (1838-1889)
Count Villiers de l`Isle Adam, bom in Brittany in 1838, led a strange life. “Born without average will-power,” says Huneker,...
Michael IV part 13
24. What had taken place was, in reality, the beginning of mighty disasters in the future, and what was, to all appearances, the foundation...
Sidonius tells the story of a brave Roman war
The landscape was not without alarms and overreactions, betraying the tension in the air. In a poem of praise for the emperor Majorian, whose...
Michael IV part 14
26. Let me now give some account of this man.**50 His family, on his father’s side, was altogether insignificant and completely obscure. His father...
Most likely of Scirian ancestry
The pattern Odoacer represents will be familiar by now. He is marked as a barbarian even though his success was entirely Roman. His father,...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 7
At midnight the storm abated, the rolling clouds parted, and the stars glittered keenly above the sleeping camp. Mr. Oakhurst, whose professional habits had...
