Michael IV part 17
Those who took part in these ceremonies with him and faked the apparitions, will know whether the story is true or false. If it...
The Dove and the Crow 2
But the crow insisted. Matters of personal interest and friendship, he said, are decided by our inclination. We do not consider distance or the...
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...
Michael IV part 18
A new hospice was built too, called by him the Ptochotropheium,**52 and in this way a mighty stream of gold was poured out for...
The History of Susanna 1
The History of Susanna (From The Apocrypha)Susanna was originally a part of the Book of Daniel, but was set apart as apocryphal, because it...
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 19
38. I am aware that many chroniclers of his life will, in all probability, give an account differing from mine, for in his time...
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...
The Jewish Mother 1
Biblical LiteratureIt is not surprising that the stories scattered so profusely through the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Talmud, should be mostly moral tales....
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...
