Esyllt and Sabrina part 4
Then Locrinus straightway took the Princess Esyllt for his wife, and delighted in her more and more: for she was as prudent as she...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 3
The warlike bearing of the sturdy Britons tended little to reassure her, and she came slowly and fearfully to the tent where the princes...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 2
Then Hymyr might have got on board his ships and sailed away as he had been wont to do, but the gods had maddened...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 1
Geoffrey of Monmouth (1 100? – 1 154?)
Our information about Geoffrey of Monmouth is very limited. He was probably of Welsh origin, and lived...
The Story of Devadatta 2
A traveler
So he remained in the veranda of an almshouse near, and at night he suddenly beheld a woman descending with a rope from...
The Raising of Lazarus 2
Martha met him
Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. The Jews then which...
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...
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...
The Haunted House 1
Pliny The Younger (62—113 A.D.)
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (known in Latin as C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus) give a pleasant and varied picture...
The Book of Ruth 2
Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her:—-“My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? And now...
