Norman West part 20
In pursuit, then, of these plans he determined first to build some buccaneering vessels, as he had taken Cius (a town on the coast...
Memnon the Philosopher or Human Wisdom part 5
Petrified with astonishment, and his heart broken with grief, Memnon returns homeward in despair. As he was about to enter his house, he is...
Norman West part 5
And when it appeared that nothing else had been taken away except the gold and silver ornaments which lay on the tomb of the...
Norman West part 21
Therefore Apelchasem, when he further heard that Prosuch was besieging towns held by various satraps and would soon be at Nicaea with the object...
The Jewish Mother 2
The literature of the New Testament (which was written in late Greek) is difficult to classify. It is Jewish, of course, but permeated by...
Norman West part 6
Then he ordered the guardians of the ‘brevia’ to unroll them again with the object of making a clear statement of what had been...
Norman West part 22
There the embassy wasted its time, thus giving the builders an opportunity and after the trick had been successful, the Lacedaemonians learnt of the...
St. John`s Eve part 1
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
Born in the Ukraine, Gogol was in many respects the founder of modern Russian literature. His stories of rural life collected under...
Victory over the Turks part 16
Romans acting on the Emperor’s advice
On hearing this the Emperor formed the army into two divisions and ordered one half to keep watch inside...
Victory over the Turks part 32
And I think that men who lived then and associated with him must even now be marvelling at what was done then and think...
