Roberto`s Tale part 2
She promised she would, and so they parted. Then goes he to the bridegroom and with protestations of entire affection, protests the great sorrow...
Roberto`s Tale part 1
Robert Greene (1560?—1592)Greene was born at Norwich about 1560. He went both to Cambridge and Oxford, and then seems to have lived a wild...
The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple part 3
A lady, very nearly connected with the family, told the author that she had conversed on the subject with one of the brothers of...
The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple part 5
One of the marginal notes ascribed to William Dunlop applies to the above lines. “She had betrothed herself to Lord Rutherford under horrid imprecations,...
The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple part 4
Various reports went abroad on this mysterious affair, many of them very inaccurate, though they could hardly be said to be exaggerated. It was...
The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple part 2
But she took care to be present in person, and argued the point with the disappointed and incensed lover with pertinacity equal to his...
The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple part 1
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)Walter Scott, founder of the romantic historical novel, was born in Edinburgh in 1771. He entered his father`s law office, but...
The Raising of Lazarus 2
Martha met himNow 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 2
MaidservantBut she was ill-pleased by such commonplace consolation, and smote her breast more violently than ever, tearing out her hair and throwing it upon...
The Jackal 2
The rest of the jackals, seeing him of such a fine complexion, prostrated themselves before him, and said: “According as Your Highness commands!” By...
