The Son and his Friends part 2
The History“My Lord Conde Lucanor,” said Patronio, “a certain good man had a son; and among other matters which he advised, he enjoined him...
The Son and his Friends part 1
Juan Manuel (1380 – 1347)Prince Don Juan, son of the Infant Don Manuel, was one of the earliest writers in the Spanish vernacular. He...
The Story of an Heir part 4
I should have told my reader, that whilst Florio lived at the house of his foster-father he was always an acceptable guest in the...
The Story of an Heir part 3
His affliction would have been insupportable, had not he been comforted by the daily visits and conversations of his friend. As they were one...
The Story of an Heir part 2
This makes me often think on a story I have heard of two friends, which I shall give my reader at large, under feigned...
The Story of an Heir part 1
Joseph Addison (1672-1719)Born in Wiltshire in 1672, of a respected and cultured family, Joseph Addison went to Oxford, and began his literary life by...
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 Prodigal Son 2
Music and danceNow his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and...
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...
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...
