The Sailor and the Pearl Merchant part 4
In great terror the sailors saw their ship being carried like the wind against the mountain. Soon it was caught in the whirlpool, where...
The Sailor and the Pearl Merchant part 3
Full of trouble and despondency, he sat down at the water`s brink, wondering what he was to do. As he gazed at the sea...
The Sailor and the Pearl Merchant part 2
I desire you to go down into this pit and send up sufficient pearls to fill these sacks. Half I will give to you,...
The Sailor and the Pearl Merchant part 1
The author of the following story is unknown. It was gathered with others in Persia, brought to England and presented to the Bodleian Library.
The...
The Higher The Flight, The Lower The Fall part 2
The present version is made by the editors from two old English verse translations.
The Higher The Flight, The Lower The Fall
(From Emblems)
Puffed up with...
Creole Democracy part 1
Venezuela
Rufino Blanco-Fombona (1874-1944)
Blanco-Fombona was born at Caracas, in Venezuela, in 1874. He came of an old and aristocratic family of Spanish descent. His extraordinary...
Easter Torch Part 8
The trap was ingeniously contrived: a long rope fastened round a block of wood; lengthwise, at the place where the sawn panel had disappeared,...
Easter Torch Part 7
In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. The two executioners would hold the victim...
Easter Torch Part 6
His throat was parched. He was thirsty. He washed a small glass in a three-legged tub by the side of the bar and tried...
Easter Torch Part 5
Then he had passed under the portico, and had listened at the top of the stone steps by the door which was secured with...
