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 2
And the elders said:—“As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent...
The Dream 2
Howbeit the ways were unknown to me: and thereupon I took up my packet, unlocked and unbarred the doors, but those good and faithful...
The Book of Ruth 1
The Book of Ruth (From the Old Testament)
Into the extremely complicated questions of authorship, origin and development of the Old Testament it is not...
Rabbi Akiva 1
The Talmud is a great collection of law, ritual, precept, and example, which was composed during the period extending from the First Century B.C....
Horatius at the Bridge 1
Ancient Rome
It is a commonplace of literary history that Roman art was largely imitated or derived from the Greek, and in particular that Roman...
Phineus And The Harpies 2
Thus he spake; and towards him the aged sire opened his sightless eyes and lifted them up and replied with these words:
“Be silent, store...
Eumieus’ Tale 2
The story below has been copied from docappadocia.com. You can read the rest of the story on Eumieus Tale.
Homer (About 1000 B.C.)
The first mention...
The Snow Storm part 13
“I got out of the sledge without saying a word and went into the church, which was feebly lit up by two or three...
The Snow Storm part 12
Dear, kind Maria Gavrilovna, do not try to deprive me of my last consolation: the thought that you would have consented to make me...
