Istanbul

Bulgaria can easily be called a mountainous country. Almost half of its territory is home to different in size, height, character and origin mountainous...

“Memorandum of common business,” such as “blacking the face with a bottle of ink”—“nailing a horn over the doors of cuckolds”— “pretenses at assassination”—“false...

“Well, with this promise,” said the cavalier, “take this chain for the twenty ducats owing, and forty on account of the business you have...

“Ah! I watched for him last night at the very door of his house,” rejoined the bravo, “and when he came I looked him...

She had hardly spoken these words, when a boy entered, bearing a large basket covered with a sheet. The good people seemed all very...

“I was there,” replied the guide. “Then how is it that you have not given notice of a purse, which you took there, containing...

“Sir,” replied he, “I possess a little spice of art; I can handle cards well, know how to turn an ace to a king,...

Monipodio, having made the tour of the courtyard to see his visitors, then asked the newcomers their profession, name, and country. Rincon answered that...

An old woman next arrived, who immediately on her entrance went to the image of the Virgin, and having taken the holy water with...

“Indeed! this is most exemplary conduct,” said Cortado; “but pray do not the priests sometimes order these religious persons to make restitution or penance?”“No,”...