How Lazaro Served a Bulero part 3
Many respectable people, to prevent the scandal of the thing pro-ceeding further, wished to turn the Alguazil out of the church, but the reverend...
How Lazaro Served a Bulero part 2
He had preached two or three days, at a place near Toledo, and had not neglected his usual offerings; but he found his indulgences...
How Lazaro Served a Bulero part 1
Diego Hurtado De Mendoza (1503-1574)
Born of a noble family at Granada, Mendoza was primarily a man of action. We are told that he joined...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 12
The confession made, and absolution given, the recluse looked out of his window, and directly knew him. “Blessed be the most high God,” said...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 11
That obscene wretch cannot be our sovereign. You alone are he, whom we have known from childhood; and we in treat that this fellow...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 10
Thus afflicted, he gave himself up to the wretchedness of his untoward condition. In the agony of his heart, he said: “What shall I...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 9
“Infamous ribald!” shouted the porter, “just before thy approach, the Emperor Jovinian, accompanied by the officers of his household, entered the palace. My lord...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 8
In truth the glory of the upper world was well nigh too much for the child, she hid herself from the light and from...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 7
But because the King loved Esyllt better than his life, and because he feared everything from the jealousy of Guendolen if she should in...
Esyllt and Sabrina part 6
Such as Corineus was, such were his followers; shaggy-browed, iron-sinewed, ample in stature, resolute in purpose, and ruthless in action, they waited but a...