Saksagan
Julia Cahill`s Curse part 4
And he went fairly wild when Julia told him the example she was going to set. He tried to keep his temper, sir, but...
Julia Cahill`s Curse part 3
And many`s the pound she had made for her parents at that counter. Michael Moran says to the father, `Now, what fortune are you...
Julia Cahill`s Curse part 2
“Didn`t she go into the mountains every night to meet the fairies, and who else could`ve given her the power to put a curse...
Julia Cahill`s Curse part 1
George Moore (1852-1933)
George Moore was born in County Mayo, in 1852, of a well-to-do family. At an early age he wished to become a...
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 dance
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and...
The Jewish Mother 1
Biblical Literature
It is not surprising that the stories scattered so profusely through the Bible, the Apocrypha, and the Talmud, should be mostly moral tales....
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...
The Dream 1
Apuleius (Born ca. 125 A.D.)
Lucius Apuleius, author of The Golden Ass, was born and educated in northern Africa. He practised law, was an indefatigable...
The Ass in the Lion`s Skin 2
Nothing whatsoever is known of the author or authors of the particular collection from which this story is taken. It is reprinted from Buddhist...
