The Lay of the Two Lovers part 4
Yea, with public cry and sound of trumpet he bade all who would, come to behold the stripling carry his fair daughter to the...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 3
Doubt not that she will dis¬cover some cunning simple, that will strengthen your body, as well as comfort your heart. Then return to this...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 2
When this news was noised about the country, many came upon the quest. But strive as they would they might not enforce themselves more...
The Lay of the Two Lovers part 1
Marie De France (About 1150—1200)All that is positively known of the author of this Lay is that she wrote in Norman French, that her...
The Mummy`s Foot part 11
Pharaoh opened wide his great eyes of glass in astonishment at my witty request.“What country do you come from? and what is your age?”“I...
The Mummy`s Foot part 10
The Princess Hermonthis still held my hand, and graciously saluted the mummies of her acquaintance.My eyes became accustomed to the dim twilight, and objects...
The Mummy`s Foot part 9
I thought this proposition natural enough. I arrayed myself in a dressing-gown of large-flowered pattern, which lent me a very Pharao¬nic aspect; hurriedly put...
The Mummy`s Foot part 8
“Well, my dear little foot, you always flee from me; yet I always took good care of you. I bathed you with perfumed water...
The Mummy`s Foot part 7
Her arms, slender and spindle-shaped, like those of very young girls, were encircled by a peculiar kind of metal bands and bracelets of glass...
The Mummy`s Foot part 6
I peered through my room with a feeling of expectation which I saw nothing to justify: every article of furniture was in its proper...
