Belphagor part 4
For what with the influence of her father, her brothers, her friends, and relatives, the duty of the matrimonial yoke, and the love he...
Belphagor part 3
Poor Belphagor having signed these conditions and received the money, forthwith came into the world, and having set up his equipage, with a numerous...
Belphagor part 2
Now, as the latter is the fault of a careless, and the former of an unjust judge, we, wishing to avoid the trouble and...
Belphagor part 1
Niccolo Macchiavelli (1464-1527)
Macchiavelli is best known to the world as author of a famous book on statecraft, entitled The Prince, and of a History...
The Shipwreck of Simonides 1
Phaedrus (15 B.C.?—55 A.D.?)
It was the chief distinction of this writer to have collected the Fables of Jesop (or whoever it was who wrote...
The Matron of Ephesus 2
Maidservant
But she was ill-pleased by such commonplace consolation, and smote her breast more violently than ever, tearing out her hair and throwing it upon...
The Jackal 2
The rest of the jackals, seeing him of such a fine complexion, prostrated themselves before him, and said: “According as Your Highness commands!” By...
The Haunted House 2
Intermingle
On being thus left to himself, he marked the spot with some grass and leaves which he plucked. Next day he applied to the...
The Dove and the Crow 1
The Dove And The Crow (Anonymous: 2nd Century B.C. or later)
It is thought that the collection of fables now known as the Panchatantra had...
The Ass in the Lion` Skin 1
Ancient India
Sanskrit is the classical language of the Hindus of ancient India. Practically the whole of that extraordinary literature which began with the Vedas...
