Eudocia 1067 part 4
8. So we went up to him. How she felt about it I do not know, but I was most agitated. A sudden fit...
Eudocia 1067 part 3
She wished to avoid naming the husband-to-be and at the same time put an end to the conflicting rumours about his identity. On the...
Eudocia 1067 part 2
He used to sit on the imperial throne beside his brother Constantine, and being endowed with an exceptionally generous nature, he had no intention...
Eudocia 1067 part 1
Eudocia 1067
Romanus IV 1068 — 1071
Eudocia Becomes Ruler of The Empire, With Her Sons Michael And Constantine
1. When the empress Eudocia, in accordance with...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 20
“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...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 19
“Well, with this promise,” said the cavalier, “take this chain for the twenty ducats owing, and forty on account of the business you have...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 18
“Ah! I watched for him last night at the very door of his house,” rejoined the bravo, “and when he came I looked him...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 17
She had hardly spoken these words, when a boy entered, bearing a large basket covered with a sheet. The good people seemed all very...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 16
“I was there,” replied the guide. “Then how is it that you have not given notice of a purse, which you took there, containing...
Rinconete and Cortadillo part 15
“Sir,” replied he, “I possess a little spice of art; I can handle cards well, know how to turn an ace to a king,...
