Squire Petrick`s Lady part 6
It was in the peculiar disposition of the Petrick family that the satis-faction which ultimately settled in Timothy`s breast found nourishment. The Petricks had...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 5
As the child grew up, Timothy`s attachment to him grew deeper, till Rupert became almost the sole object for which he lived. There had...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 4
Timothy had scarcely noticed the unfortunate child that his wife had borne, after arranging for a meager fulfilment of his promise to her to...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 3
Timothy Petrick, though a quick-feeling man, was not of a sort to show nerves outwardly; and he bore himself as heroically as he possibly...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 2
At the time I am speaking of he was a man over eighty, and his son was dead; but he had two grandsons, the...
Squire Petrick`s Lady part 1
Thomas Hardy (1840—1928)
Thomas Hardy was born In Dorsetshire in 1840. At an early age he went to Dorchester to study architecture, and later to...
The Story of Devadatta 1
Somadeva (Flourished about 1070 A.D.)
Somadeva (Soma with the Brahminical suffix deva) was a poet of Kashmir. His celebrated collection, the Ocean of Streams of...
The Raising of Lazarus 1
The Raising of Lazarus (From the New Testament, John XI)
Though this story is part of the larger narrative of the Gospel of St. John,...
The Jewish Mother 2
The literature of the New Testament (which was written in late Greek) is difficult to classify. It is Jewish, of course, but permeated by...
The History of Susanna 2
And the elders said:—“As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent...
