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Anton de Chinta appreciated this in an indefinite way, and conse-quently said nothing to the children of the necessity for selling the cow.One Saturday morning at daybreak, he took advantage of the fact that...

But the railway and telegraph furnished incidents of only short duration, and these were soon swallowed up in the sea of solitude which surrounded the meadow “Somonte”; then no living being was to be...

“La Cordera,” having lived to a mature age, was more matter-of- fact than her companions. She held aloof from contact with the world and contemplated the telegraph pole from a distance as purely an...

Leopoldo Alas (1852-1901)Alas, who often wrote under the pseudonym of “Clarin,” was born at Zamora. Studying first for the law, he went to Madrid, where he worked as journalist and literary critic. He was...

I should have told my reader, that whilst Florio lived at the house of his foster-father he was always an acceptable guest in the family of Eudoxus, where he became acquainted with Leonilla from...

His affliction would have been insupportable, had not he been comforted by the daily visits and conversations of his friend. As they were one day talking together with their usual intimacy, Leontine, considering how...

This makes me often think on a story I have heard of two friends, which I shall give my reader at large, under feigned names. The moral of it may, I hope, be useful,...

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)Born in Wiltshire in 1672, of a respected and cultured family, Joseph Addison went to Oxford, and began his literary life by writing Latin verses. In 1699 he travelled on the Continent...

Andwhen this was ended, King Lludd caused an exceeding great banquet to beprepared. And when it was ready, he placed a vessel of cold water by his side,and he in his own proper person...

Andthen, in thine own person do thou remain there watching, and thou wilt see thedragon fighting in the form of terrific animals. And at length they will takethe form of dragons in the air....