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Launcelot`s Tourney part 5
“My lord,” said Sir Bors, “ye require me of the greatest thing that any man may require me; and wit ye well if I...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 4
Then I will counsel you,” said the King, “that ye go unto Sir Bors, and pray him to do that battle for you for...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 3
And, therefore, Sir Mador, be not so hasty; for it may happen she shall not be all friendless: and, therefore, desire thou the day...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 2
For Sir Gawaine was a passing hot knight of nature; and this Sir Pinell hated Sir Gawaine, because of his kinsman. Sir Lamoracke de...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 1
Sir Thomas Malory (Flourished Late 15th Century)
Practically nothing is known of this first great writer of English prose romance. Malory`s significance in the development...
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 Prodigal Son 1
The Prodigal Son (From the New Testament, Luke XV)
The prodigal is a parable, spoken by Jesus in praise of forgiveness. It is one of...
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 2
But the crow insisted. Matters of personal interest and friendship, he said, are decided by our inclination. We do not consider distance or the...
