Varna

Alarmed at the idea of being in a similar predicament, and feeling extremely weak and troubled, such was the impression of the monk`s oratory,...

They are equally cautious not to burden the mind with too much study, finding the truth of the Scripture observation, that it is indeed...

But this excellent and considerate husband was scarcely laid at rest in the ground before tidings of this his last will and testament reached...

Angolo Firenzuola (1493-1546)One of the most brilliant of the Renaissance scholars and poets, Angolo Firenzuola belonged to the group that scandalized even his contem-poraries...

“Nonsense, sister! Banish these fancies with which the adversary endeavors to overturn weak imaginations. Address a Paternoster and an Ave Marie to the archangel,...

“There, you see,” the mother superior was saying, “your fear is entirely childish; there is no one in the church. All Seville is trooping...

“Because,” returned the organist, endeavoring to repress the agitation which revealed itself in the pallor of his face—“because it is so old and poor;...

At last the looked-for moment arrived, when the priest, after bowing low and murmuring the sacred words, took the host in his hands. The...

“Ignorance is the boldest of all things. It is true, the fault is not his, so much as theirs who have consented to this...

“What was that?” asked the great ladies of the chief judge. He had been one of the first to ascend to the organ-loft. Now,...