The Lay of the Two Lovers part 1
Marie De France (About 1150—1200)All that is positively known of the author of this Lay is that she wrote in Norman French, that her name was Marie, and that she was “of France.” It...
The Mummy`s Foot part 11
Pharaoh opened wide his great eyes of glass in astonishment at my witty request.“What country do you come from? and what is your age?”“I am a Frenchman; and I am twenty-seven years old, venerable...
The Mummy`s Foot part 10
The Princess Hermonthis still held my hand, and graciously saluted the mummies of her acquaintance.My eyes became accustomed to the dim twilight, and objects became discernible.I beheld the kings of the subterranean races seated...
The Mummy`s Foot part 9
I thought this proposition natural enough. I arrayed myself in a dressing-gown of large-flowered pattern, which lent me a very Pharao¬nic aspect; hurriedly put on a pair of Turkish slippers, and informed the Princess...
The Mummy`s Foot part 8
“Well, my dear little foot, you always flee from me; yet I always took good care of you. I bathed you with perfumed water in a bowl of alabaster; I smoothed your heel with...
The Mummy`s Foot part 7
Her arms, slender and spindle-shaped, like those of very young girls, were encircled by a peculiar kind of metal bands and bracelets of glass beads; her hair was all twisted into little cords; and...
The Mummy`s Foot part 6
I peered through my room with a feeling of expectation which I saw nothing to justify: every article of furniture was in its proper place; the lamp, softly shaded by its globe of ground...
The Mummy`s Foot part 5
I went home, delighted with my acquisition.With the idea of putting it to profitable use as soon as possible, I placed the foot of the divine Princess Hermonthis upon a heap of papers scribbled...
The Mummy`s Foot part 4
“Ha, ha!—you want the foot of the Princess Hermonthis,”—ex¬claimed the merchant, with a strange giggle, fixing his owlish eyes upon me—“ha, ha, ha!—for a paper-weight!—an original idea!—artistic idea! Old Pharaoh would certainly have been...
The Mummy`s Foot part 3
“No; I have quite enough weapons and instruments of carnage;—I want a small figure, something which will suit me as a paper-weight; for I cannot endure those trumpery bronzes which the stationers sell, and...
