The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Embellished with Nearly One Hundred Engravings : Complete in One VolumeThomas Wardle, 1842 - 518 pàgines |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Embellished with Nearly One Hundred ... James Conner Previsualització no disponible - 2013 |
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Embellished with Nearly One Hundred ... James Conner Previsualització no disponible - 2015 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Abon Hassan affliction Aladdin Amgiad answered asked Assad Bagdad Bahader Balsora beauty Bedreddin brother brought Cairo calender caliph carried charming Codadad commanded cried Damascus daugh daughter dear death desire Dinarzade discourse door drachms Ebn Thaher eunuch eyes Fair Persian father favour fear Fetnah Ganem gave genie Giafar give grand vizier hand hear heard hither honour immediately jeweller king Beder king of Persia king Saleh knew lady leave live look Madam majesty marriage merchant Mesrour misfortune mistress mother Moussoul never night Noureddin obliged opened ordered palace passion perceived pieces of gold pleased pleasure pray present prince Camaralzaman prince of Persia princess queen replied Samandal Scheherazade Scheich Ibrahim Schemselnihar sent Sindbad sister slave soon speak story sultan surprised tears tell thee thing thou thought told took wife words young Zobeide
Passatges populars
Pàgina 92 - There are the goods; I hope you will take care to sell them, and you shall have factorage. I thanked him for giving me an opportunity to employ myself, because I hated to be idle. The clerk of the ship took an account of all the bales, with the names of the merchants to whom they belonged; and when he asked the captain in whose name he should enter those he gave me the charge of, Enter them, says the captain, in the name of Sindbad the sailor.
Pàgina 293 - I am ready to obey thee as thy slave, and the slave of all who have the ring on thy finger; I, and the other slaves of that ring." At another time, Aladdin, who had not been used to such...
Pàgina 102 - ... curiosities of the country of great value. After I had returned him a thousand thanks for all his favours, I went aboard. We...
Pàgina 87 - In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept close to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc, next morning, would carry me with her out of this desert island.
Pàgina 69 - This slip obliged me to have recourse to fire, and to fight with those mighty arms as I did between heaven and earth, in your presence ; for, in spite of all his redoubtable art and experience, I made the genie know that I understood more than he : I have conquered and reduced him to ashes, but I cannot escape death, which is approaching.
Pàgina 348 - But this did not disturb him, because he knew the secret to open it again. He never regarded the silver, but made the best use of his time in carrying out as much of the gold coin, which was in bags, at several times, as he thought bis three asses could carry.
Pàgina 373 - ... conversation with the princess, he said, I always believed, madam, that no part of the world but Persia afforded such stately palaces and beautiful gardens ; but now I see that other great monarchs know as well how to build mansions suitable to their power and greatness ; and if there is a difference in the manner of building, there is none in the grandeur and magnificence. Prince...
Pàgina 98 - I spent best part of the night in fretting, and reproaching myself for my imprudence in not staying at home, rather than undertaking this last voyage. These reflections carried me so far, that I began to form a design against my...
Pàgina 295 - But, son, what have we to do with genies? I never in my life heard that any of my acquaintance had ever seen one. How came that vile genie to address himself to me, and not to you, to whom he had appeared before in the cave ? Mother...
Pàgina 85 - I had time only to catch hold of a piece of wood that we had brought out of the ship to make a fire. Meanwhile, the captain, having received those on board who were in the sloop, and taken up some of those that swam, resolved to improve the...