The Arabian nights' entertainments. [Followed by] Vathek, by W. Beckford1865 |
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Abon Hassan affliction Aladdin Ali Baba Amgiad answered asked Baba Badoura Bagdad Bahader Balsora beauty Bedreddin brother brought Cairo caliph Camaralzaman carried charming Cogia commander cried Damascus daugh daughter death desire Dinarzade discourse door Ebn Thaher eunuchs eyes Fair Persian father favour fear Fetnah Ganem gave genie Giafar give grand vizier hand hear heard hither honour horse immediately jeweller king Beder king of Persia knew lady leave live look Madam magician majesty marriage merchant Mesrour Morgiana morning mother never night Noureddin obliged opened ordered palace passion perceived pieces of gold pray present prince Ahmed prince of Persia princess queen replied Samandal Schahriar Scheherazade Scheich Ibrahim Schemselnihar sent shew sister slave soon speak story sultan surprised tears tell thee thing thou thought told took wife woman words young Zobeide
Passatges populars
Pàgina 403 - said the genie, " I am ready to obey thee as thy slave, and the slave of all those that have that ring on their finger; both I and the other slaves of the ring.
Pàgina 465 - Cassim's wife stayed at home mourning, uttering lamentable cries with the women of the neighbourhood, who came according to custom during the funeral, and joining their lamentations -with hers, filled the quarter, far and near, with sorrow. In this manner Cassim's melancholy death was concealed, and hushed up between Ali Baba, his wife, Cassim's widow, and Morgiana...
Pàgina 105 - You fell, said they, into the hands of the old man of the sea, and are the first who ever escaped strangling by his malicious tricks.
Pàgina 104 - He was sitting on the bank of a stream, and at first I took him to be one who had been shipwrecked like myself. I went towards him and saluted him, but he only slightly bowed his head.
Pàgina 473 - I believe you, son, to be so dutiful a child, that you will not refuse Morgiana for your wife. You see that Cogia Houssain sought your friendship with a treacherous design to take away my life ; and, if he had succeeded, there is no doubt but he would have sacrificed you also to his revenge. Consider, that by marrying Morgiana, you marry the support of my family and your own.
Pàgina 422 - ... desist from their work, but ordered them to undo what they had begun, and to carry all their jewels back to the sultan and to the vizier. They undid in a few hours what they had been six weeks about, and retired, leaving Aladdin alone in the hall. He took the lamp, which he carried about him, rubbed it, and presently the genie appeared.
Pàgina 105 - Notwithstanding my fainting, the ill-natured old fellow kept fast about my neck, but opened his legs a little to give me time to recover my breath. When I had done so, he thrust one of his feet against my stomach, and struck me so rudely on the side with the other, that he forced me to rise up against my will.
Pàgina 98 - ... that hid themselves by day, and came abroad by night. After having testified their joy at my escaping so many dangers, they brought me the best of what they had to eat ; and the captain, seeing that I was all in rags, was so generous as to give me one of his own suits.
Pàgina 108 - I was surprised to find myself in an extensive plain on the brink of a river, where my raft was tied, amidst a great number of negroes. I got up as soon as I saw them, and saluted them. They spoke to me, but I did not understand their language. I was so transported with joy, that I knew not whether I was asleep or awake; but being persuaded that I was not asleep, I recited the following words in Arabic aloud: "Call upon the Almighty, he will help thee; thou needest not perplex thyself about any thing...
Pàgina 421 - ... where, by the care of the genie, a noble feast was served up. The dishes were of massy gold, and contained the most delicate viands. The vases, basins, and goblets...