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... Once she reproached me , saying : ' Art thou not the creature whom my father ransomed from captivity amongst the Franks for ten dínars ? ' ' Yes , ' I an- swered ; ' he redeemed me for ten dínars , and enslaved me to thee for a hundred ...
... Once she reproached me , saying : ' Art thou not the creature whom my father ransomed from captivity amongst the Franks for ten dínars ? ' ' Yes , ' I an- swered ; ' he redeemed me for ten dínars , and enslaved me to thee for a hundred ...
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... once that I was benighted in a garden , in company with a friend . The spot was delightful : the trees intertwined ; you would have said that the earth was bedecked with glass spangles , and that the knot of the Pleiades was suspended ...
... once that I was benighted in a garden , in company with a friend . The spot was delightful : the trees intertwined ; you would have said that the earth was bedecked with glass spangles , and that the knot of the Pleiades was suspended ...
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... redif is " behár , " or spring , and the word which precedes it is the true rhyme - ending . Sir William Jones has made an elegant Once again , with flow'rets decked themselves have mead and FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN . 15.
... redif is " behár , " or spring , and the word which precedes it is the true rhyme - ending . Sir William Jones has made an elegant Once again , with flow'rets decked themselves have mead and FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN . 15.
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And Other Papers William Alexander Clouston. Once again , with flow'rets decked themselves have mead and plain ; Tents for pleasure have the blossoms raised in every rosy lane ; Who can tell , when spring hath ended , who and what may ...
And Other Papers William Alexander Clouston. Once again , with flow'rets decked themselves have mead and plain ; Tents for pleasure have the blossoms raised in every rosy lane ; Who can tell , when spring hath ended , who and what may ...
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... once again , once more the tulips and the roses blow ! с Behold the roses , how they shine , e'en like FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN . 17.
... once again , once more the tulips and the roses blow ! с Behold the roses , how they shine , e'en like FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN . 17.
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16th century Abraham Adam ALFRED NUTT Allah ANDREW LANG answered Arab Arabian Ashaab asked beard beautiful bird century cried daughter death dervish desired desolate island dínars earth edited English Esop exclaimed eyes fables faggot-maker father flowers garden gave Gesta Romanorum give gold Gulistán hand head heard heart Hebrew Hindú jewels JOSEPH JACOBS kází khalíf Khoja king Kurán lady Laylá learned legend Lord Majnún master merchant mother Muslim never night once original Panchatantra parable parrot PERSIAN GARDEN Persian language Persian poet poem poor possession present priest prince quoth Rabbi replied returned rich rose Saádí sages says servant Seven Wise Masters Shíráz slave slippers Solomon story stranger tale Talmud tell thee thou hast told took translated tree vazír verse wife wisdom wise woman words young youth
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Page 345 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with grey.
Page 53 - Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave: And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.
Page 54 - Your voiceless lips, O flowers ! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers From loneliest nook. Floral Apostles ! that in dewy splendor "Weep without woe, and blush without a crime...
Page 251 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and they served other gods.
Page 338 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 323 - Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye ? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
Page 353 - Italian ; one the new cut, another the old ; one the gentleman's cut, another the common cut ; one cut of the court, another of the country ; with infinite the like vanities, which I overpasse.
Page 60 - Psychology know how much is to be inferred from this; and that no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad. How much lies in Laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man! Some men wear an everlasting barren simper; in the smile of others lies a cold glitter as of ice: the fewest are able to laugh, what can be called laughing, but only sniff and titter and...
Page 14 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away ; for, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 207 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.