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... Rich Man and the Smiths ; How to keep Plants alive ; Criticising a Portrait - The Persian Courtier and his old Friend - The Scribe - The Schoolmaster and the Wit- The Persian and his Cat - A List of Blockheads - The Arab and his Camel ...
... Rich Man and the Smiths ; How to keep Plants alive ; Criticising a Portrait - The Persian Courtier and his old Friend - The Scribe - The Schoolmaster and the Wit- The Persian and his Cat - A List of Blockheads - The Arab and his Camel ...
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... rich mine of his genius , dross as well as fine gold , clay as well as gems . It is because they have done so that many ponderous tomes of learning and industry stand neglected on the shelves of great libraries . Time is too precious ...
... rich mine of his genius , dross as well as fine gold , clay as well as gems . It is because they have done so that many ponderous tomes of learning and industry stand neglected on the shelves of great libraries . Time is too precious ...
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... rich man would throw money into your lap , consider not yourself obliged to him , for I have often heard that the patience of the poor is preferable to the liberality of the rich . " Muezzins , who call the faithful to prayer at the ...
... rich man would throw money into your lap , consider not yourself obliged to him , for I have often heard that the patience of the poor is preferable to the liberality of the rich . " Muezzins , who call the faithful to prayer at the ...
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... rich ask money , and , depend upon it , you will never see one of them again . " Saádí's own aphorisms are not less striking and instructive . They are indeed calculated to stimulate the faltering to manly exertion , and to counsel the ...
... rich ask money , and , depend upon it , you will never see one of them again . " Saádí's own aphorisms are not less striking and instructive . They are indeed calculated to stimulate the faltering to manly exertion , and to counsel the ...
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... rich man is a clod of earth gilded . The liberal man who eats and bestows is better than the religious man who fasts and hoards . Publish not men's secret faults , for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute . He who gives ...
... rich man is a clod of earth gilded . The liberal man who eats and bestows is better than the religious man who fasts and hoards . Publish not men's secret faults , for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute . He who gives ...
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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.