The Bakhtyar nameh, or, Story of prince Bakhtyar and the ten viziers [tr. by sir W. Ouseley.]. ed. by W.A. Clouston1883 |
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... century , by crusaders and pilgrims returning from the Holy Land , and also , perhaps , by Venetian merchants trading in the Levant and the Muslim provinces of Northern Africa . However this may be , there can xiv INTRODUCTION .
... century , by crusaders and pilgrims returning from the Holy Land , and also , perhaps , by Venetian merchants trading in the Levant and the Muslim provinces of Northern Africa . However this may be , there can xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... century , " grave and otiose " Easterns wagged their beards and shook their portly sides , finding its way , three centuries later , to London taverns , where Taylor probably heard it told amidst the clinking of cans and fragrant clouds ...
... century , " grave and otiose " Easterns wagged their beards and shook their portly sides , finding its way , three centuries later , to London taverns , where Taylor probably heard it told amidst the clinking of cans and fragrant clouds ...
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... century ; and the Gesta Romanorum , the authorship of which is doubtful , but it is believed to have been composed in the 14th century . The latter work greatly influenced the compositions of the early Italian Novelists , and its effect ...
... century ; and the Gesta Romanorum , the authorship of which is doubtful , but it is believed to have been composed in the 14th century . The latter work greatly influenced the compositions of the early Italian Novelists , and its effect ...
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... century , garbled and Frenchi- fied as was his translation , the richness of the Eastern fancy , as exhibited in these pleasing fictions , was at once recognised , and , as the learned Baron de Sacy has remarked , in the course of a few ...
... century , garbled and Frenchi- fied as was his translation , the richness of the Eastern fancy , as exhibited in these pleasing fictions , was at once recognised , and , as the learned Baron de Sacy has remarked , in the course of a few ...
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... century , when the Latin version of the " Seven Sages " was published , yet in the East it had been in vogue many centuries previously . The oldest extant collection of Fables and Tales ( excepting the Buddhist Birth - Stories ...
... century , when the Latin version of the " Seven Sages " was published , yet in the East it had been in vogue many centuries previously . The oldest extant collection of Fables and Tales ( excepting the Buddhist Birth - Stories ...
Common terms and phrases
Abraha Abū Saber Abū Temām Abyssinia accordingly accused Aleppo ambassadors Arabian Nights Arabic arrived astrology attendants Āzādbakht back to prison Bakht Bakhtyar Basra beauty Bihzād boys brought camel Cazotte Cazotte's CHAPTER chief consent damsel death declared desert desired dihkan Eastern English execution eyes Farrukhsuwar father gave orders Gesta Romanorum happened harem immediately informed innocence inquired Irāk jeweller journey judicial astrology Kaisar Kārdār King Dādīn King of Persia King of Yemen King ordered King's Kirman Kur'an lacs of dinars lady Lescallier lithographed text Majesty Merchant monarch Muslim Nāma Ouseley Ouseley's palace patience pearls Persian text person prayer present Prince Princess punishment Queen rendering replied resolved returned robbers romance royal Rūm Rūzbih Sa'di says seized sent servants Sindibād Sipahsālār slave story stranger stratagem Sultan summer-house thee thou throne tion told translation treasures village Vizier wife William Ouseley wine young Zangībār
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Page 200 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 223 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 207 - Say, I fly for refuge unto the Lord of the daybreak, that he may deliver me from the mischief of those things which he hath created; and from the mischief of the night, when it cometh on; and from the mischief of women blowing on knots; and from the mischief of the envious, when he envieth...
Page xl - The Bakhtyar Nameh, or Story of Prince Bakhtyar and the Ten Viziers. A series of Persian Tales.
Page 150 - that prayer carries us half-way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms procure us admission.
Page 172 - Some exceptions, that can neither be dissembled nor eluded, render this mode of reasoning as indiscreet as it is superfluous: the kingdom of Yemen has been successively subdued by the Abyssinians, the Persians, the Sultans of...
Page 227 - Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man ? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we...
Page 147 - Ahaseurus takes his signet off his hand, and gives it first to Haman, and again to Mordecai : and Herodotus notices that each of the Babylonians wore a seal-ring. The Greeks and Romans had their rings curiously engraved with devices, and that cast by Polycrates into the sea was the work of an engraver whose name the historian has not thought unworthy of commemoration.
Page xvii - A poet went to the chief of a band of robbers and recited a panegyric upon him. He commanded them to strip off his clothes and turn him out of the village. The dogs, too, attacked him in the rear. He wanted to take up a stone, but the ground was frozen. Unable to do anything, he said, " What a villainous set are these, who have untied their dogs and tied up the stones." The chieftain heard this from a window, and said with a laugh, " Philosopher ! ask a boon of me.
Page 226 - It is counted uncivil to visit in this country without an offering in hand. All great men expect it as a kind of tribute due to their character and authority ; and look upon themselves as affronted, and indeed defrauded, when this compliment is omitted.