Dalziel's Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 第 1 巻

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Henry William Dulcken
Ward and Lock, 1865 - 421 ページ
 

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14 ページ - Having said this, he snatched himself away from them, and set out. He arrived at the destined spot, on the very day he had promised. He got off his horse, and seating himself by the side of the fountain, with such sorrowful sensations as may easily be imagined, he awaited the arrival of the Genius.
214 ページ - I got up, and saw that it was one of the first cadis of the city, mounted on a mule, and accompanied by five or six of his people : he alighted at the door of the house •where the young lady had opened the window, and went in, which made me suppose he was her father.
44 ページ - The inhabitants, also, crowded to meet him, and welcome him with acclamations and every demonstration of joy, which lasted for several days. The day after his arrival, the sultan assembled his courtiers, and gave them an ample detail of the occurrences which, contrary to his wishes, had delayed his return ; he then declared to them his intention of adopting the king of the four Black Isles, who had left a large kingdom to accompany and live with him ; and at last...
140 ページ - When I related the adventure of the elephants he appeared much surprised, and would scarcely have believed it, had not my sincerity been well known to him. He thought this, as well as the other histories I had detailed to him, so curious, that he ordered one of his secretaries to write it in letters of gold, to be preserved in his treasury. I retired well satisfied with the presents and honours he conferred on me: and then resigned myself entirely to my family, my relations, and friends.
307 ページ - what harm canst thou do to me ? I fear thee not. But I will grant thee this favour, and I make the oath thou requirest. Now tell me whence thou comest, what thou hast seen, and what thou hast done this night?
40 ページ - I endeavoured, but in vain, to bring her to a sense of her duty ; and finding that all my arguments only increased her obstinacy, I at last desisted and left her. She continued to visit her lover every day, and for two years she was inconsolable. I went a second time to the Palace of Tears while she was there. I hid myself as before, and heard her say : " It is now three years since you...
104 ページ - I desired her to ask the price of it. In answer to her, he said, " I will sell it to her for neither silver nor gold ; but I will make her a present of it, if she will have the condescension to permit me to kiss her cheek.
16 ページ - The steward was less compassionate and sacrificed her. On taking off the skin, we found hardly anything but bones, though she appeared very fat!
276 ページ - ... same time offering them his services at Balsora, whither he said he was going on an affair of considerable importance. I was not thoroughly satisfied with this answer, and the interest I feel in whatever concerns him, induced me to come to ask you if you knew anything particular about this sudden departure.

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