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... wish to provide . Agib al- ready , in anticipation enjoys the brilliant prospect which they have presented to his imagination . He promises all that is asked of him ; the courtier is above all assured beforehand , that he will obtain ...
... wish to provide . Agib al- ready , in anticipation enjoys the brilliant prospect which they have presented to his imagination . He promises all that is asked of him ; the courtier is above all assured beforehand , that he will obtain ...
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... wish to perform ! It is generally , I was about to say invariably , the best , and frequently the only , one . Short - sighted man either sees not the moment , and thus it passes by ; or , not satisfied with the prospect which it ...
... wish to perform ! It is generally , I was about to say invariably , the best , and frequently the only , one . Short - sighted man either sees not the moment , and thus it passes by ; or , not satisfied with the prospect which it ...
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standards . Therefore , unfortunate wretches , let all of you who wish to profit by my clemency pass on my right hand . " At these words , all the prisoners at once precipitately passed on the right of the caliph . One man alone ...
standards . Therefore , unfortunate wretches , let all of you who wish to profit by my clemency pass on my right hand . " At these words , all the prisoners at once precipitately passed on the right of the caliph . One man alone ...
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... wishes , if he were the master of his choice . For my own part , said one , I confess that I should like very well to be vizier , if it were possible ; ' tis a fine thing to be vizier ? And I , said another , if I were the master of my ...
... wishes , if he were the master of his choice . For my own part , said one , I confess that I should like very well to be vizier , if it were possible ; ' tis a fine thing to be vizier ? And I , said another , if I were the master of my ...
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... wishes ? Ask it , and it shall be given to thee . " Houssain fell at the feet of the caliph , and humbly crossing his two arms over his breast , he replied : " Magnificent Lord , brilliant sun of light and of wisdom ! since I am ...
... wishes ? Ask it , and it shall be given to thee . " Houssain fell at the feet of the caliph , and humbly crossing his two arms over his breast , he replied : " Magnificent Lord , brilliant sun of light and of wisdom ! since I am ...
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Página 272 - Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see, The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds...
Página 291 - Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light ; Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is. It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the bowers of bliss...
Página 231 - But that loveliness, ever in motion, which plays Like the light upon autumn's soft shadowy days, Now here and now there, giving warmth as it flies From the lips to the cheek, from the cheek to the eyes, Now melting in mist and now breaking in gleams, Like the glimpses a saint has of heaven in his dreams...
Página 176 - The first tabernacle to Hope we will build, And look for the sleepers around us to rise ; The second to Faith, which ensures it fulfilled, And the third to the Lamb of the great sacrifice Who bequeathed us them both when he rose to the skies.
Página 175 - To the pleasures which Mirth can afford ; — The revel, the laugh, and the jeer ? Ah ! here is a plentiful board ; But the guests are all mute as their pitiful cheer, And none but the worm is a reveller here.
Página 175 - Methinks it is good to be here ; If Thou wilt, let us build— but for whom ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear, But the shadows of eve that encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb.
Página 176 - Death, to whom monarchs must bow ? Ah, no ! for his empire is known ; And here there are trophies enow : Beneath, the cold dead, and around, the dark stone, Are the signs of a Sceptre that none may disown.
Página 71 - ... intermission : sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds near the horizon ; at others, it discovers the distant hills, and again leaves all in darkness, when in an instant it re-appears in vivid and successive flashes, and exhibits the nearest objects in all the brightness of day. During all this time the distant thunder never ceases to roll, and is only silenced by some nearer peal which bursts on the ear with such a sudden and tremendous crash as can scarcely fail to strike...
Página 98 - The springing trout in speckled pride; The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And edges flowered with eglantine.
Página 318 - ... and on the east by the usual argillaceous soil of the country; the main body may perhaps be estimated at three miles in circumference; the depth cannot be ascertained, and no subjacent rock or soil can be discovered.