The Arabian NightsGeorge Fyler Townesend, George Fyler Townsend Frederick A. Stokes, 1891 - 420 עמודים |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments <span dir=ltr>George Fyler Townsend</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2015 |
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments <span dir=ltr>George Fyler Townsend</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2015 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Abou Hassan affliction Alasnam Amgiad answered arrived asked Assad Bagdad Bahader barber bastinado beautiful brother brought Bussorah Cairo caliph carried cause cauzee Codadad Cogia Commander court cried Damascus daugh death dirhens door dress Ebn Thaher eyes Fair Persian Faithful father favour fell Fetnah friends Ganem gave Genii give grand vizier hand Harran hear heard honour immediately island jeweller king knew lady looked Madam Margiana Marzavan master merchant Mesrour misfortune Mobarec morning mosque mother night Noureddin Nouzhatoul-aouadat obliged officers opened ordered palace perceived pieces of gold present Prince Camaralzaman Prince of Persia Princess Badoura purse queen replied robbers Saouy Scheich Ibrahim Schemselnihar sent ship Sindbad SINDBAD THE SAILOR Sire slave soon stranger sultan surprised tears tell thither thou thousand pieces told took wait wife wine words young Zeyn Zinebi Zobeide
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 157 - You not only deserve a quiet life, but are worthy of all the riches you possess, since you make so good a use of them. May you live happily for a long time.
עמוד 132 - From the isle of Salabat we went to another, where I furnished myself with cloves, cinnamon, and other spices. As we sailed from this island we saw a tortoise twenty cubits in length and breadth.
עמוד 140 - I myself was of the number of the latter ; but as I came up again, I fortunately caught hold of a piece of the wreck, and swimming sometimes with one hand, and sometimes with the other, but always holding fast my board, the wind and the tide favouring me, I came to an island, whose shore was very steep.
עמוד 131 - I shut myself up within this circle, with the melancholy satisfaction, that I had neglected nothing which could preserve me from the cruel destiny with which I was threatened. The serpent failed not to come at the usual hour, and went round the tree, seeking for an opportunity to devour me, but was prevented by the rampart I had made ; so that he lay till day, like a cat watching in vain for a mouse that has fortunately reached a place of safety.
עמוד 140 - I asked him what he did there; but, instead of answering me, he made a sign for me to take him upon my back, and carry him over the brook, signifying that it was to gather fruit.
עמוד 332 - look out for some merchant to take it at that price, and come to me at the Victory gate, where you will see a khan at a distance from the houses.
עמוד 146 - Then a pleasing stupor seized upon me. I cannot tell how long it continued; but when I revived I was surprised to find myself in an extensive plain on the brink of a river, where my raft was tied, amidst a great number of negroes. I got up as soon as I saw them, and saluted them. They spoke to me, but I...
עמוד 329 - what have I done ! I have killed a man ! Alas ! I have carried my revenge too far. Good God, unless thou pity me, my life is gone ! Cursed, ten thousand times accursed, be the fat and the oil that...
עמוד 123 - ... that there was no possibility of getting out of the valley. This was a new perplexity; so that when I compared this place with the desert island from which the roc had brought me, I found that I had gained nothing by the change. As I walked through this valley, I perceived it was strewed with diamonds, some of which were of surprising bigness.
עמוד 153 - We were all stripped, and instead of our own clothes, they gave us sorry rags, and carried us into a remote island, where they sold us. I fell into the hands of a rich merchant, who, as soon as he bought me, carried me to his house, treated me well, and clad me handsomely for a slave. Some days after, not knowing who I was, he asked me if I understood any trade ? I answered, that I was no mechanic, but a merchant, and that the corsairs, who sold me, had robbed me of all I possessed. But tell me...