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... Dervise , venerable by his age , fell ill in the house of a woman who had been long a widow , and lived in extreme poverty in the suburbs of Bassora . He was so touched with the care and zeal with which she had assisted him , that on ...
... Dervise , venerable by his age , fell ill in the house of a woman who had been long a widow , and lived in extreme poverty in the suburbs of Bassora . He was so touched with the care and zeal with which she had assisted him , that on ...
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... der- vise said to Abdallah : “ My son , we are now at the end of our journey ; I shall employ my prayers to obtain from Heaven , that the earth may open and make an entrance wide enough to per- mit thee to descend into a place , where ...
... der- vise said to Abdallah : “ My son , we are now at the end of our journey ; I shall employ my prayers to obtain from Heaven , that the earth may open and make an entrance wide enough to per- mit thee to descend into a place , where ...
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... Dervise lighted a small fire , into which he cast a perfume ; he read and prayed for some moments , after which the earth opened , and the Dervise said to him , " Thou mayest now enter , my dear Abdallah ; remember that it is in thy ...
... Dervise lighted a small fire , into which he cast a perfume ; he read and prayed for some moments , after which the earth opened , and the Dervise said to him , " Thou mayest now enter , my dear Abdallah ; remember that it is in thy ...
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... Dervise had so strongly recommended to him ; and though the situation , in which he was , was very terrible , he did not abandon himself to despair , but thought only in what manner he should get out ( 1 ) of a place which might become ...
... Dervise had so strongly recommended to him ; and though the situation , in which he was , was very terrible , he did not abandon himself to despair , but thought only in what manner he should get out ( 1 ) of a place which might become ...
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... Dervise , nor remembering any of the places through which he had passed , he went on as fortune had directed him , and was extremely astonished to find himself opposite to ( 2 ) his mother's house , from which he imagined he was at a ...
... Dervise , nor remembering any of the places through which he had passed , he went on as fortune had directed him , and was extremely astonished to find himself opposite to ( 2 ) his mother's house , from which he imagined he was at a ...
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Страница 125 - ... his chair and bed : a little calendar of small sticks were laid at the head, notched all over with the dismal days and nights he had passed there — he had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap.
Страница 199 - You never heard the most delicious music which is the praise of one's self; nor saw the most beautiful object, which is the work of one's own hands. Your votaries pass away their youth in a dream of mistaken pleasures, while they are hoarding up anguish, torment, and remorse, for old age.
Страница 175 - ... weaning his heart from the immoderate love of earthly things, and teaching him to revere the gods, and to place his whole trust and happiness in their government and protection.
Страница 167 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Страница 94 - Every thing charms and transports me in this place,' said Lysander, addressing himself to Cyrus; ' but what strikes me most, is the exquisite taste and elegant industry of the person, who drew the plan of the several parts of this garden, and gave it the fine order, wonderful disposition, and happiness of symmetry, which I cannot sufficiently admire.
Страница 124 - I beheld his body half wasted away with long expectation and confinement, and felt what kind of sickness of the heart it was which arises from hope deferred.
Страница 161 - Apollodorus, who had been in tears almost the whole conversation, began then to raise great cries, and to lament with such excessive grief, as pierced the hearts of all that were present. Socrates alone remained unmoved, and even reproved his friends, though with his usual mildness and good nature. 'What are you doing?
Страница 121 - With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : • We envy not the warmer clime, that lies In ten degrees of more indulgent skies ; Nor at the coarseness of our heav'n repine, Tho...
Страница 196 - ... to appear more graceful than ordinary in her mien, by a mixture of affectation in all her gestures. She had a wonderful confidence and assurance in her looks, and all the variety of colours in her dress that she thought were the most proper to show her complexion to an advantage.
Страница 195 - ... a desert, where the silence and solitude of the place very much favoured his meditations. As he was musing on his present condition, and very much perplexed in himself on the state of life he should choose, he saw two women of a larger stature than ordinary approaching towards him.