The Fables of PilpayBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy ... [and 5 others], 1818 - 312 strani |
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Druge izdaje - Prikaži vse
Pogosti izrazi in povedi
Adder answered asked assured astonished beasts began believe bird of prey birds Camel Carchenas Cohotorbe command companions continued court Cray-fish creature cried Dabschelim danger dear death delight Dervise desire discourse endeavour enemy Fable Falcon Father favour fear fell fortune friendship Frog gave give Goat happy hast hear heard Heaven Hermit hole honour husband immediately journey Kalila King King's leave length Leopard Lion live Lover Maimon Majesty Majesty's Merchant Minister misfortune Monarch mountain neighbour nest never night nister once Owls Partridge passion perceiving person Pigeon Pilpay pleased poor Prince punishment Rabbit Raven reason replied Damna resolved rest returned revenge Salamander Scorpion Serpent servants soon story tain tell thee Thief thing thou art took Tortoise treasure tree trouble Vizir wicked wife Wolf words young Zirac
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran iii - Instruction,' in a series of connected fables, interspersed with moral, prudential, and political maxims. This work is in such high esteem throughout the east, that it has been translated into every language spoken there.
Stran 55 - A certain dervish used to relate that, in his youth, once passing through a wood and admiring the works of the great Author of Nature, he spied a falcon that held a piece of flesh in his beak ; and hovering about a tree, tore the flesh into bits, and gave it to a young raven that lay bald and featherless in its nest. The...
Stran 56 - Servant of mine,' said the Creator to him in a dream, ' know thou that all things in this world have their causes ; and though my providence can never be limited, my wisdom requires that men shall make use of the means that I have ordained them. If thou...
Stran 216 - I see," continued he, perceiving how they fluttered to get loose, " that every one of you minds his own safety only, never regarding what becomes of his companions ; and, let me tell you, that this is not only an ungrateful but a foolish way of acting; we ought to make it our business to help one another, and it may be so charitable an action may save us all: let us all together strive to break the net.
Stran 246 - ... nothing but the acquisition of a real friend can tempt us to the expectation of a lasting happiness." The Raven then spoke in his turn : " There is no earthly pleasure or advantage," said he, " like a true friend ; which I shall endeavor to prove, by the recital of the following story." FABLE VIII. THE TWO FRIENDS. A certain Person, of a truly noble and generous disposition, once heard, as he lay in bed, somebody knocking at his door at an unseasonable hour. Somewhat surprised at it, he, without...
Stran 220 - THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FALCON. "A Partridge," said Zirac, keeping close in his hole, but very obligingly pursuing his discourse, " was promenading at the foot of a hill, and tuning her throat, in her coarse way, so delightfully, that a Falcon flying that way, and hearing her voice, came towards her, and very civilly was going to ask her acquaintance. 'Nobody...
Stran 230 - ... I will not depart from hence till thou hast granted me thy friendship." Zirac perceiving, at length, that the Raven really dealt frankly and cordially with him, replied, " I am happy to find that you are sincere in all this ; pardon my fears, and now hear me acknowledge that I think it is an honor for me to wear the title of thy friend ; and, if I have so long withstood thy importunities, it was only to try thee, and to show thee that I want neither wit nor policy, that thou mayst know hereafter...
Stran 34 - ... she made a seizure of it, and was doing what for many years she had not done before, that is, heartily filling her belly; but as she was enjoying herself under the dresserboard, and feeding heartily upon her stolen morsels, one of the testy officers of the kitchen, missing his breakfast, and seeing where the poor Cat was solacing herself with it, threw his knife at her with such an unlucky hand, that he stuck her full in the breast.
Stran 157 - A CERTAIN MERCHANT," SAID KALILA, PURSUING HER DIScourse, "had once a great desire to make a long journey. Now in regard that he was not very wealthy, 'It is requisite,' said he to himself, 'that before my departure I should leave some part of my estate in the city, to the end that if I meet with ill luck in my travels, I may have wherewithal to keep me at my return.' To this purpose he delivered a great number of bars of iron, which were a principal part of his wealth, in trust to one of his friends,...
Stran 248 - ... there, and the Raven hid himself among the boughs of a very high tree. In the mean time the Goat stopped all of a sudden, and stood to rest itself by the side of the fountain ; when the Raven, who looked about every way, perceiving nobody, called to the Tortoise, who immediately peeped up above the water ; and seeing the Goat afraid to drink, " Drink boldly," said the Tortoise, " for the water is very clear : " which the Goat having done, " Pray tell me," cried the Tortoise, "what is the reason...