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Abbas Abdulla Abusheher admiration Aga Mahomed Aga Meer Ahmed Ameen amused appeared Arab astrologer beautiful caliph called character chief cobbler court death delighted Demavend desired doubt Edition Elchee Elchee's Envoy exclaimed eyes fame father favour favourite Fcap 8vo female Firdousee followers gave Ghool give habits Hajee Ibrahim happy head heard honour horse husband India inhabitants Isfahan Jaffier jewels Jonas Hanway Kajir Kazeroon Khan Sahib Khorassan King of Persia Kooli ladies latter laugh look LORD Mahomed Hoosein Khan Mahomedan majesty manner Meerzâ mehmandar minister mission monarch Moollâh Muscat never Noosheerwân observed palace party person piastres plain plundered poet Post 8vo prince rank replied Roostem royal Sâdee Saladin saying sent servants Shah Abbas Shiraz Sholim slaves smile soon sovereign story Teheran thou throne told tribe Tûrkûmâns usage vizier vols wife wonderful Woodcuts Yezdijird
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Page 106 - Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime. A wandering harper, scorned and poor, He begged his bread from door to door, And tuned, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear.
Page 11 - And unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument allowing them to redeem themselves on paying a certain sum, write one, if ye know good in them; and give them of the riches of God, which he hath given you.
Page 23 - you need not tempt me further ; — it is of no use. — You are a rich elchee (nobleman). You have fine horses, camels, and mules, and, I am told, you have, loads of silver and gold. Now,' added he, ' you want my mare, but you shall not have her for all you have got*.
Page 41 - What is that?' said the Arabs, eagerly. 'There is not a single datetree in the whole country !' ' Are you sure?' was the general exclamation.
Page 251 - What proof of love," exclaimed poor Ahmed, "can you desire which I will not give?" "Give over cobbling; it is a vile, low trade, and never yields more than ten or twelve dinars a day. Turn astrologer! your fortune will be made, and I shall have all I wish, and be happy." "Astrologer!" cried Ahmed,— "astrologer! Have you forgotten who I am— a cobbler, without any learning— that you want me to engage in a profession which requires so much skill and knowledge?" "I neither think nor care about...
Page 28 - proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the" sea-side : they have hawks and greyhounds ; the former carried in the usual manner, on the hand of the huntsman ; the latter led in a leash by a horseman, generally the same, who carries the hawk. When the antelope is seen, they endeavour to get as near as possible ; but the animal, the moment it observes them, goes off at a rate that seems swifter than the wind : the horsemen are instantly at full speed, having slipped the dogs. If it is a single...
Page 97 - He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord/ and ' He that would be chief among you, let him be your servant.
Page 62 - Elchee had resided at some of the principal courts of India, whose usages are very similar. He was, therefore, deeply versed in that important science denominated ' Kaida-e-nishest-oo-berkhast ' (or the art of sitting and rising), in which is included a knowledge of the forms and manners of good society, and particularly those of Asiatic kings and their courts. " He was quite aware, on his first arrival in Persia, of the consequence of every step he took on such delicate points ; he was, therefore,...
Page 90 - hast thou such a sense of thy duty to thy mother at thy years, and am I insensible, at my age, of the duty I owe to my God ? Give me thy hand, innocent boy,' he continued, ' that I may swear repentance upon it.' He did so — his followers were all alike struck with the scene. ' You have been our leader in guilt...
Page 155 - Mount that horse," said he, pointing to one with a bridle, but without a saddle, " and show this European Elchee the difference between a girl of a tribe and a citizen's daughter.