Arabic AphorismsS. Rousseau, 1805 - 126 Seiten |
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Abulfeda alfo alſo anſwered Aonia aphorifm ARAB Arabians beautiful becauſe beſt called camels Chineſe coin colour Damanhur defire earth Egypt Engliſh evil expreffed expreffion faid falutation fame fays fecond feen feven fhall fign fignifies filk fince fire firft firſt fome friendſhip ftar ftill ftone fuch fweet Greek Hadrian heart himſelf horſe houſe Ibn Haukal inferior planets Khalif laft learned Mantua means Mohammed Mohammedan moſt muſt nofe NOTES numbers obferved paffage pearls Perfian PERS Pharos of Alexandria Plautus Pliny poet praiſe preſent proverb publiſhed purpoſe reaſon repreſented rife rofe ſays ſenſe ſhould ſpeaking ſpring ſtar STEPHEN WESTON Strabo Sultan thee theſe thoſe thou thouſand tranflated Tribe underſtanding unleſs uſe verfe verſe Virgil whence whilft whofe whoſe wind wine word Zopyrus δὲ καὶ ابن از است الله ان با بن در دین كان کرد کل کن لا ما من نه
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Seite 22 - Mahat, sire of Kallac, and the unique Alket sire of Manasseh, sire of Alsheh, father of the race down to the famous horse, the sire of Lahalala ; and to him be ever abundance of green meat, and corn, and water of life, as a reward from the tribe of Zazhalah...
Seite 112 - I'll leave you, lady. Cleo. Courteous lord, one word. Sir, you and I must part, — but that's not it: Sir, you and I have lov'd, — but there's not it; That you know well : Something it is I would, — O, my oblivion is a very Antony, And I am all forgotten.
Seite 100 - The Christians under Charlemagne are said to have found in Spain a golden idol, or image of Mahomet, as high as a bird can fly. — It was framed by Mahomet himself of the purest metal, who, by his knowledge in necromancy, had sealed up within it a legion of diabolical spirits. It held in its hand a prodigious club ; and the Saracens had a prophetic tradition, that this club should fall from the hand of the image in that year when a certain king should be born in France, &c.
Seite xii - The caul that enfolds the birth, is the powerful guardian, like the seal rings of a monarch, for the attainment of the arch of heaven, where, in the car of a bright luminary, it is crowned and revolved ," and in a note is added : " The superstition of the caul comes from the East ; there are several words in Arabic for it.
Seite 21 - Mahommed, and of Jerusalem. Praised be the Lord, the Omnipotent Creator. This is a high-bred horse, and its colt's tooth is here in a bag about his neck, with his pedigree, and of undoubted authority, such as no infidel can refuse to believe. He is the son of...
Seite 149 - A specimen of the Conformity of the European Languages, particularly the English, with the Oriental Languages, particularly the Persian, in the order of the Alphabet, with Notes and Authorities,
Seite xii - The superstition of the caul comes from the East; there are several words in Arabic for it. It is not out of date with us among the people, and we often see twenty-five and thirty guineas advertised for one.
Seite 21 - Rabbamy, out of the dam Labadah, and equal in power to his sire of the tribe of Zazhalah ; he is finely moulded, and made for running like an ostrich. In the honours of relationship, he reckons Zaluah, sire of Mahat, sire of Kallac, and the unique Alket sire of Manasseh, sire of Alsheh, father of the race down to the famous horse, the sire of Lahalala ; and to him be ever abundance of green meat, and corn, and water of life, as a reward...
Seite 140 - China, and has no reason to go thither, more a language to be acquired by the eye, than the ear, and may be mastered for the purpose of knowing what it contains, if one has courage enough to scale the wall that surrounds it, and to force a way through the hedge of aloes, and prickly pears with which it is fenced, by learning the mode of using its dictionaries, and by an acquaintance with its roots, or calves, of which there are of one line six, that is, one line may be written six different ways.
Seite 122 - The fhining robes, rich jewels, beds of ftate, And, to complete her blifs, a Fool for Mate. She glares in Balls, front Boxes, and the Ring, A vain, unquiet, glittering, wretched Thing ! Pride, Pomp, and State, but reach her outward part; 55 She fighs, and is no...