The Amusing Companion, Or, Interesting Story Teller: Being a Collection of Marvellous, Wonderful, Moral, Sentimental, Humorous, and Instructive Tales ...Charles P. Fessenden., 1831 - 180 стор. |
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... gave a few counter- feit maravedis in charity . But scarcely had he turned his back on the church , when he felt him- self suddenly seized by the shoulder , and looking about , saw an Indiau servant in the livery of the Viceroy , crying ...
... gave a few counter- feit maravedis in charity . But scarcely had he turned his back on the church , when he felt him- self suddenly seized by the shoulder , and looking about , saw an Indiau servant in the livery of the Viceroy , crying ...
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... gave him a discharge for it , and leaving his own old jack - boots , laughed in his face and bid him good morrow . " Ah ! merciful God cried Donna Estifania , tear- ing , like another Medusa , a handful of hair out of her head , what an ...
... gave him a discharge for it , and leaving his own old jack - boots , laughed in his face and bid him good morrow . " Ah ! merciful God cried Donna Estifania , tear- ing , like another Medusa , a handful of hair out of her head , what an ...
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... ; but upon hearing an alarm without he crawled to the window , and seeing the inundation , his fears gave him a true foreboding of what was to happen . ** The waters were no sooner let off than a body THE AMUSING COMPANION . 17.
... ; but upon hearing an alarm without he crawled to the window , and seeing the inundation , his fears gave him a true foreboding of what was to happen . ** The waters were no sooner let off than a body THE AMUSING COMPANION . 17.
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... gave way , and down they came upon the head of this good lady , whom they brought along with them to the ground . " O the hunks , cried the woman ! must he hang out his boots over the street to murder people as they pass along - poor ...
... gave way , and down they came upon the head of this good lady , whom they brought along with them to the ground . " O the hunks , cried the woman ! must he hang out his boots over the street to murder people as they pass along - poor ...
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... gave not light enough to see her distinctly . But this unknown visitant going to the chimney , took the poker and stirred up the fire , by the flaming light whereof , he could discern the appearance of a young gentlewoman more ...
... gave not light enough to see her distinctly . But this unknown visitant going to the chimney , took the poker and stirred up the fire , by the flaming light whereof , he could discern the appearance of a young gentlewoman more ...
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Сторінка 39 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : "Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Сторінка 36 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 36 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Сторінка 41 - ... of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Сторінка 40 - I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Сторінка 40 - ... vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.
Сторінка 42 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 38 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about an hundred.
Сторінка 36 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs...
Сторінка 38 - As I was counting the arches, the Genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it: But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it.