The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Band 29Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl Clarke Company, limited, 1899 |
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Seite 356 - K'HAN. Whence could so beautiful a female have appeared in the world ! If I can only obtain her, my wishes are complete. Immediately shall an envoy be dispatched, and my ministers prepare a letter to the Emperor of Han, demanding her in marriage as the condition of peace. Should he refuse, I will presently invade the South: his hills and rivers shall be exposed to ravage. Our warriors will commence by hunting, as they proceed on their way; and thus gradually entering the frontiers, I shall be ready...
Seite 354 - Since the beauties were selected to grace our palace, we have not yet discovered a worthy object on whom to fix our preference. Vexed and disappointed, we have passed this day of leisure roaming in search of her who may be destined for our imperial choice. (Hears the lute.) Is not that some lady's lute ? ATTENDANT.
Seite 369 - tis the hour to part, And oh ! how much still lingers unexpress'd ! Please stay and rest a little longer ! " " But no ! " said I, " I must get home. All the temple-bells are a-ringing." " And heartless priests they are," cried she, " that ring them ! Horrid wretches to begin their dingdong, ding-dong, ding-dong, when it is still the middle of the night ! " But for all her entreaties, and for all my own regrets, I remembered that " meeting is but parting," and, Tearing me loose, I made to go; farewell!
Seite 370 - Husband — Do, do forgive me ! Do forgive me ! Wife — Oh, how furious I am ! Oh, how furious I am ! [The husband runs away.] Where's the unprincipled wretch off to ? Is there nobody there...
Seite 361 - Daruma: (blessings on him!) you put your head under what is called the "abstraction blanket," and obtain salvation by forgetting all things past and to come — a most difficult form of devotion. WIFE. About how long does it take? HUSBAND. Well, I should say about a week or two. WIFE. That won't do either, if it is to last so many days. HUSBAND. Then for how long would my own darling consent to it without complaining?
Seite 351 - We have moved to the South, and approached the border, claiming an alliance with the Imperial race. Yesterday I despatched an envoy with tributary presents to demand a princess in marriage; but know not if the Emperor will ratify- the engagement with the customary oaths. The fineness of the season has drawn away our chiefs on a hunting excursion amidst the sandy steppes. May they meet with success, for we Tartars have no fields — our bows and arrows are our sole means of subsistence.
Seite 370 - Take it off, for I have nothing more to tell you. Gracious goodness ! what a stickler you are ! Well, then! I must pull it off myself. I will have it off, man! do you hear me? [He pulls off the blanket, and up jumps his wife.
Seite 142 - ... them to be well-to-do. Envy developed into hatred. Instead of feeling sorry for these miserable refugees, some people begrudged them the little they had. Hitler quickly stimulated these low passions, which finally brought him to power. Today, Hitler persecutes both Jews and Christians alike. I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears how Jews have been maltreated. I had a chance to "study" this prison, which is built underground like a cave.
Seite 369 - And then she brought out wine and food, and pressed me to drink, so that what with drinking oneself, and passing the cup to her, and pressing each other to drink, we kept feasting until quite far into the night, when at her suggestion another room was sought, and a little repose taken. But soon day began to break, and I said I would go home. Then Hana exclaimed : " Methought that when I met thee, dearest heart ! I'd tell thee all that swells within my breast : But now already 'tis the hour to part,...
Seite 354 - Keeper of the yellow gate, see that the light burns brightly within your gauze 2 lamp, and hold it nearer to us. LADY [approaching. Had your handmaid but known it was your Majesty, she would have been less tardy; forgive, then, this delay. EMPEROR. Truly this is a very perfect beauty! From what quarter come such superior charms?