The Amusing Companion, Or, Interesting Story Teller: Being a Collection of Marvellous, Wonderful, Moral, Sentimental, Humorous, and Instructive Tales ...Charles P. Fessenden., 1831 - 180 páginas |
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... called Don Cavanilla Quignata Lorenzano , who had once followed the profession of a scrivener , but had now betaken himself to that honorable useful employment , the assisting of his fellow creatures with a portion of his own wealth at ...
... called Don Cavanilla Quignata Lorenzano , who had once followed the profession of a scrivener , but had now betaken himself to that honorable useful employment , the assisting of his fellow creatures with a portion of his own wealth at ...
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... called a hackney coach , made Lorenzano enter it , moun- ted after him , and driving to his house received from the trembling hands of the petrified knight the whole money , gave him a discharge for it , and leaving his own old jack ...
... called a hackney coach , made Lorenzano enter it , moun- ted after him , and driving to his house received from the trembling hands of the petrified knight the whole money , gave him a discharge for it , and leaving his own old jack ...
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... called his neighbors about him . In the mean time Lorenzano had gone to anoth- er spot where without the knowledge of his lady wife , he had concealed a little casket with some jewels , to see if they were still safe , and he found them ...
... called his neighbors about him . In the mean time Lorenzano had gone to anoth- er spot where without the knowledge of his lady wife , he had concealed a little casket with some jewels , to see if they were still safe , and he found them ...
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... called the Cape of Good Hope , and were shaping their course north east , to the great continent of India ; when some gentlemen on board , who having studied geogra- phy and navigation ( arts that reflect honor on the possessors ) found ...
... called the Cape of Good Hope , and were shaping their course north east , to the great continent of India ; when some gentlemen on board , who having studied geogra- phy and navigation ( arts that reflect honor on the possessors ) found ...
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... called for a room , order- ing wine and tobacco to be brought in , and declar- ing , that as they were to set out very early in the morning , it was not worth while to go to bed . Be- fore the waiter returned , each of them had laid a ...
... called for a room , order- ing wine and tobacco to be brought in , and declar- ing , that as they were to set out very early in the morning , it was not worth while to go to bed . Be- fore the waiter returned , each of them had laid a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
alarm alcade Alguazil appeared arrived astonished beauty began begged boots Brazils brocade brother brought captain Carazan carried casket Celestina child coach cobler confession Corsica cried cruel Czar danger daughter death declared discover distress Don Juan Don Pedro door dress ducats eral Estifania eyes father fear fell fire fortune Gadara Genoa give goat-herd gratitude Grenada hand happy head heard heart Henriquez Hochheimer honor husband immediately iness inhabitants jack-boots jewels judge justice knew knout lady Languedoc length Lisbon lived looked Lorenzano lover Marcelio marriage married ment Messina Mexico miserable morning mother murder never night obliged passed peasant perceived person Portugal possessed prisoner replied returned Salamanca Scipio Septimius servants ship sleep soon Spain tears thou thought thousand doubloons tion told took viceroy village voice whole wife woman word wretch young gentleman youth
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Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.