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17985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lucky thing! Tom put in with an affectionate grin at Exman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If they had started to destroy him half an hour sooner, it might have been pretty sad for Ole Think Box!"
}
]
|
17985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime. At first, all Exman could do was croak like a frog."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tom, he's just wonderful!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our country owes him a lot for exposing the Brungarian rebel schemes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your country owes you much, Tom Swift, the creature said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You conceived the idea of an electronic spy and found ways to block the rebels' destructive earthquake plans."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unless I am mistaken, you will soon learn that you have accomplished even more."
}
]
|
17985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Great news, Tom, the CIA man said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We've just learned that the rightful Brungarian government forces have struck hard in the capital city and at half a dozen other points. The rebel puppets and their troops have been crushed completely!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's not all, Thurston went on."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In case you don't realize it, the information which you supplied by means of your electronic spy is chiefly what enabled the government forces to win out. They've promised to dismantle the rebels' other two earthquake bases."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is all due to Tom Swift and his secret assistant,"
}
]
|
17985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hey! Where do I come in?"
}
]
|
17985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, brand my sagebrush hash, it's that double-crossin' Brungarian--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hold it, Chow! Ames cut short the outburst."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Allow me to introduce one of America's most effective counterespionage agents, Mr. Samson Narko!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can imagine how you all feel--you especially, Tom. But, believe me, I could not risk pulling my punches even when it put you all in grave peril, such as when I fired that missile across the bow of your sub. I could only hope that Tom Swift would succeed in eluding us."
}
]
|
17985 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I dared not relax from my role as a spy for a moment, Narko added."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I even grabbed the chance to plant that cache of firearms in Latty's cellar to convince any rebel agents who might be watching me that I was on their side. Tom, the rebels gave me the job of hijacking your space robot. But, going on the brief messages that the CIA was able to get through to me, I guessed that you were using it as bait."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess we all owe _you_ an apology, Tom said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And our thanks. We were lucky to have you on our side."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He saved the lives of a number of loyalist prisoners and gave the government forces some vital tip-offs of his own,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is good to know that Tom Swift is my friend. With a chuckle, Narko added,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know from experience that you certainly make a dangerous enemy!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, skipper, what's next on the schedule?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not sure. But who knows what space secrets Exman may have up his mechanical sleeve!"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aldine"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aldine Edition of"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Arabian Nights Entertainments,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Thousand and One Nights,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sage vizier, the sultan my brother does me too much honour; nothing could be more agreeable to me, for I as ardently long to see him as he does to see me. Time has not diminished my friendship more than his. My kingdom is in peace, and I want no more than ten days to get myself ready to return with you. There is therefore no necessity for your entering the city for so short a period. I pray you to pitch your tents here, and I will order everything necessary to be provided for yourself and your attendants."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How! said he to himself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am scarcely out of my palace, and but just under the walls of Samarcand, and dare they put such an outrage upon me? Perfidious wretches! your crime shall not go unpunished. As a king, I am bound to punish wickedness committed in my dominions; and as an enraged husband, I must sacrifice you to my just resentment."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Masoud, Masoud,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How little reason had I, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are my sultan and master; but excuse me, I beseech you, from answering your question."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, dear brother, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shaw- zummaun, not being able to withstand these pressing entreaties, replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well then, brother, I will satisfy you, since you command me ; and having told him the story of the queen of Samarcand's treachery"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O! my brother, said the sultan, (in a tone which shewed what interest he took in the king of Tartary's affliction),"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shaw-zummaun was not so easily prevailed upon in this point as he had been in the other, on his brother's account. But being obliged to yield to his pressing instances, answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must obey you then, since your command is absolute, yet I am afraid that my obedience will occasion your trouble to be greater than my own. But you must blame yourself, since you force me to reveal what I should otherwise have buried in eternal Oblivion."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What you say, answered Shier-ear,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The king of Tartary being no longer able to refuse, related to him the particulars of the blacks in disguise, of the ungoverned passion of the sultaness, and her ladies; nor did he forget Masoud. After having been witness to these infamous actions, he continued,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believed all women to be naturally lewd; and that they could not resist their inclination. Being of this opinion, it seemed to me to be in men an unaccountable weakness to place any confidence in their fidelity. This reflection brought on many others; and in short, I thought the best thing I could do was to make myself easy. It cost me some pains indeed, but at last I grew reconciled; and if you will take my advice, you will follow my example."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear brother, answered Shaw-zummaun,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh heavens! he exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "continued he, embracing the king of Tartery,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shaw-zummaun did not at all approve of this plan, but did not think fit to contradict Shierear in the heat of his passion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear brother, he replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To this I agree, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am not of your opinion in this, replied the king of Tartary;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I fancy our journey will be but short."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lady, nay, most accomplished of all ladies who are admired for their beauty, my charming mistress, whom I carried off on your wedding-day, and have loved so constantly ever since, let me sleep a few moments by you; for I found myself so very drowsy that I came to this place to take a little rest."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, said they,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These are, she replied,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, brother, what do you think of this adventure? Has not the genie a very faithful mistress? And do you not agree that there is no wickedness equal to that of women?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, brother, answered the king of Great Tartary;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Father, I have one favour to beg of you, and most humbly pray you to grant it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will not refuse, answered he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For the justice of it, resumed she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your design, daughter, replied the vizier"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Father, said Scheherazade,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The vizier could not hear this without horror."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O heaven! he replied in a passion,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, dear father, replied the virtuous daughter,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know the risk I run; but that does not alarm me. If I perish, my death will be glorious; and if I succeed, I shall do my country an important service."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no, said the vizier"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Once more father, replied Scheherazade,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your stubbornness, resumed the vizier"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What misfortune befell the ass? demanded Scheherazade."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will tell you, replied the vizier,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sprightly, O! how happy do I think you, when I consider the ease you enjoy, and the little labour that is required of you. You are carefully rubbed down and washed, you have well-dressed corn, and fresh clean water. Your greatest business is to carry the merchant, our master, when he has any little journey to make, and were it not for that you would be perfectly idle. I am treated in a very different manner, and my condition is as deplorable as yours is fortunate. Daylight no sooner appears than I am fastened to a plough, and made to work till night, which so fatigues me, that sometimes my strength entirely fails. Besides, the labourer, who is always behind me, beats me continually. By drawing the plough, my tail is all flayed; and in short, after having laboured from morning to night, when I am brought in they give me nothing to eat but sorry dry beans, not so much as cleansed from dirt, or other food equally bad; and to heighten my misery, when I have filled my belly with such ordinary stuff, I am forced to lie all night in my own dung: so that you see I have reason to envy your lot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear Sprightly, added he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not fail to do as you direct, and you shall see how I will acquit myself."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is by my own imprudence I have brought this misfortune upon myself. I lived happily, every thing smiled upon me; I had all that I could wish; it is my own fault that I am brought to this miserable condition; and if I cannot contrive some way to get out of it, I am certainly undone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Daughter, you act just like this ass; you will expose yourself to destruction by your erroneous policy. Take my advice, remain quiet, and do not seek to hasten your death."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Father, replied Scheherazade,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The vizier, perceiving that she persisted in her demand, replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! then, since you will continue obstinate, I shall be obliged to treat you in the same manner as the merchant whom I before referred to treated his wife a short time after."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Comrade, tell me, I pray you, what you intend to do to-morrow, when the labourer brings you meat?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What will I do? replied the ox,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will continue to act as you taught me. I will draw back from him and threaten him with my horns, as I did yesterday: I will feign myself ill, and at the point of death."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Beware of that, replied the ass,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! what did you hear? demanded the ox;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our master, replied the ass,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "said the ass."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The interest I feel in your preservation, and my friendship for you, obliged me to make it known to you, and to give you new advice. As soon as they bring you your bran and straw, rise up and eat heartily. Our master will by this think that you are recovered, and no doubt will recall his orders for killing you; but, if you act otherwise, you will certainly be slaughtered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray, husband, tell me what you laugh at so heartily, that I may laugh with you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wife, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, returned she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will know the reason."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot afford you that satisfaction, he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, demanded she"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I tell it you, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall forfeit my life."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You only jeer me, cried his wife,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "continued he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I conjure you to think no more of it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall still think so much of it, replied she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I tell you very seriously, answered he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let what will happen, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do insist upon it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I perceive, resumed the merchant,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cock, I am sure heaven will not let you live long; are you not ashamed to ad thus to-day? The cock standing up on tiptoe, answered fiercely:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And why not to-day as well as other days?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you do not know, replied the dog,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What, has our master so little sense? he has but one wife, and cannot govern her, and though I have fifty, I make them all do what I please. Let him use his reason, he will soon find a way to rid himself of his trouble."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How? demanded the dog;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let him go into the room where his wife is, resumed the cock,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The merchant had no sooner heard what the cock said, than he took up a stick, went to his wife, whom he found still crying, and shutting the door, belaboured her so soundly, that she cried out,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Enough, husband, enough, forbear, and I will never ask the question more."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Daughter, added the grand vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Father, replied Scheherazade,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I beg you would not take it ill that I persist in my opinion. I am nothing moved by the story of this woman. I could relate many, to persuade you that you ought not to oppose my design. Besides, pardon me for declaring, that your opposition is vain; for if your paternal affection should hinder you from granting my request, I will go and offer myself to the sultan."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How could you , said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, answered the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But do not act under a mistake, vizier, said the sultan;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, rejoined the vizier"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear sister, I have need of your assistance in a matter of great importance, and must pray you not to deny it me. My father is going to conduct me to the sultan; do not let this alarm you, but hear me with patience. As soon as I am in his presence, I will pray him to allow you to lie in the bride- chamber, that I may enjoy your company this one night more. If I obtain that favour, as I hope to do, remember to awake me to- morrow an hour before day, and to address me in these or some such words: ‘My sister, if you be not asleep, I pray you that till day-break, which will be very shortly, you will relate to me one of the entertaining stories of which you have read so many.' I will immediately tell you one; and I hope by this means to deliver the city from the consternation it is under at present."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, answered Scheherazade,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have a sister who loves me tenderly, and I could wish that she might be allowed to pass the night in this chamber, that I might see her, and once more bid her adieu. Will you be pleased to allow me the consolation of giving her this last testimony of my affection?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear sister, cried she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, will your majesty be pleased to allow me to afford my sister this satisfaction?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With all my heart,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Rise, that I may kill thee with this cimeter, as thou hast killed my son; and accompanied these words with a frightful cry. The merchant being as much alarmed at the hideous shape of the monster as at his threatening language, answered him, trembling,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! my good lord, of what crime can I be guilty towards you, that you should take away my life?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Heavens, exclaimed the merchant,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did not you sit down when you came hither? demanded the genie:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did all that you say, answered the merchant,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot deny it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If it be so, resumed the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I tell thee that thou hast killed my son; and in this manner: When thou wert throwing the shells about, my son was passing by, and thou didst throw one into his eye, which killed him; therefore I must kill thee."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! my lord! pardon me! cried the merchant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No pardon, exclaimed the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I agree it is, replied the merchant,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no, returned the genie, persisting in his resolution,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must kill thee, since thou hast killed my son."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All this whining, said the monster,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! exclaimed the merchant,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am resolved."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear sister, said Dinarzade,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The remainder of it, replied Scheherazade"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shier-ear, who had listened to Scheherazade with much interest, said to himself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will wait till to-morrow, for I can at any time put her to death when she has concluded her story."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear sister, if you be not asleep, I pray you till day-break, which is very near, to go on with the story you began last night."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For heaven's sake hold your hand! Allow me one word. Have the goodness to grant me some respite, to bid my wife and children adieu, and to divide my estate among them by will, that they may not go to law after my death. When I have done this, I will come back and submit to whatever you shall please to command."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, said the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you will believe my oath, answered the merchant,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I swear by all that is sacred, that I will come and meet you here without fail."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What time do you require then? demanded the genie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I ask a year, said the merchant;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot in less settle my affairs, and prepare myself to die without regret. But I promise you, that this day twelve months I will return under these trees, to put myself into your hands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you take heaven to be witness to this promise? said the genie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do, answered the merchant,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are all overjoyed, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! replied the husband,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have but a year to live."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear wife and children, I obey the will of heaven in quitting you. Follow my example, submit with fortitude to this necessity, and consider that it is the destiny of man to die. Having thus spoken, he went out of the hearing of the cries of his family; and pursuing his journey, arrived on the day appointed at the place where he had promised to meet the genie. He alighted, and seating himself down by the fountain, waited the coming of the genie, with all the sorrow imaginable. Whilst he languished under this painful expectation, an old man leading a hind appeared and drew near him. After they had saluted one another, the old man said to him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Brother, may I ask why you are come into this desert place, which is possessed solely by evil spirits, and where consequently you cannot be safe? From the beautiful trees which are seen here, one might indeed suppose the place inhabited; but it is in reality a wilderness, where it is dangerous to remain long."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the most surprising thing in the world! and you are bound by the most inviolable oath. However, I will be witness of your interview with the genie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I see day, said Scheherazade,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear sister, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get thee up, that I may kill thee, as thou didst my son."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Prince of genies, I most humbly request you to suspend your anger, and do me the favour to hear me. I will tell you the history of my life, and of the hind you see; and if you think it more wonderful and surprising than the adventure of the merchant, I hope you will pardon the unfortunate man a third of his offence. The genie took some time to deliberate on this proposal, but answered at last,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well then, I agree."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your slave, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you doing, husband? Sacrifice that cow; your farmer has not a finer, nor one fitter for the festival."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take her yourself, said I to him,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, said I to the farmer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What are you about, husband? Take my advice, sacrifice no other calf but that."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wife, I replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will not sacrifice him, I will spare him, and pray do not you oppose me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I come, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "said the farmer,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good maid, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, she replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She answered me, smiling,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are our master, and I well know what I owe to you; but I cannot restore your son to his former shape, except on two conditions: the first is, that you give him to me for my husband; and the second, that you allow me to punish the person who changed him into a calf."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As to the first, I replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I agree with all my heart: nay, I promise you more, a considerable fortune for yourself, independently of what I design for my son: in a word, you shall see how I will reward the great service I expect from you. As to what relates to my wife, I also agree; a person who has been capable of committing such a criminal action, justly deserves to be punished. I leave her to your disposal, only I must pray you not to take her life."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am going then, answered she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To this I consent, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O calf, if thou west created by the almighty and sovereign master of the world such as thou appearest at this time, continue in that form; but if thou be a man, and art changed into a calf by enchantment, return to thy natural shape, by the permission of the sovereign Creator."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My son, my dear son, cried I, immediately embracing him with such a transport of joy that I knew not what I was doing,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the history of myself and this hind: is it not one of the most wonderful and surprising?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I admit it is, said the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am going to tell you what happened to me, and these two black dogs you see by me; and I am certain you will say, that my story is yet more surprising than that which you have just heard. But when I have done this, I hope you will be pleased to pardon the merchant another third of his offence."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will, replied the genie,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God help you. He returned my salutation, and continued,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it possible you do not know me? Upon this I looked at him narrowly, and recognised him:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, brother, cried I, embracing him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I made him come into my house, and asked him concerning his health and the success of his travels."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not ask me that question, said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With that, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You have travelled, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was in vain that they urged open me all the considerations they thought likely to gain me over to their design, for I constantly refused; but after having resisted their solicitations five whole years, they importuned me so much, that at last they overcame my resolution. When, however, the time arrived that we were to make preparations for our voyage, to buy the goods necessary to the undertaking, I found they had spent all, and had not one dirrim left of the thousand sequins I had given to each of them. I did not, on this account, upbraid them. On the contrary, my stock being still six thousand sequins, I shared the half of it with them, telling them,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My brothers, we must venture these three thousand sequins, and hide the rest in some secure place: that in case our voyage be not more successful than yours was formerly, we may have wherewith to assist us, and to enable us to follow our ancient way of living."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, husband, that by saving your life, I have not rewarded you ill for your kindness to me. You must know, that I am a fairy, and being upon the sea-shore, when you were going to embark, I felt a strong desire to have you for my husband; I had a mind to try your goodness, and presented myself before you in disguise. You have dealt generously by me, and I am glad of an opportunity of returning my acknowledgment. But I am incensed against your brothers, and nothing will satisfy me but their lives."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, Madam, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I then informed her what I had done for them, but this increased her indignation; and she exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must immediately pursue those ungrateful traitors, and take speedy vengeance on them. I will destroy their vessel, and sink them into the bottom of the sea."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good lady, replied I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Husband, be not surprised to see these dogs, they are your brothers. I was troubled at this declaration, and asked her by what power they were so transformed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did it, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I remit the other third of the merchant's crime on account of your story. He is greatly obliged to all of you, for having delivered him out of his danger by what you have related, for to this he owes his life."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O fortune! cried he, with a lamentable tone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lord, thou knowest that I cast my nets only four times a day; I have already drawn them three times, without the least reward for my labour: I am only to cast them once more; I pray thee to render the sea favourable to me, as thou didst to Moses"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will sell it, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Solomon, cried the genie immediately,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Solomon, the great prophet, pardon, pardon; I will never more oppose your will, I will obey all your commands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thou proud spirit, what is it you say? It is above eighteen hundred years since the prophet Solomon died, and we are now at the end of time. Tell me your history, and how you came to be shut up in this vessel."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thou must speak to me with more respect; thou art a presumptuous fellow to call me a proud spirit."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, replied the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say, answered the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! replied the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I remember it, said the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what is that? asked the fisherman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is, answered the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But wherein have I offended you? demanded the fisherman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that your reward for the service I have rendered you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot treat thee otherwise, said the genie;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "During the first hundred years of my imprisonment, I swore that if any one should deliver me before the expiration of that period, I would make him rich, even after his death: but that century ran out, and nobody did me that good office. During the second, I made an oath, that I would open all the treasures of the earth to any one that might set me at liberty; but with no better success. In the third, I promised to make my deliverer a potent monarch, to be always near him in spirit, and to grant him every day three requests, of what nature soever they might be: but this century passed as well as the two former, and I continued in prison. At last being angry, or rather mad, to find myself a prisoner so long, I swore, that if afterwards any one should deliver me, I would kill him without mercy, and grant him no other favour but to choose the manner of his death; and therefore, since thou hast delivered me to-day, I give thee that choice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am very unfortunate, cried he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, thy death is resolved on, said the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The fisherman perceiving the genie to be resolute, was extremely grieved, not so much for himself, as on account of his three children; and bewailed the misery they must be reduced to by his death. He endeavoured still to appease the genie, and said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! be pleased to take pity on me, in consideration of the service I have done you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have told thee already, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is strange, said the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not lose time, interrupted the genie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Since I must die then, said he to the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I submit to the will of heaven; but before I choose the manner of my death, I conjure you by the great name which was engraver upon the seal of the prophet Solomon, the son of David, to answer me truly the question I am going to ask you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ask what thou wilt, but make haste."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish to know if you were actually in this vessel: Dare you swear it by the name of the great God?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do swear by that great name, that I was."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In good faith, answered the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot believe you; the vessel is not capable of holding one of your size, and how should it be possible that your whole body should lie in it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I swear to thee, notwithstanding, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Truly not I, said the fisherman;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well now, incredulous fellow, I am in the vessel, do not you believe me now?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Genie, cried he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fishermen, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O genie! replied the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Open the vessel, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thou art a traitor, replied the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should deserve to lose my life, if I were such a fool as to trust thee: thou wilt not fail to treat me in the same manner as a certain Grecian king treated the physician Douban. It is a story I have a mind to tell thee, therefore listen to it."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know, said he, after the usual ceremonials,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you be able to perform what you promise, I will enrich you and your posterity. Do you assure me that you will cure my leprosy without potion, or applying any external medicine?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, Sire, replied the physician,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I promise myself success, through God's assistance, and to-morrow, with your majesty's permission, I will make the trial."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Exercise yourself with this mace, and strike the ball until you find your hands and body perspire. When the medicine I have put up in the handle of the mace is heated with your hand, it will penetrate your whole body; and as soon as you perspire, you may leave off the exercise, for then the medicine will have had its effect. Immediately on your return to your palace, go into the bath, and cause yourself to be well washed and rubbed; then retire to bed, and when you rise to- morrow you will find yourself cured."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sire, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "From whom, demanded the king,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sire, replied the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am well informed of what I have had the honour to reveal to your majesty; therefore do not rest in dangerous security: if your majesty be asleep, be pleased to awake; for I once more repeat, that the physician Douban left his native country, and came to settle himself at your court, for the sole purpose of executing the horrible design which I have intimated."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, no, vizier, interrupted the king;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am certain, that this physician, whom you suspect to be a villain and a traitor, is one of the best and most virtuous of men. You know by what medicine, or rather by what miracle, he cured me of my leprosy: If he had had a design upon my life, why did he save me then? He needed only to have left me to my disease; I could not have escaped it, as life was fast decaying. Forbear then to fill me with unjust suspicions: instead of listening to you, I tell you, that from this day forward I will give that great man a pension of a thousand pieces of gold per month for his life; nay, though I were to share with him all my riches and dominions, I should never pay him sufficiently for what he has done. I perceive it to be his virtue that raises your envy; but do not think I will be unjustly prejudiced against him. I remember too well what a vizier said to king Sinbad, his master, to prevent his putting to death the prince his son."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I pray your majesty to pardon me, if I have the boldness to ask what the vizier of king Sinbad said to his master to divert him from putting the prince his son to death. The Grecian king had the condescension to satisfy him:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That vizier, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good master, the lightning, thunder, and rain so much disturbed me all night, that I cannot tell how much I suffered."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And you, vizier, because of the hatred you bear to the physician Douban, who never did you any injury, you would have me cut him off; but I will beware lest I should repent as the husband did after killing his parrot."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What had the vizier done, demands the Grecian king,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will inform your majesty, said the vizier,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am, replied she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Be glad, my children, I bring you a young man for your repast; and other voices, which answered immediately,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where is he, for we are very hungry?"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fear nothing, prince: Who are you? Whom do you seek?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have lost my way, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you have lost your way, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Almighty Lord, cast shine eyes upon me, and deliver me from this enemy."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, continued the Grecian king's vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Vizier, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In truth, said the king,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I believe that is the way we must take to frustrate his design."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Knowest thou, said the king, when he saw him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, Sir, answered he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wait till your majesty be pleased to inform me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I sent for thee, replied the king,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am informed, replied the king,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "said he to the executioner, who was present,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it thus, asked the physician,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The king would not hearken to him, but a second time ordered the executioner to strike the fatal blow. The physician then had recourse to his prayers;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas, Sir, cried he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, genie, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no; I must of necessity cut you off, otherwise you may assassinate with as much art as you cured me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is it, demanded the king,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, replied the physician,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take this, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your prayers, answered the king,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, will your majesty be pleased to open the book? The king proceeded to do so; but finding that the leaves adhered to each other, that he might turn them with more ease, he put his finger to his mouth, and wetted it with spittle. He did thus till he came to the sixth leaf, and finding no writing on the place where he was desired to look for it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Physician, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Turn over some more leaves,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tyrant, it cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If the Grecian king, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good friend fisherman, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I conjure thee once more, not to be guilty of such cruelty; consider, that it is not good to avenge one's self, and that on the other hand, it is commendable to do good for evil; do not treat me as Imama formerly treated Ateca."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what did Imama to Ateca? enquired the fisherman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ho! says the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said the fisherman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not let thee out; it is in vain to talk of it; I am just going to throw thee into the bottom of the sea."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hear me one word more, cried the genie;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I promise to do thee no hurt; nay, far from that, I will shew thee a way to become exceedingly rich."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I could listen to thee, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Genie, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, fisherman, be not afraid, I only did it to divert myself, and to see if thou wouldst be alarmed at it: but to convince thee that I am in earnest, take thy nets and follow me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cast in thy nets, and catch fish; the fisherman did not doubt of taking some, because he saw a great number in the water; but he was extremely surprised, when he found they were of four colours, that is to say, white, red, blue, and yellow. He threw in his nets, and brought out one of each colour. Having never seen the like before, he could not but admire them, and judging that he might get a considerable sum for them, he was very joyful."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Carry those fish, said the genie to him,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take those fish, said he to his vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here are four fish just brought to the sultan; he orders you to dress them:"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fish, fish, are you in duty? The fish having answered nothing, she repeated these words, and then the four fish lifted up their heads, and replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, yes: if you reckon, we reckon; if you pay your debts, we pay ours; if you fly, we overcome, and are content."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is too wonderful and extraordinary, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Friend, cannot you bring me four more such fish? The fisherman replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If your majesty will be pleased to allow me three days, I will do it. Having obtained his time, he went to the lake immediately, and at the first throwing in of his net, he caught four fish, and brought them directly to the sultan; who was so much the more rejoiced, as he did not expect them so soon, and ordered him four hundred pieces of gold. As soon as the sultan had the fish, he ordered them to be carried into his closet, with all that was necessary for frying them; and having shut himself up with the vizier, the minister gutted them, put them into the pan, and when they were fried on one side, turned them upon the other; then the wall of the closet opened, but instead of the young lady, there came out a black, in the habit of a slave, and of a gigantic stature, with a great green staff in his hand. He advanced towards the pan, and touching one of the fish with his staff, said with a terrible voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fish, are you in your duty? At these words, the fish raised up their heads, and answered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, yes; we are: if you reckon, we reckon; if you pay your debts, we pay ours; if you fly, we overcome, and are content."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "After what I have seen, said the sultan to the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He sent for the fisherman, and when he came, said to him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fisherman, the fish you have brought us, make me very uneasy; where did you catch them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, answered he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I fished for them in a lake situated betwixt four hills, beyond the mountain that we see from hence."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Knowst thou not that lake? said the sultan to the vizier."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, replied the vizier."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never so much as heard of it, although I have for sixty years hunted beyond that mountain."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Since you all agree that you never heard of it, and as I am no less astonished than you are, at this novelty, I am resolved not to return to my palace till I learn how this lake came here, and why all the fish in it are of four colours."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vizier, my mind is uneasy: this lake transported hither; the black that appeared to us in my closet, and the fish that we heard speak; all these things so much excite my curiosity, that I cannot resist my impatient desire to have it satisfied. To this end, I am resolved to withdraw alone from the camp, and I order you to keep my absence secret: stay in my pavilion, and to-morrow morning, when the emirs and courtiers come to attend my levee, send them away, and tell them, that I am somewhat indisposed, and wish to be alone; and the following days tell them the same thing, till I return."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If there be no one in it, said he to himself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have nothing to fear; and if it be inhabited, I have wherewith to defend myself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is there no one here to receive a stranger, who comes in for some refreshment as he passes by?"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O fortune! thou who wouldst not suffer me longer to enjoy a happy lot, forbear to persecute me, and by a speedy death put an end to my sorrows. Alas! is it possible that I am still alive, after so many torments as I have suffered!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, I should rise to receive you; but am hindered by sad necessity, and therefore hope you will not be offended."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, replied the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am much obliged to you for having so good an opinion of me: as to the reason of your not rising, whatever your apology be, I heartily accept it. Being drawn hither by your complaints, and afflicted by your grief, I come to offer you my help; would to God that it lay in my power to ease you of your trouble! I would do my utmost to effect it. I flatter myself that you will relate to me the history of your misfortunes; but inform me first of the meaning of the lake near the palace, where the fish are of four colours? whose this castle is? how you came to be here? and why you are alone?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How inconstant is fortune! cried he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! my lord, replied the young man,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That which you shew me, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not refuse your request, replied the young man,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is not the queen wrong, not to love so amiable a prince?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, replied the other;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not understand the reason, neither can I conceive why she goes out every night, and leaves him alone!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it possible that he does not perceive it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! said the first,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sleep on, and may you never wake again!"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not deserve to be reproached by you for want of diligence. You well know the reason; but if all the proofs of affection I have already given you be not sufficient to convince you of my sincerity, I am ready to give you others more decisive: you need but command me, you know my power; I will, if you desire it, before sun-rise convert this great city, and this superb palace, into frightful ruins, inhabited only by wolves, owls, and revens. If you would have me transport all the stones of those walls so solidly built, beyond mount Caucasus, or the bounds of the habitable world, speak but the word, and all shall be changed."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I come to beg your majesty not to be surprised to see me in this condition. My heavy affliction is occasioned by intelligence of three distressing events which I have just received."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! what are they, madam? said I."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The death of the queen my dear mother, she replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am afflicted to the highest degree to behold you in this condition; I am as sensible as yourself of the tormenting pain you endure; but, dear soul, I am continually speaking to you, and you do not answer me: how long will you remain silent? Speak only one word: alas! the sweetest moments of my life are these I spend here in partaking of your grief. I cannot live at a distance from you, and would prefer the pleasure of having you always before me, to the empire of the universe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, you have wept enough, it is time to give over this sorrow, which dishonours both; you have too much forgotten what you owe to me and to yourself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sire, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is now three years since you spoke one word to me; you answer not the proofs I give you of my love by my sighs and lamentations. Is it from insensibility, or contempt? O tomb! hast thou destroyed that excess of affection which he bare me? Hast thou closed those eyes that evinced so much love, and were all my delight? No, no, this I cannot think. Tell me rather, by what miracle thou becamest the depositary of the rarest treasure the world ever contained."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O tomb! why dost not thou swallow up that monster so revolting to human nature, or rather why dost not thou swallow up both the lover and his mistress?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miscreant! said she"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said I, in a rage,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As I spoke these words, I drew out my cimeter, and lifted up my hand to punish her; but regarding me stedfastly, she said with a jeering smile,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Moderate thy anger. At the same time, she pronounced words I did not understand; and afterwards added,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By virtue of my enchantments, I command thee to become half marble and half man."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mighty creator of all things, I submit myself to thy judgments, and to the decrees of thy providence: I endure my calamities with patience, since it is thy will things should be as they are; but I hope thy infinite goodness will ultimately reward me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Inform me whither this perfidious sorceress retires, and where may be found her vile paramour, who is entombed before his death."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, replied the prince,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Prince, said the sultan,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You had no compassion on my lover, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What cruelty, cried she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "said she, addressing herself to the sultan, conceiving him to be the black"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My sun, my life, will you always be silent! Are you resolved to let me die, without affording me the comfort of hearing again from your own lips that you love me? My soul, speak one word to me at least, I conjure you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is no strength or power but in God alone, who is almighty. At these words the enchantress, who did not expect them, uttered a loud exclamation of joy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear lord, cried she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unhappy woman, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! replied the queen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The cries, returned the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said the enchantress,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, replied the sultan;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If the creator of all things did form thee as thou art at present; or if he be angry with thee, do not change; but if thou art in that condition merely by virtue of my enchantments, resume thy natural shape, and become what thou west before. She had scarcely spoken these words, when the prince, finding himself restored to his former condition, rose up and returned thanks to God. The enchantress then said to him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get thee from this castle, and never return on pain of death. The young king, yielding to necessity, went away from the enchantress, without replying a word; and retired to a remote place, where he patiently awaited the event of the design which the sultan had so happily begun. Meanwhile, the enchantress returned to the Palace of Tears, and supposing that she still spoke to the black, said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear love, I have done what you required; nothing now prevents your rising and giving me the satisfaction of which I have so long been deprived."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What you have now done is by no means sufficient for my cure; you have only removed a part of the evil; you must cut it up by the root."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lovely black, resumed the queen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wretched woman, replied the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My heart, my soul, you shall soon be restored to your health, for I will immediately do as you command me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear lord, cried she, as she entered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I come to rejoice with you in the return of your health: I have done all that you required of me, then pray rise, and give me your hand."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come near, said the sultan, still counterfeiting the pronunciation of the blacks. She did so."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are not near enough, he continued,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She obeyed. He then rose up, and seizing her by the arm so suddenly, that she had not time to discover him, he with a blow of his cimeter cut her in two, so that one half fell one way and the other another. This done he left the body on the spot, and going out of the Palace of Tears, went to seek the young king of the Black Isles, who waited for him with great impatience. When he found him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Prince, said he, embracing him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You may henceforward, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Potent monarch, to whom I am so much indebted, replied the king,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know it is not above four or five hours' journey."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It will take you a whole year to return, said the prince"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do indeed believe that you came hither from your capital in the time you mention, because mine was enchanted; but since the enchantment is taken off, things are changed: however, this shall not prevent my following you, were it to the utmost corners of the earth. You are my deliverer, and that I may give you proofs of my acknowledging this during my whole life, I am willing to accompany you, and to leave my kingdom without regret."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is no matter; the trouble of returning to my own country is sufficiently recompensed by the satisfaction of having obliged you, and by acquiring you for a son; for since you will do me the honour to accompany me, as I have no child, I look upon you as such, and from this moment appoint you my heir and successor."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hark you, porter, take your basket and follow me. The porter, charmed with these words, pronounced in so agreeable a manner, took his basket immediately, set it on his head, and followed the lady, exclaiming,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O happy day, O day of good luck!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take this jug, said the lady to the porter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This being done, she commanded him to follow her; and as she proceeded, the porter continued his exclamation,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O happy day! This is a day of agreeable surprise and joy."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My good lady, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pray, Sister, said the beautiful portress,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sisters, do not you see that this honest man is ready to sink under his burden, why do not you ease him of it?"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you wait for, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And turning to Amene. she continued,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sister, give him something more, that he may depart satisfied."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, replied the porter,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To this he added several other pleasant things, to prove what he said, and did not forget the Bagdad proverb,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That the table is not completely furnished, except there be four in company:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Friend, you presume rather too much; and though you do not deserve that I should enter into any explanation with you, I have no objection to inform you that we are three sisters, who transact our affairs with so much secrecy that no one knows any thing of them. We have but too much reason to be cautious of acquainting indiscreet persons with our counsel; and a good author that we have read, says, ‘Keep thy own secret, and do not reveal it to any one. He that makes his secret known it no longer its master. If thy own breast cannot keep thy counsel, how canst thou expect the breast of another to be more faithful?'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My ladies, replied the porter,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You know that we have been making preparations to regale ourselves, and that, as you have seen, at a considerable expense; it is not just that you should now partake of the entertainment without contributing to the cost. The beautiful Safie seconded her sister, and said to the porter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Friend. have you never heard the common saying, ‘If you bring something with you, you shall carry something away, but if you bring nothing, you shall depart empty?'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear sisters, I conjure you to let him remain; I need not tell you that he will afford us some diversion, of this you perceive he is capable: I assure you, had it not been for his readiness, his alacrity, and courage to follow me, I could not have done so much business, in so short a time; besides, where I to repeat to you all the obliging expressions he addressed to me by the way, you would not feel surprised at my taking his part."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Most beautiful lady, you began my good fortune to-day, and now you complete it by this generous conduct; I cannot adequately express my acknowledgments. As to the rest, ladies, said he, addressing himself to all the three sisters,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When he had spoken these words he would have returned the money he had received, but Zobeide ordered him to keep it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What we have once given, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "During this address, the charming Amene put off the apparel she went abroad with, and fastened her robe to her girdle that she might act with the greater freedom; she then brought in several sorts of meat, wine, and cups of gold. Soon after, the ladies took their places, and made the porter sit down by them, who was overjoyed to see himself seated with three such admirable beauties. After they had eaten a little, Amene took a cup, poured some wine into it, and drank first herself; she then filled the cup to her sisters, who drank in course as they sat; and at last she filled it the fourth time for the porter, who, as he received it, kissed Amene's hand; and before he drank, sung a song to this purpose. That as the wind bears with it the sweet scents of the purfumed places over which it passes, so the wine he was going to drink, coming from her fair hands, received a more exquisite flavour than it naturally possessed. The song pleased the ladies much, and each of them afterwards sung one in her turn. In short, they were all very pleasant during the repast, which lasted a considerable time, and nothing was wanting that could serve to render it agreeable. The day drawing to a close, Safie spoke in the name of the three ladies, and said to the porter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Arise, it is time for you to depart. But the porter, not willing to leave good company, cried,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! ladies, whither do you command me to go in my present condition? What with drinking and your society, I am quite beside myself. I shall never find the way home; allow me this night to recover myself, in any place you please, but go when I will, I shall leave the best part of myself behind."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied the porter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I promise to abide by this condition, that you shall have no cause to complain, and far less to punish my indiscretion; my tongue shall be immovable on this occasion, and my eye like a looking-glass, which retains nothing of the objets that is set before it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To shew you, said Zobeide with a serious countenance,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He who speaks of things that do not concern him, shall hear things that will not please him. Returning again to the three sisters,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ladies, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I swear to you that you shall never hear me utter a word respecting what does not relate to me, or wherein you may have any concern."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sisters, we have a very fine opportunity of passing a good part of the night pleasantly, and if you agree with me, you will not suffer it to go by. There are three calenders at our gate, at least they appear to be such by their habit; but what will surprise you is, they are all three blind of the right eye, and have their heads, beards, and eye-brows shaved. They say, they are but just come to Bagdad, where they never were before; it being night, and not knowing where to find a lodging, they happened by chance to knock at this gate, and pray us, for the love of heaven, to have compassion on them, and receive them into the house. They care not what place we put them in, provided they may be under shelter; they would be satisfied with a stable. They are young and handsome, and seem not to want spirit. But I cannot without laughing think of their amusing and uniform figure. Here Safie laughed so heartily, that the two sisters and the porter could not refrain from laughing also."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear sisters, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go then, said Zobeide,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe we have got here one of our revolted Arabian brethren."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sit you down, and do not meddle with what does not concern you: have you not read the inscription over the gate? Do not pretend to make people live after your fashion, but follow ours."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Honest man, said the calender,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No matter, said the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I command you to knock. Jaaffier complied; Safie opened the gate, and the vizier, perceiving by the light in her hand, that she was an incomparable beauty, with a very low salutation said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are three merchants of Mossoul, who arrived here about ten days ago with rich merchandise, which we have in a warehouse at a caravan-serai, where we have also our lodging. We happened this evening to be with a merchant of this city, who invited us to his house, where we had a splendid entertainment: and the wine having put us in good humour, he sent for a company of dancers. Night being come on, and the music and dancers making a great noise, the watch, passing by, caused the gate to be opened and some of the company to be taken up; but we had the good fortune to escape by getting over the wall. Being strangers, and somewhat overcome with wine, we are afraid of meeting that or some other watch, before we get home to our khan. Besides, before we can arrive there the gates will be shut, and will not be opened till morning: wherefore, hearing, as we passed by this way, the sound of music, we supposed you were not yet going to rest, and made bold to knock at your gate, to beg the favour of lodging ourselves in the house till morning; and if you think us worthy of your good company, we will endeavour to contribute to your diversion to the best of our power, to make some amends for the interruption we have given you; if not, we only beg the favour of staying this night in your vestibule."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are welcome. But before I proceed farther, I hope you will not take it ill if we desire one favour of you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! said the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Zobeide continued,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is that, while here, you would have eyes, but no tongues; that you question us not for the reason of any thing you may see, and speak not of any thing that does not concern you, lest you hear what will by no means please you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied the vizier,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pray, sister, arise, for the company will not be offended if we use our freedom, and their presence need not hinder the performance of our customary exercise."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get up, and prepare yourself to assist us in what we are going to do; a man like you, who is one of the family, ought not to be idle. The porter, being somewhat recovered from his wine, arose immediately, and having tied the sleeve of his gown to his belt, answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Here am I, ready to obey your commands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, replied Safie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A little time after, Amene came in with a chair, which she placed in the middle of the room; and then went towards a closet. Having opened the door, she beckoned to the porter, and said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come hither and assist me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, said she, heaving a deep sigh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "she then tucked up her sleeves above her elbows, and receiving a rod from Safie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Porter, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear sister, will you not be pleased to return to your place, that I may also aft my part?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sister,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear sister, I conjure you to rise; you know what I would say. Amene rose, and went into another closet, near to that where the bitches were, and brought out a case covered with yellow satin, richly embroidered with gold and green silk. She went towards Safie and opened the case, from whence she took a lute, and presented it to her: and after some time spent in tuning it, Safie began to play, and accompanying the instrument with her voice, sung a song about the torments that absence creates to lovers, with so much sweetness, that it charmed the caliph and all the company. Having sung with much passion and action, she said to Amene,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray take it, sister, for my voice fails me; oblige the company with a tune, and a song in my stead."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very willingly,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sister, you have done wonders, and we may easily see that you feel the grief you have expressed in so lively a manner."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We had better have slept in the streets than have come hither to behold such spectacles. The caliph, who heard this, came to him and the other calenders, and asked them what might be the meaning of all this? They answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We know no more than you do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What, said the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said the calenders,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Probably, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One of the calenders beckoned the porter to come near; and asked him, whether he knew why those two black bitches had been whipped, and why Amene's bosom was so scarred."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, said the porter,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can swear by heaven, that if you know nothing of all this, I know as little as you do. It is true, I live in this city, but I never was in the house until now, and if you are surprised to see me I am as much so to find myself in your company; and that which increases my wonder is, that I have not seen one man with these ladies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We are seven men, and have but three women to deal with; let us try if we can oblige them to explain what we have seen, and if they refuse by fair means, we are in a condition to compel them by force."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Consider, I pray you, that our reputation is at stake. You know the conditions on which these ladies consented to receive us, and which we agreed to observe; what will they say of us if we break them? We shall be still more to blame, if any mischief befall us; for it is not likely that they would have extorted such a promise from us, without knowing themselves to be in a condition to punish us for its violation."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The night will soon be at an end, and if your majesty will only be pleased to have so much patience, I will to-morrow morning bring these ladies before your throne, where you may be informed of all that you desire to know."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen, what is the subject of your conversation? What are you disputing about?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, these gentlemen beseech you to inform them why you wept over your two bitches after you had whipped them so severely, and how the bosom of that lady who lately fainted away came to be so full of scars? These are the questions I am ordered to ask in their name."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it true, gentlemen, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All of them, except the vizier Jaaffier, who spoke not a word, answered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes. On which she exclaimed, in a tone that sufficiently expressed her resentment,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Before we granted you the favour of receiving you into our house, and to prevent all occasion of trouble from you, because we are alone, we imposed the condition that you should not speak of any thing that did not concern you, lest you might hear that which would not please you; and yet after having received and entertained you, you make no scruple to break your promise. It is true that our easy temper has occasioned this, but that shall not excuse your rudeness. As she spoke these words, she gave three stamps with her foot, and clapping her hands as often together, cried,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come quickly:"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "High, mighty, and adorable mistresses, do you command us to strike off their heads?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stay, said Zobeide,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must examine them first. The frightened porter interrupted her thus:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In the name of heaven, do not put me to death for another man's crime. I am innocent; they are to blame."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! said he, weeping,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Answer me, and say who you are, otherwise you shall not live one moment longer: I cannot believe you to be honest men, or persons of authority or distinction in your own countries; for if you were, you would have been more modest and more respectful to us."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We have what we deserve. But if he had intended to speak as the caliph commanded him, Zobeide would not have allowed him time: for having turned to the calenders, and seeing them all blind with one eye, she asked if they were brothers. One of them answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, madam, no otherwise than as we are calenders; that is to say, as we observe the same rules."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Were you born blind of the right eye, continued she?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, madam, answered he;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I lost my eye in such a surprising adventure, that it would be instructive to every body were it in writing: after that misfortune I shaved my beard and eyebrows, and took the habit of a calender which I now wear."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, to shew you that we are no common fellows, and that you may have some consideration for us, be pleased to know, that we are all three sons of sultans; and though we never met together till this evening, yet we have had time enough to make that known to one another; and I assure you that the sultans from whom we derive our being were famous in the world."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Give them their liberty a while, but remain where you are. Those who tell us their history, and the occasion of their coming, do them no hurt, let them go where they please; but do not spare those who refuse to give us that satisfaction."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, you know my history already, and the occasion of my coming hither; so that what I have to say will be very short. My lady, your sister, called me this morning at the place where I plyed as porter to see if any body would employ me, that I might get my bread; I followed her to a vintner's, then to a herb-shop, then to one where oranges, lemons, and citrons were sold, then to a grocer's, next to a confectioner's, and a druggist's, with my basket upon my head as full as I was able to carry it; then I came hither, where you had the goodness to suffer me to continue till now, a favour that I shall never forget. This, madam, is my history."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Depart, let us see you here no more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied the porter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I beg you to let me stay; it would not be just, after the rest have had the pleasure to hear my history, that I should not also have the satisfaction of hearing theirs."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cousin, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, it is by this way that we are to go to the place I told you of: upon which the lady advanced, and went down, and the prince began to follow; but first turning to me, said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear cousin, I am infinitely obliged to you for the trouble you have taken; I thank you. Adieu."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear cousin, I cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Be content, replied he;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Prince, the army has proclaimed the grand vizier, instead of your father, who is dead, and I take you prisoner in the name of the new sultan."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, said he to me,"
}
]
|
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