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5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! cried he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nephew, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the punishment of this world, but that of the other will last to eternity;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My son being persuaded of his sister's constancy, on presence of building a tomb, caused this subterraneous habitation to be made, in hopes of finding one day or other an opportunity to possess himself of that objets which was the cause of his flame, and to bring her hither. He took advantage of my absence, to enter by force into the place of his sister's confinement; but this was a circumstance which my honour would not suffer me to make public. And after so damnable an action, he came and shut himself up with her in this place, which he has supplied, as you see, with all sorts of provisions, that he might enjoy detestable pleasures, which ought to be a subject of horror to all the world; but God, who would not suffer such an abomination, has justly punished them both."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear nephew, cried he, embracing me,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall move him to compassion, said I to myself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You appear, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are not mistaken,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This, madam, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is enough, said Zobeide;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The calender begged the ladies' permission to stay till he had heard the relations of his two comrades,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whom I cannot, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Many stories have I heard, but never any that equalled in surprising incident that of the calender."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For what reason would you have us shew any respect to the sultan your master? We are none of his subjects, nor are we upon his territories:"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take heed, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By all this, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you, a man or a genie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A man, madam, said I;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have no correspondence with genies."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By what adventure, said she, fetching a deep sigh,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, before I have the honour to satisfy your curiosity, give me leave to tell you, that I am infinitely gratified with this unexpected meeting, which offers me an occasion of consolation in the midst of my affliction; and perhaps it may give me an opportunity of making you also more happy than you are."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Every ten days, continued the princess,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fair princess, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Prince, replied she, with a smile,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Princess, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The princess, who knew the consequence, conjured me not to touch the talisman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For that would be the means, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Princess, cried I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She answered, without any concern for her own misfortune,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! you are undone, if you do not fly immediately."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What has happened to you, and why did you call me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A violent spasm, said the princess,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are a false woman, and speak not the truth; how came that axe and those cords there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never saw them till this moment, said the princess."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your coming in such an impetuous manner has, it may be, forced them up in some place as you came along, and so brought them hither without your knowing it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is true, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your absence, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "An old man, whom I do not know, brings your hatchet and cords, which he found in his way as he tells me, and says he understood from your comrades that you lodge here; come out and speak to him, for he will deliver them to none but yourself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am a genie, said he, speaking to me,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perfidious wretch! said the genie to her, pointing at me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She cast her languishing eyes upon me, and answered mournfully,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know him, I never saw him till this moment."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! said the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If I do not know him, said the princess,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh then, said the genie, pulling out a cimeter and presenting it to the princess,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas, replied the princess,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This refusal, said the genie to the princess,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Upon which, turning to me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And thou, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How should I know her, when I never saw her till now?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If it be so, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "With all my heart,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should for ever, said I to the genie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see, said the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At these words the monster took up the cimeter and cut off one of her hands, which left her only so much life as to give me a token with the other that she bade me for ever adieu. For the blood she had lost before, and that which gushed out then, did not permit her to live above one or two moments after this barbarous cruelty; the sight of which threw me into a fit. When I was come to myself again, I expostulated with the genie, why he made me languish in expectation of death:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Strike, cried I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But instead of agreeing to that,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Behold, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know what honest man this is, to whom we have done this piece of service? Another voice answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No. To which the first replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I will tell you. This man out of charity, the purest ever known, left the town he lived in, and has established himself in this place, in hopes to cure one of his neighbours of the envy he had conceived against him; he had acquired such a general esteem, that the envious man, not able to endure it, came hither on purpose to ruin him; and he would have accomplished his design, had it not been for the assistance we have given this honest man, whose reputation is so great, that the sultan, who keeps his residence in the neighbouring city, was to pay him a visit to-morrow, to recommend the princess his daughter to his prayers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What need had the princess of the dervise's prayers? To which the first answered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You do not know, it seems, that she is possessed by genie Maimoun, the son of Dimdim, who is fallen in love with her. But I well know how this good head of the dervises may cure her; the thing is very easy, and I will explain it to you. He has a black cat in his convent, with a white spot at the end of her tail, about the bigness of a small piece of Arabian money; let him only pull seven hairs out of the white spot, burn them, and smoke the princess's head with the fume, she will not only be immediately cured, but be so safely delivered from Maimoun, the son of Dimdim, that he will never dare to approach her again."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good Sheik, you may probably be already acquainted with the cause of my visit."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, Sir, replied he gravely,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is the real case, replied the sultan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will give me new life if your prayers, as I hope they may, restore my daughter's health."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, said the good man,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where am I, and who brought me hither? At these words the sultan, overcome with excess of joy, embraced his daughter, and kissed her eyes; he also kissed the chief of the dervises' hands, and said to his officers,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What reward does he deserve that has thus cured my daughter? They all cried,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He deserves her in marriage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is what I had in my thoughts, said the sultan;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, bring me that man you see there; but take care you do not frighten him. The vizier obeyed, and when the envious man was brought into his presence, the sultan said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Friend, I am extremely glad to see you. Upon which he called an officer,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go immediately, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O genie! said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All that I can do for thee, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Quit, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will destroy him with a blow of this handspike; another,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will shoot an arrow through his body; and a third,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us throw him into the sea."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The sultan our master hath commanded us to acquaint you, that he rejoices in your safe arrival, and beseeches each of you to take the trouble to write a few lines upon this roll. That you may understand the design of this request, you must know that we had a prime vizier, who besides possessing great abilities for the management of public affairs could write in the highest perfection. This minister a few days since died. The event has greatly affected the sultan; and since he can never behold his writing without admiration, he has made a solemn vow, not to give the place to any one who cannot write equally well. Many have presented specimens of their skill; but to this day, no one in the empire has been judged worthy to supply the vizier's place."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let him alone, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take the finest horse in my stable, with the richest trappings, and a robe of the most sumptuous brocade to put on the person who wrote the six hands, and bring him thither. At this command the officers could not forbear laughing. The sultan was incensed at their rudeness, and would have punished them had they not explained:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, said they,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you say? exclaimed the sultan."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those admirable characters, are they not written by the hands of a man?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, Sir, replied the officers;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The sultan was too much surprised at this account not to desire a sight of me, and therefore said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do what I command you, and bring me speedily that wonderful ape."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The sultan's command must be obeyed."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A man that was capable of doing so much would be above the greatest of his species."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, said the sultan to him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, your majesty must needs have forgotten yourself; I am surprised that your majesty has sent for me to appear among men."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How, daughter! said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said the princess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How do you know that this prince has been transformed by enchantments into an ape?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, replied the Lady of Beauty,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Daughter, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I did not believe you to have understood so much."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, replied the princess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Since it is so, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir, said the princess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can restore him to his original shape."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do it then, said the sultan,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said the princess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am ready to obey you in all that you should be pleased to command me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dog, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And thou, replied the lion,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wretch, replied the princess,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I justly may reproach thee with having done so. The lion answered fiercely,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thou shalt quickly have thy reward for the trouble thou hast given me:"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Victory! Victory!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If thou art become an ape by enchantment, change thy shape, and take that of a man which thou hadst before."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, I have gained the victory over the genie, as your majesty may see; but it is a victory that costs me dear; I have but a few minutes to live, and you will not have the satisfaction to make the match you intended; the fire has pierced me during the terrible combat, and I find it is gradually consuming me. This would not have happened, had I perceived the last of the pomegranate seeds, and swallowed it, as I did the others when I was changed into a cock: the genie had fled thither as to his last intrenchment, and upon that the success of the combat depended, which would have been successful, and without danger to me. This oversight obliged me to have recourse to fire, and to fight with those mighty arms as I did, between heaven and earth, in your presence; for, in spite of all his redoubtable art and experience, I made the genie know that I understood more than he; I have conquered and reduced him to ashes, but I cannot escape death, which is approaching."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My daughter, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I burn! I burn! She found that the fire had at last seized upon her vital parts, which made her still cry"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I burn!"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Prince, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I assured him of exalt obedience; upon which he went on thus:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have constantly lived in perfect felicity, but by your arrival all the happiness I possessed has vanished; my daughter is dead, her governor is no more, and it is only through a miracle that I am myself yet alive You are the cause of all these misfortunes, under which it is impossible that I should be comforted; depart hence therefore in peace, without farther delay, for I must myself perish if you remain any longer. I am persuaded that your presence brings misfortune with it. Depart, and take care never to appear again in my dominions. No consideration whatever shall hinder me from making you repent your temerity should you violate my injunction."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is well, you are at liberty."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This mountain, continued the pilot,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hearken, Agib; as soon as thou art awake dig up the ground under thy feet: thou wilt find a bow of brass, and three arrows of lead, that are made under certain constellations, to deliver mankind from the many calamities that threaten them. Shoot the three arrows at the statue, and the rider will fall into the sea, but the horse will fall by thy side; thou must bury it in the place where thou findest the bow and arrows: this being done, the sea will swell and rise to the foot of the dome. When it has come so high, thou wilt perceive a boat with one man holding an oar in each hand; this man is also of metal, but different from that thou hast thrown down; step on board, but without mentioning the name of God, and let him conduct thee. He will in ten days' time bring thee into another sea, where thou shalt find an opportunity to return to thy country, provided, as I have told thee, thou dost not mention the name of God during the whole voyage."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Blessed be God, said I;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God be praised."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whoever you are, Sir, do not fear; a sultan, and the son of a sultan, as I am, is not capable of doing you any injury: on the contrary, it is probable that your good destiny may have brought me hither to deliver you out of this tomb, where it seems you have been buried alive, for reasons to me unknown. But what surprises me (for you must know that I have been witness to all that hath passed since your coming into this island), is, that you suffered yourself to be entombed in this place without any resistance."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Upon the prediction the astrologers, he sought by all means possible to falsify my horoscope, and to preserve my life. He took the precaution to form this subterranean habitation to hide me in, till the expiration of the fifty days after the throwing down of the statue; and therefore, as it is ten days since this happened, he came hastily hither to conceal me, and promised at the end of forty days to return and fetch me away. For my own part I am sanguine in my hopes, and cannot believe that prince Agib will seek for me in a place under ground, in the midst of a desert island."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dear Sir, trust in the goodness of God, and fear nothing; consider it as a debt you had to pay; but that you are acquitted of it from this hour. I rejoice that after my shipwreck I came so fortunately hither to defend you against all who would attempt your life. I will not leave you till the forty days have expired, of which the foolish astrologers have made you apprehensive; and in the mean while I will do you all the service in my power: after which, with leave of your father and yourself, I shall have the benefit of getting to the main land in your vessel; and when I am returned into my kingdom, I will remember the obligations I owe you, and endeavour to demonstrate my gratitude by suitable acknowedgments."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those astrologers who predicted to his father that his son should die by my hand were impostors; for it is not possible that I could commit so base a crime."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Prince, this is the fortieth day, and I am not dead, thanks to God and your good company. My father will not fail to make you, very shortly, every acknowledgment of his gratitude for your attentions, and will furnish you with every necessary accommodation for your return to your kingdom: but, continued he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear prince, pray do me the favour to fetch me a melon and some sugar, that I may eat some to refresh me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is one, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! I exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "said I, lifting up my face and my hands to heaven,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I intreat thy pardon, and if I be guilty of his death, let me not live any longer."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I am seen by the old man, he will certainly seize me, and perhaps cause me to be massacred by his slaves, when he has discovered that his son is killed: all that I can allege to justify myself will not convince him of my innocence. It is better then to withdraw while it is in my power, than to expose myself to his resentment."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Comrade, sit down upon that carpet in the middle of the room, and do not inquire into anything that concerns us, nor the reason why we are all blind of the right eye; be content with what you see, and let not your curiosity extend any farther."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You do not bring us that with which we may acquit ourselves of our duty."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the fruit of our idleness and debauches."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen, I declare to you, that I must renounce the law which you prescribed to me last night, for I cannot observe it. You are men of sense, you have convinced me that you do not want understanding; yet, I have seen you do such actions as none but madmen could be capable of. Whatever misfortune befalls me, I cannot forbear asking, why you bedaubed your faces with black? How it has happened that each of you has but one eye? Some singular circumstance must certainly be the cause; therefore I conjure you to satisfy my curiosity."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is the fruit of our idleness and debauches,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not wonder at our conduit in regard to yourself, and that hitherto we have not granted your request: it is out of kindness, to save you the pain of being reduced to the same condition with ourselves. If you have a mind to try our unfortunate destiny, you need but speak, and we will give you the satisfaction you desire. I told them I was resolved on it, let what would be the consequence."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Once more, said the same gentleman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No matter, I replied;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must sew you in this skin, said they,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Noble Sir, you are welcome. And one thus addressed me in the name of the rest,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We have long been in expectation of such a gentleman as you; your mien assures us, that you are master of all the good qualities we can desire; and we hope you will not find our company disagreeable or unworthy of yours."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is your place, said they,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are doubtless wearied by the journey you have taken to-day; it is time for you to retire to rest; your lodging is prepared: but before you depart choose which of us you like best to be your bedfellow. I answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That I knew not how to make my own choice, as they were all equally beautiful, witty, and worthy of my respects and service, and that I would not be guilty of so much incivility as to prefer one before another."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are very well satisfied of your civility, and find it is your fear to create jealousy among us that occasions your diffidence; but let not this hinder you. We assure you, that the good fortune of her whom you choose shall cause no feeling of the kind; for we are agreed among ourselves, that every one of us shall in her turn have the same honour; and when forty days are past, to begin again; therefore make your selection, and lose no time to take the repose you need."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Adieu, dear prince, adieu! for we must leave you. Their tears affected. I prayed them to tell me the reason of their grief, and of the separation they spoke of."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fair ladies, let me know, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Instead of returning a direct answer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Would, said they,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "After they had spoken these words, they began to weep bitterly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear ladies, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! said they,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ladies, I replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I understand not what you mean; pray explain yourselves more clearly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, said one of them,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If all the treasures of the kings of the universe were gathered together in one place, they could not equal the value of these. How fortunate am I to possess all this wealth with so many admirable princesses!"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We are sorry that we cannot congratulate you on your return, as we could wish; but we are not the cause of your misfortune."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should do you wrong, I replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If, said they,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go wherever you think proper, you are at liberty. But one of them answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, we beg you to pardon our curiosity, and permit us to hear the stories of those gentlemen who have not yet spoken. Then the lady turned to the caliph, the vizier Jaaffier, and Mesrour, and said to them,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is now your turn to relate your adventures, therefore speak."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, in order to obey you, we need only repeat what we have already said. We are merchants of Moussol come to Bagdad to sell our merchandize, which lies in the khan where we lodge. We dined today with several other persons of our condition, at a merchant's house of this city; who, after he had treated us with choice dainties and excellent wines, sent for men and women dancers, and musicians. The great noise we made brought in the watch, who arrested some of the company, and we had the good fortune to escape: but it being already late, and the door of our khan shut up, we knew not whither to retire. We chanced as we passed along this street to hear mirth at your house, which made us determine to knock at your gate. This is all the account that we can give you, in obedience to your commands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well then, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You gentlemen, who are newly come to town, which way do you design to go, since it is not yet day?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is this, they replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Follow us, resumed the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He then whispered to the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take them along with you, and tomorrow morning bring them to me; I will cause their history to be put in writing, for it deserves a place in the annals of my reign."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vizier, said the caliph,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When I acquaint you that I was last night in your house, disguised in a merchant's habit, you may probably be alarmed, lest you may have given me offence; you may perhaps believe that I have sent for you for no other purpose than to shew some marks of my resentment; but be not afraid; you may rest assured that I have forgotten all that has past, and am well satisfied with your conduct. I wish that all the ladies of Bagdad had as much discretion as you evinced before me. I shall always remember the moderation with which you acted, after the rudeness of which we were guilty. I was then a merchant of Moussol, but am at present Haroon al Rusheed, the fifth caliph of the glorious house of Abbas, and hold the place of our great prophet. I have only sent for you to know who you are, and to ask for what reason one of you, after severely whipping the two black bitches, wept with them? And I am no less curious to know, why another of you has her bosom so full of scars."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sister, you are the elder, and I esteem you as my mother: during your absence, God has blest the portion that fell to my share, and the employment I follow of breeding silk-worms. Assure yourself there is nothing I have but is at your service, and as much at your disposal as my own."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, I added,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I rather believe you wish to marry again; I shall feel much surprised if such be the case. After the experience you have had of the little satisfaction there is in wedlock, is it possible you dare venture a second time? You know how rare it is to meet with a husband perfectly virtuous and deserving. Believe what I say, and let us live together as comfortably as we can. All my persuasion was in vain; they were resolved to marry, and soon accomplished their wishes. But after some months were past, they returned again, and begged my pardon a thousand times for not following my advice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are our youngest sister, said they,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My answer was,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear sisters, I have not altered my mind with respect to you since we last parted: come again, and take part of what I have."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Praise be to God, who has favoured us with a happy voyage, and may he be graciously pleased to protect us in the same manner, until we arrive again in our own country. Hear me, O Lord, and grant my request."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My good lady, pray let me know who you are, and what has brought you to this desolate city? And, in return, I will you who I am, what has happened to me, why the inhabitants of this city are reduced to the state you see them in, and why I alone am safe in the midst of such a terrible disaster."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lady, said the young man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At these words he shut the Koraun, put it into a rich case, and laid it in the niche. I took that opportunity to observe him, and perceiving in him so much good nature and beauty, I felt emotions I had never known before. He made me sit down by him, and before he began his discourse, I could not forbear saying, with an air that discovered the sentiments I felt,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Amiable sir, dear object of my soul, I can scarcely have patience to wait for an account of all these wonderful objects that I have seen since I came into your city; and my curiosity cannot be satisfied too soon: therefore pray, sir, let me know by what miracle you alone are left alive among so many persons that have died in so strange a manner."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am the only person who did not suffer under that heavy judgment, and ever since I have continued to serve God with more fervency than before. I am persuaded, dear lady, that he has sent you hither for my comfort, for which I render him infinite thanks; for I must own that this solitary life is extremely irksome."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Prince, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will take him for my husband; and upon that, turning myself to the prince, said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, I humbly beg of you to give your consent, for as soon as we come to Bagdad I desire to offer you my person to be your slave, to do you all the service that is in my power, and to resign myself wholly to your commands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know not, madam, whether you be in jest or no; but for my part, I seriously declare before these ladies, your sisters, that from this moment I heartily accept your offer, not with any intention to have you as a slave, but as my lady and mistress: nor will I pretend to have any power over your actions."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These two black bitches are your sisters, whom I have transformed into this shape. But this punishment will not suffice; and my will is that you treat them hereafter in the way I shall direst."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you would not be changed into a similar form, I command you, in the name of him that governs the sea, to give each of your sisters every night one hundred lashes with a rod, as the punishment of the crime they have committed against yourself, and the young prince, whom they have drowned."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear lady, excuse the freedom I take to trouble you, the confidence I have in your charity makes me thus bold. I must acquaint your ladyship that I have an orphan daughter, who is to be married this day. She and I are both strangers, and have no acquaintance in this town; which much perplexes me, for we wish the numerous family with whom we are going to ally ourselves to think we are not altogether unknown and without credit: therefore, most beautiful lady, if you would vouchsafe to honour the wedding with your presence, we shall be infinitely obliged, because the ladies of our country, when informed that a lady of your rank has strewn us this respect, will then know that we are not regarded here as unworthy and despised persons. But, alas! madam, if you refuse this request, how great will be our mortification! we know not where else to apply."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good woman, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The old woman was so transported with joy at my answer, that she kissed my feet before I had time to prevent her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My compassionate lady, said she, rising,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God will reward the kindness you have shewed to your servants, and make your heart as joyful as you have made theirs. You need not at present trouble yourself; it will be time enough for you to go when I call for you in the evening. So farewell, madam, till I have the honour to see you again."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear lady, the relations of my son-in-law, who are the principal ladies of the city, are now met together; you may come when you please; I am ready to conduct you. We immediately set out; she walked before me, and I was followed by a number of my women and slaves properly dressed for the occasion. We stopt in a wide street, newly swept and watered, at a spacious gate with a lamp, by the light of which I read this inscription in golden letters over the entrance:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is the everlasting abode of pleasure and joy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear mistress, since you want silk stuffs, I must take you to a young merchant of my acquaintance, who has a great variety; and that you may not fatigue yourself by running from shop to shop, I can assure you that you will find in his what no other can furnish."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not sell it for gold or money, but I will make her a present of it, if she will give me leave to kiss her cheek. I ordered the old woman to tell him, that he was very rude to propose such a freedom. But instead of obeying me, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What the merchant desires of you is no such great matter; you need not speak, but only present him your cheek."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear mistress, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I beg your pardon, for I am the cause of this misfortune, having brought you to this merchant, because he is my countryman: but I never thought he would be guilty of such a villainous action. But do not grieve; let us hasten home, I will apply a remedy that shall in three days so perfectly cure you, that not the least mark shall be visible."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As he spoke he clapped his hands, and in came three slaves:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pull her out of bed, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The slaves obeyed, one holding me by the head, another by the feet; he commanded the third to fetch a cimeter, and when he had brought it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Strike, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When he saw that the slave hesitated to obey him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why do you not strike? said he."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you wait for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said the slave then,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I begged permission to speak one word, which was granted me. I lifted up my head, and casting an affectionate look on my husband, said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! to what a condition am I reduced! must I then die in the prime of my youth! I could say no more, for my tears and sighs choked my utterance. My husband was not at all moved, but, on the contrary, went on to reproach me; and it would have been in vain to attempt a reply. I had recourse to intreaties and prayers; but he had no regard to them, and commanded the slaves to proceed to execution. The old woman, who had been his nurse, came in just at that moment, fell down upon her knees, and endeavoured to appease his wrath."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My son, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well then, said he to his nurse,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the way of the world, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, did not this fairy, that shewed herself to you in the shape of a serpent, and imposed such a rigorous command upon you, tell you where her place of abode was? Or rather, did she not promise to see you, and restore those bitches to their natural shape?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, answered Zobeide,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I forgot to tell your majesty that the fairy left with me a bundle of hair, saying, that her presence would one day be of use to me; and then, if I only burnt two tufts of this hair, she would be with me in a moment, though she were beyond mount Caucasus."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, demanded the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ever since that time I have been so careful of it, that I always carry it about me. Upon which she pulled it out, opened the case which contained it, and shewed it to him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well then, said the caliph,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, said she to the prince,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Generous fairy, replied the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To oblige your majesty, answered the fairy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will restore the two bitches to their former state, and I will so cure the lady of her scars, that it shall never appear she was so beaten; and I will also tell you who it was that abused her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, I must now discover to you the unknown husband you enquire after. He is very nearly related to yourself, for it is prince Amin, your eldest son, who falling passionately in love with this lady from the fame of her beauty, by stratagem had her brought to his house, where he married her. As to the blows he caused to be given her, he is in some measure excusable; for the lady his spouse had been a little too easy, and the excuses she had made were calculated to lead him to believe she was more faulty than she really was. This is all I can say to satisfy your curiosity."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How, replied one of them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The porter, who had heard of this Sinbad's riches, could not but envy a man whose condition he thought to be as happy as his own was deplorable: and his mind being fretted with these reflections, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said loud enough to be heard,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Almighty creator of all things, consider the difference between Sinbad and me! I am every day exposed to fatigues and calamities, and can scarcely get coarse barley-bread for myself and my family, whilst happy Sinbad profusely expends immense riches, and leads a life of continual pleasure. What has he done to obtain from thee a lot so agreeable? And what have I done to deserve one so wretched?"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, answered he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am very glad to see you, replied Sinbad;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, I confess that my fatigue put me out of humour, and occasioned me to utter some indiscreet words, which I beg you to pardon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not think I am so unjust, resumed Sinbad,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "he added, speaking to the whole company,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can assure you, my troubles were so extraordinary, that they were calculated to discourage the most covetous from undertaking such voyages as I did, to acquire riches. Perhaps you have never heard a distinct account of my wonderful adventures, and the dangers I encountered, in my seven voyages; and since I have this opportunity, I will give you a faithful account of them, not doubting but it will be acceptable."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am that Sinbad, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Heavens! he exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have patience, replied I;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Heaven be praised, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take this, Hindbad, return to your home, and come back to-morrow to hear more of my adventures."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Gentlemen, be pleased to listen to the adventures of my second voyage; they deserve your attention even more than those of the first."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will treat me, replied I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am very well satisfied with this, which is valuable enough to save me the trouble of making any more voyages, and will raise as great a fortune as I desire."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That we were forbidden to destroy ourselves: but even if that were not the case, it was much more reasonable to devise some method to rid ourselves of the monster who had destined us to so horrible a fate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Brethren, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O heaven, to what dangers are we exposed! We rejoiced yesterday at having escaped from the cruelty of a giant and the rage of the waves, now are we fallen into another danger equally dreadful."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brother, I have here some goods that belonged to a merchant, who sailed some time on board this ship, and he being dead, I design to dispose of them for the benefit of his heirs, when I find who they are. The bales he spoke of lay on the deck, and shewing them to me, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There are the goods; I hope you will take care to sell them, and you shall have factorage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Enter them, said the captain,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Captain, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You believe him then to be dead? said I."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, answered he."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, captain, I resumed;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God be praised, said he, embracing me;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I rejoice that fortune has rectified my fault. There are your goods, which I always took care to preserve."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those negroes, replied they,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sinbad, I love thee; and all my subjects who know thee, treat thee according to my example. I have one thing to demand of thee, which thou must grant."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sir, answered I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have a mind thou shouldst marry, replied he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God preserve you and grant you a long life."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! replied he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray, said I,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wish you, he replied,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, I said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot but feel astonished at the strange usage observed in this country, of burying the living with the dead. I have been a great traveller, and seen many countries, but never heard of so cruel a law."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean, Sinbad? replied the king:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, Sir, said I,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Without doubt, returned the king (smiling at the occasion of my question),"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Consider, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is true, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You fell, said they,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go on, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A rapid current carries the ship along with it, and we shall all perish in less than a quarter of an hour. Pray to God to deliver us from this peril; we cannot escape, if he do not take pity on us."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God has done what pleased him. Each of us may dig his grave, and bid the world adieu; for we are all in so fatal a place, that none shipwrecked here ever returned to their homes."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This river, which runs thus under ground, must somewhere have an issue. If I make a raft, and leave myself to the current, it will convey me to some inhabited country, or I shall perish. If I be drowned, I lose nothing, but only change one kind of death for another; and if I get out of this fatal place, I shall not only avoid the sad fate of my comrades, but perhaps find some new occasion of enriching myself. Who knows but fortune waits, upon my getting off this dangerous shelf, to compensate my shipwreck with usury."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Call upon the Almighty, he will help thee; thou needest not perplex thyself about any thing else: shut thy eyes, and while thou art asleep, God will change thy bad fortune into good."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "People call me Sinbad the voyager, because of the many voyages I have undertaken, and I am a citizen of Bagdad."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, resumed he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, not only my person is at your majesty's service, but the cargo of the raft, and I would beg of you to dispose of it as your own. He answered me with a smile,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sinbad, I will take care not to covet any thing of yours, or to take any thing from you that God has given you; far from lessening your wealth, I design to augment it, and will not let you quit my dominions without marks of my liberality."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I pray you give this present from me, and this letter to the caliph, and assure him of my friendship."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Though the present we send you be inconsiderable, receive it however as a brother and a friend, in consideration of the hearty friendship which we bear for you, and of which we are willing to give you proof. We desire the same part in your friendship, considering that we believe it to be our merit, being of the same dignity with yourself. We conjure you this in quality of a brother. Adieu."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Farther, the king of Serendib is so just, that there are no judges in his dominions. His people have no need of them. They understand and observe justice rigidly of themselves."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The wisdom of that king, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The caliph, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I followed the officer to the palace, where being presented to the caliph, I saluted him by prostrating myself at his feet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sinbad, said he to me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I stand in need of your service; you must carry my answer and present to the king of Serendib. It is but just I should return his civility."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, I replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am ready to do whatever your majesty shall think fit to command; but I beseech you most humbly to consider what I have undergone. I have also made a vow never to go out of Bagdad."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I confess, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sinbad, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We received your letter with joy, and send you this from our imperial residence, the garden of superior wits. We hope when you look upon it, you will perceive our good intention and be pleased with it. Adieu."
}
]
|
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