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5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But tell me, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I answered, that the bow was one of my exercises in my youth. He gave me a bow and arrows, and, taking me behind him upon an elephant, carried me to a thick forest some leagues from the town. We penetrated a great way into the wood, and when he thought fit to stop, he bade me alight; then shewing me a great tree,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Climb up that, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The elephants of our forest have every year killed us a great many slaves, whom we sent to seek ivory. For all the cautions we could give them, those crafty animals destroyed them one time or other. God has delivered you from their fury, and has bestowed that favour upon you only. It is a sign that he loves you, and has some use for your service in the world. You have procured me incredible wealth. Formerly we could not procure ivory but by exposing the lives of our slaves, and now our whole city is enriched by your means. Do not think I pretend to have rewarded you by giving you your liberty, I will also give you considerable riches. I could engage all our city to contribute towards making your fortune, but I will have the glory of doing it myself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Patron, God preserve you. Your giving me my liberty is enough to discharge what you owe me, and I desire no other reward for the service I had the good fortune to do to you and your city, but leave to return to my own country."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very well, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, friend, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As he said this, Hindbad drew near to him, and kissing his hand, said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must acknowledge, sir, that you have gone through many imminent dangers; my troubles are not comparable to yours: if they afflict me for a time, I comfort myself with the thoughts of the profit I get by them. You not only deserve a quiet life, but are worthy of all the riches you enjoy, because you make of them such a good and generous use. May you therefore continue to live in happiness and joy till the day of your death!"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Vizier, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will take a walk round the town, to inform myself what people say, and particularly how they are pleased with my officers of justice. If there be any against whom they have cause of just complaint, we will turn them out, and put others in their stead, who shall officiate better. If, on the contrary, there be any that have gained their applause, we will have that esteem for them which they deserve."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To judge from his appearance, said the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Honest man, said the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The old man replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, I am a fisher, but one of the poorest and most miserable of the trade. I went from my house about noon a fishing, and from that time to this I have not been able to catch one fish; at the same time I have a wife and small children, and nothing to maintain them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hast thou the courage to go back and cast thy net once more? We will give thee a hundred sequins for what thou shalt bring up. At this proposal, the fisherman, forgetting all his day's toil, took the caliph at his word, and returned to the Tigris, accompanied by the caliph, Jaaffier, and Mesrour; saying to himself as he went,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "These gentlemen seem too honest and reasonable not to reward my pains; and if they give me the hundredth part of what they promise, it will be an ample recompence."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thou wretch, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, replied the grand vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I beg your majesty to grant me time to make enquiry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will allow thee no more, said the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! said he"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, I have not found any person that could give me the least account of him."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those who have a desire to see the grand vizier Jaaffier impaled, with forty of his kindred, let them come to the square before the palace."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Most excellent vizier, chief of the emirs of this court, and comforter of the poor, you are not guilty of the crime for which you stand here. Withdraw, and let me expiate the death of the lady that was thrown into the Tigris. It is I who murdered her, and I deserve to be punished for my offence."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do not believe what this young man tells you, I killed that lady who was found in the trunk, and this punishment ought only to fall upon me. I conjure you in the name of God not to punish the innocent for the guilty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said the young man to the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do protest that I am he who committed this vile act, and nobody else had any concern in it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My son, said the old man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said he again to the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I tell you once more I am the murderer; let me die without delay."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, I have brought here before your majesty this old and this young man, each of whom declares himself to be the sole murderer of the lady. The caliph asked the criminals which of them it was that so cruelly murdered the lady, and threw her into the Tigris? The young man assured him it was he, but the old man maintained the contrary."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go, said the caliph to the grand vizier,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, Sir, said the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At these words the young man spoke again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I swear by the great God, who has raised the heavens so high, that I am the man who killed the lady, cut her in pieces, and about four days ago threw her into the Tigris. I renounce my part of happiness amongst the just at the day of judgment, if what I say be not truth; therefore I am he that ought to suffer. The caliph being surprised at this oath, believed him; especially since the old man made no answer. Whereupon, turning to the young man,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wretch, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the faithful, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I command thee then to relate it,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cousin, said she (for so she used to call me out of familiarity),"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I long for some apples; if you would get me any, you would greatly please me. I have longed for them a great while, and I must own it is come to that height, that if I be not satisfied very soon, I fear some misfortune will befall me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will cheerfully try, said I,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good slave, pr'ythee tell me where thou hadst this apple?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a present (said he, smiling)"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Cousin, I know not what is become of it."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Father, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I took this morning from my mother, without her knowledge, one of those three apples you brought her, and kept it a long while; but, as I was playing some time ago with my little brother in the street, a tall slave passing by snatched it out of my hands, and carried it away. I ran after him, demanding it back, and besides told him, that it belonged to my mother, who was sick; and that you had made a fortnight's journey to procure it; but all to no purpose, he would not restore it. And as I still followed him, crying out, he turned and beat me, and then ran away as fast as he could from one lane to another, till at length I lost sight of him. I have since been walking without the town expecting your return, to pray you, dear father, not to tell my mother of it, lest it should make her worse!"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This young man's crime, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "continued he, looking upon the grand vizier,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I give you three days' time to find him out; if you do not bring him within that space, you shall die in his stead. The unfortunate Jaaffier, had thought himself out of danger, was perplexed at this order of the caliph; but as he durst not return any answer to the prince, whose hasty temper he knew too well, he departed from his presence, and retired melancholy to his house, convinced that he had but three days to live; for he was so fully persuaded that he should not find the slave, that he made not the least enquiry after him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it possible, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am therefore ordered, said the messenger,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear little one, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear father, she replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Rascal, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, replied the slave,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I swear to you that I neither stole it in your house, nor out of the commander of the faithful's garden; but the other day, as I was passing through a street where three or four children were at play, one of them having it in his hand, I snatched it from him, and carried it away. The child ran after me, telling me it was not his own, but belonged mother, who was sick; and that his father, to satisfy her longing, had made a long journey, and brought home three apples, whereof this was one, which he had taken from his mother without her knowledge. He said all he could to prevail upon me to give it him back, but I refused, and so brought it home, and sold it for two sequins to the little lady your daughter."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must own it, said the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I consent, said the caliph;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am as sorry, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Since neither of us is yet married, and we live so affectionately together, let us both wed the same day sisters out of some family that may suit our quality. What do you think of this plan?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brother, answered the other vizier,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But this is not all, said the elder;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nay, said Noor ad Deen aloud,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I must acknowledge that this prospect is admirable; such a marriage will perfect our union, and I willingly consent to it. But then, brother, said he farther,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is no difficulty in that, replied the other;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, said the younger"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not consent to that; are we not brethren, and equal in title and dignity? Do not you and I know what is just? The male being nobler than the female, it is your part to give a large dowry with your daughter. By what I perceive, you are a man that would have your business done at another's charge."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A mischief upon your son, since you prefer him before my daughter. I wonder you had so much confidence as to believe him worthy of her; you must needs have lost your judgment to think you are my equal, and say we are colleagues. I would have you to know, that since you are so vain, I would not marry my daughter to your son though you would give him more than you are worth. This pleasant quarrel between two brothers about the marriage of their children before they were born went so far, that Shumse ad Deen concluded by threatening:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Were I not to-morrow, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said Noor ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am an Egyptian, born at Cairo, and have left my country, because of the unkindness of a near relation, resolved to travel through the world, and rather to die than return home. The grand vizier, who was a good-natured man, after hearing these words, said to him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Son, beware; do not pursue your design; you are not sensible of the hardships you must endure. Follow me; I may perhaps make you forget the misfortunes which have forced you to leave your own country."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My son, I am, as you see, so far gone in years, that it is not probable I shall live much longer. Heaven has bestowed on me only one daughter, who is as beautiful as you are handsome, and now fit for marriage. Several nobles of the highest rank at this court have sought her for their sons, but I would not grant their request. I have an affection for you, and think you so worthy to be received into my family, that, preferring you before all those who have demanded her, I am ready to accept you for my son-in-law. If you like the proposal, I will acquaint the sultan my master that I have adopted you by this marriage, and intreat him to grant you the reversion of my dignity of grand vizier in the kingdom of Bussorah. In the mean time, nothing being more requisite for me than ease in my old age, I will not only put you in possession of great part of my estate, but leave the administration of public affairs to your management."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am now, my lords, to discover a circumstance which hitherto I have keep a secret. I have a brother, who is grand vizier to the sultan of Egypt. This brother has but one son, whom he would not marry in the court of Egypt, but sent him hither to wed my daughter in order that both branches of our family may be united. His son, whom I knew to be my nephew as soon as I saw him, is the young man I now present to you as my son-in-law. I hope you will do me the honour to be present at his wedding, which I am resolved to celebrate this day."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My son, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is one of the strangest occurrences I ever heard. Is it possible, my son, that your quarrel should rise so high about an imaginary marriage? I am sorry you fell out with your elder brother upon such a frivolous matter; but he was also wrong in being angry at what you only spoke in jest, and I ought to thank heaven for that difference which has procured me such a son-in- law. But, continued the vizier,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am a native of Egypt; my father, your grandfather, was first minister to the sultan of that kingdom. I had myself the honour to be vizier, to that sultan, and so has my brother, your uncle, who I suppose is yet alive; his name is Shumse ad Deen Mahummud. I was obliged to leave him, and come into this country, where I have raised myself to the high dignity I now enjoy. But you will understand all these matters more fully by a manuscript that I shall give you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take and read it at your leisure; you will find, among other things, the day of my marriage, and that of your birth. These are circumstances which perhaps you may hereafter have occasion to know, therefore you must keep it very carefully."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, save yourself immediately. The unfortunate youth lifting up his head, exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What news dost thou bring?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, dare I be so bold as to ask whither you are going at this time of night alone, and so much troubled? Has any thing disquieted you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, said Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said the Jew (who did not know the true reason why Buddir ad Deen had left the town),"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, said the Jew,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, answered Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I sell it to you for a thousand sequins; it is done. Upon this the Jew delivered him the bag of a thousand sequins, and offered to count them, but Buddir ad Deen said he would trust his word."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Since it is so, my lord, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This writing is to testify, that Buddir ad Deen Houssun of Bussorah, has sold to Isaac the Jew, for the sum of one thousand sequins, received in hand, the lading of the first of his ships that shall arrive in this port."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To judge of this creature by his beauty, he would seem to be an angel of the terrestrial paradise, whom God has sent to put the world in a flame by his charms. At last, after he had satisfied himself with looking at him, he tool; a flight into the air, where meeting by chance with a perie, they saluted one another; after which he said to her,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray descend with me into the cemetery, where I dwell, and I will shew you a beauty worthy your admiration. The perie consented, and both descended in an instant; they came into the tomb."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look, said the genie, shewing her Buddir ad Deen Houssun,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This very day the sultan sent for one of his grooms, who is hump-backed, big-bellied, crook legged, and as ugly as a hobgoblin; and after having commanded the vizier to marry his daughter to this ghastly slave, he caused the contract to be made and signed by witnesses in his own presence. The preparations for this fantastical wedding are all ready, and this very moment all the slaves belonging to the lords of the court of Egypt are waiting at the door of a bath, each with a flambeau in his hand, for the crook-back groom, who is bathing, to go along with them to his bride, who is already dressed to receive him; and when I departed from Cairo, the ladies met for that purpose were going to conduct her in her nuptial attire to the hall, where she is to receive her hump-backed bridegroom, and is this minute expecting him. I have seen her, and do assure you, that no person can behold her without admiration."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whatever you think or say, I cannot be persuaded that the girl's beauty exceeds that of this young man."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will not dispute it with you, answered the perie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are in the right, answered the genie;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am extremely obliged to you for so good a thought; let us deceive him. I consent to your revenge upon the sultan of Egypt; let us comfort a distressed father, and make his daughter as happy as she thinks herself miserable. I will do my utmost endeavours to make this project succeed, and I am persuaded you will not be backward. I will be at the pains to carry him to Cairo before he awakes, and afterwards leave it to your care to carry him elsewhere, when we have accomplished our design."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go, and mix with the crowd at the door of the bath; follow them till you come into a hall, where they are going to celebrate a marriage. The bridegroom is a hump-backed fellow, and by that you will easily know him. Put yourself at the right hand as you go in, open the purse of sequins you have in your bosom, distribute them among the musicians and dancers as they go along; and when you are got into the hall, give money also to the female slaves you see about the bride; but every time you put your hand in your purse, be sure to take out a whole handful, and do not spare them. Observe to do everything exactly as I have desired you; be not afraid of any person, and leave the rest to a superior power, who will order matters as he thinks fit."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is not one of the slaves' said they;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We must give our bride to this handsome young gentleman, and not to this ugly humpback."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And thou, what dost thou wait for? Why art thou not gone as well as the rest? Depart! Buddir ad Deen having no pretence to stay, withdrew, not knowing what to do with himself. But before he got out of the vestibule, the genie and the perie met and stopped him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whither are you going? said the perie;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thou hump-backed villain! At these words the affrighted groom cast himself upon the ground, and covering his face with his vest, that he might not see this dreadful beast,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sovereign prince of buffaloes, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Woe be to thee, replied the genie,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O my lord, said hump-back,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I pray you to pardon me, if I am guilty, it is through ignorance. I did not know that this lady had a buffalo to her sweetheart: command me in anything you please, I give you my oath that I am ready to obey you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By death, replied the genie;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When the genie had done speaking, he transformed himself into the shape of a man, took hump-back by the legs, and after having set him against the wall with his head downwards,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If thou stir, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! my dear friend, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, madam, said Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am of another quality than that ugly hump-back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He your husband, replied he:"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did not expect, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is time to finish what we have so successfully carried on; let us not be overtaken by day- light, which will soon appear; go you and bring off the young man again without awaking him."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He has been hard put to it to get away from his mistress, that he could not get time to put on his clothes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Look, said another,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Inform me, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One of the crowd spoke to him saying,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Young man, the gates of the city were just now opened, and as we came out we found you lying here in this condition: have you lain here all night? and do not you know that you are at one of the gates of Damascus?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At one of the gates of Damascus! answered Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When he had said this, some of the people, moved with compassion for him, exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a pity that such a handsome young man should have lost his senses;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My son, said an old man to him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is true, said Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He had no sooner said this than all the people fell into a fit of laughter, and cried out,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's a fool, he's a madman. There were some, however, that pitied him because of his youth; and one among the company said to him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My son, you must certainly be crazed, you do not consider what you say. Is it possible that a man could yesterday be at Bussorah, the same night at Cairo, and this morning at Damascus? Surely you are asleep still, come rouse up your spirits."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What I say, answered Buddir ad Deen Houssun,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All those who laughed before, could not forbear again at this declaration."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Recollect yourself, said the same person who spoke before;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am sensible of what I say, answered the young man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray can you tell me how it was possible for me to go in a dream to Cairo, where I am very certain I was in person, and where my bride was seven times brought before me, each time dressed in a different habit, and where I saw an ugly hump backed fellow, to whom they intended to give her? Besides, I want to know what is become of my vest, my turban, and the bag of sequins I had at Cairo?"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A madman, a fool. Upon this some looked out at their windows, some came to their doors, and others joined with those that were about him, calling out as they did,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A madman;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Your history is one of the most surprising, said the pastry- cook;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Unhappy wretch! said he in a passion,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "For God's sake, sir, do not reproach me wrongfully; it is not the hump-back fellow, whom I abhor more than death, it is not that monster I have married. Every body laughed him to scorn, and put him so out of countenance, that he was forced to run away and hide himself, to make room for a noble youth, who is my real husband."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What fable do you tell me? said Shumse ad Deen, roughly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! Did not crook-back lie with you tonight?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At these words the vizier. lost all patience, and exclaimed in anger,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah, wicked woman! you will make me distracted!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is you, father, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So, it is not true, replied the vizier,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let us talk no more of hump-back, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the meaning of this? said he;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Crookback, knowing it to be the vizier. answered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! alas! it is you then that would marry me to the mistress of a genie in the form of a buffalo."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will take care how I stir, said hump-back,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My abused daughter, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, replied she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can give you no other account than I have done already. Here are my husband's clothes, which he put off last night; perhaps you may find something among them that may solve your doubt. She then shewed him Buddir ad Deen's turban, which he examined narrowly on all sides, saying,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should take this to be a vizier's turban, if it were not made after the Bussorah fashion."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For my son Buddir ad Deen Houssun. Before he could make any reflections upon it, his daughter delivered him the bag, that lay under the garments, which he likewise opened, and found it full of sequins: for, notwithstanding all the liberality of Buddir ad Deen, it was still kept full by the genie and perie. He read the following words upon a note in the bag:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A thousand sequins belonging to Isaac the Jew. And these lines underneath, which the Jew had written,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Delivered to my lord Buddir ad Deen Houssun, for the cargo of the first of those ships that formerly belonged to the noble vizier, his father, of blessed memory, sold to me upon its arrival in this place."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Daughter, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the strangest occurrence, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us begin a play, but on condition that he who cannot tell his own name, and that of his father and mother, shall not play at all. They all cried out, and so did Agib,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We consent. Then he that spoke first asked every one the question, and all fulfilled the condition except Agib, who answered,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My name is Agib, my mother is called the lady of beauty, and my father Shumse ad Deen Mahummud, vizier to the sultan."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Agib, what do you say? That is not the name of your father, but your grandfather."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A curse on you, said he in a passion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What! dare you say that the vizier is not my father?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, no, cried they with great laughter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Agib, do not you know that the vizier is not your father, but your grandfather, and the father of your mother the lady of beauty? We know not the name of your father any more than you do. We only know that the sultan was going to marry your mother to one of his grooms, a humpback fellow; but a genie lay with her. This is hard upon you, but ought to teach you to treat your schoolfellows with less haughtiness."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mother, said he"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My son, she replied,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shumse ad Deen Mahummud, who every day caresses you so kindly, is your father."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You do not tell me truth, returned Agib;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My little lord, who hast won my soul, be so kind as to come into my shop, and eat a bit of such fare as I have; that I may have the pleasure of admiring you at my ease. These words he pronounced with such tenderness, that tears trickled from his eyes. Little Agib was moved when he saw his emotion; and turning to the eunuch, said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This honest man speaks in such an affectionate manner, that I cannot avoid complying with his request; let us step into his house, and taste his pastry."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It would be a fine thing truly, replied the slave,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! my lord, cried Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then applying himself to the eunuch,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good friend, continued he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "continued he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This set the eunuch a laughing, and then he asked what that secret was."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will tell you,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was making, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You impertinent fellow, said he, with an angry tone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear friend, replied Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This answer, however, did not at all satisfy the eunuch, who turning to Agib, said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is all owing to you; I foresaw I should repent of my complaisance; you would needs go into the man's shop; it was not wisely done in me to give you leave."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps, replied Agib,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was a fool, said he within himself,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sire, replied the vizier"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I come to know what is become of the son of my brother, who has had the honour to serve your majesty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Noor ad Deen Ali, said the sultan,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sister, said Shumse ad Deen,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I salute you sir, said Agib;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Buddir ad Deen hearing these words, fixed his eyes upon him, and recognizing him (such was the surprising effect of paternal love!), felt the same emotion as when he saw him first; he was confused, and instead of making any answer, continued a long time without uttering a word. At length, recovering himself,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is an excess in the kindness you express, and unless you engage under oath not to follow me when I go from hence, I will not enter your house. If you give me your promise, and prove a man of your word, I will visit you again to-morrow, since the vizier my grandfather, is still employed in buying up rarities for a present to the sultan of Egypt."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, replied Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will do whatever you would have me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come, said Agib,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Buddir ad Deen sat down, and attempted to embrace Agib, as a testimony of the joy he conceived upon sitting by him. But Agib pushed him away, desiring him not to be too familiar. Buddir ad Deen obeyed, and repeated some extempore verses in praise of Agib: he did not eat, but made it his business to serve his guests. When they had done, he brought them water to wash, and a very white napkin to wipe their hands. Then he filled a large china cup with sherbet, and put snow into it; and offering it to Agib,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah, my child! said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What! said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good mother, replied Agib,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How now, Shubbaunee, was the care of my grandchild committed to you, to carry him to eat at pastry-shops like a beggar?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied the eunuch,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pardon me, said Agib,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wretch, have you the impudence to abuse the trust I repose in you? Shubbaunee, though sufficiently convicted by Agib's testimony, denied the fact still. But the child persisting in what he had affirmed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Grandfather, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can assure you we not only ate, but that so very heartily, that we have no occasion for supper: besides, the pastry-cook treated us also with a great bowl of sherbet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, cried Shumse ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shubbaunee had still the impudence to swear it was not true."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then you are a liar, said the vizier"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe my grandchild; but after all, if you can eat up this cream-tart I shall be persuaded you have truth on your side."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I own, cried he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I cannot believe the cook's tarts are better than mine; I am resolved to satisfy myself upon that head. Where does he live? Go immediately and buy me one of his tarts. The eunuch repaired to Buddir ad Deen's shop, and said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me have one of your cream-tarts; one of our ladies wants to taste them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My God! cried she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I own, replied she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "added she in a transport,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said the vizier answer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I entreat you to moderate your impatience, for we shall quickly know the truth. All we have to do, is to bring the pastry-cook hither; and then you and my daughter will readily distinguish whether he be your son or not. But you must both be concealed so as to have a view of Buddir ad Deen while he cannot see you; for I would not have our interview and mutual discovery happen at Damascus. My design is to delay the discovery till we return to Cairo."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take each of you a stick in your hands, and follow Shubbaunee, who will conduct you to a pastry-cook in this city. When you arrive there, break and dash in pieces all you find in the shop: if he demand the reason of your outrage, only ask him in return if it was not he that made the cream-tart that was brought from his house. If he answer in the affirmative, seize his person, fetter him, and bring him along with you; but take care you do not beat him, nor do him the least harm. Go, and lose no time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pray, good people, why do you serve me so? What is the matter? What have I done?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Was it not you, said they,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, replied he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am the man; and who says any thing against it? I defy any one to make a better."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pray tell me what crime I have committed to deserve this usage?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Was it not you, replied they,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, yes, it was I, replied he;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I maintain it is a good one. I do not deserve this treatment."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said Buddir ad Deen, with tears in his eyes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, you wretch, exclaimed the vizier"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I own I am the man, replied Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will punish you according to your deserts, said Shumse ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! exclaimed Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, said the vizier"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! said Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, to impale you, replied Shumse ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This said, Buddir ad Deen cried out so ludicrously, that Shumse ad Deen could hardly keep his countenance:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How, said Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With these words he shed tears, and then renewing his complaint;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, continued he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Heaven! said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stay there till to-morrow; the day shall not elapse before I give orders for your death."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "God be praised, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Undress yourself, my child, and go to bed. As soon as Buddir ad Deen enters your room, complain of his being from you so long, and tell him, that when you awoke, you were astonished you did not find him by you. Press him to come to bed again; and to- morrow morning you will divert your mother-in-law and me, by giving us an account of your interview."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My God! said he, rubbing his eyes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear lord, said she, with a soft, tender air,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Buddir ad Deen was enraptured; he entered the room, but reverting to all that had passed during a ten years' interval, and not being able to persuade himself that it could all have happened in the compass of one night, he went to the place where his vestments lay with the purse of sequins; and after examining them very carefully, exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By Allah these are mysteries which I can by no means comprehend! The lady, who was pleased to see his confusion, said, once more,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, what do you wait for? He stepped towards the bed, and said to her,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is it long since I left you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The question, answered she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do assure you my thoughts are not very composed. I remember indeed to have been with you, but I remember at the same time, that I have since lived ten years at Damascus. Now, if I was actually in bed with you this night, I cannot have been from you so long. These two points are inconsistent. Pray tell me what I am to think; whether my marriage with you is an illusion, or whether my absence from you is only a dream?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, my lord, cried she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Upon this Buddir ad Deen laughed heartily, and said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What a comical fancy is this! I assure you, madam, this dream of mine will be very pleasant to you. Do but imagine, if you please, that I was at the gate of Damascus in my shirt and drawers, as I am here now; that I entered the town with the halloo of a mob who followed and insulted me; that I fled to a pastry cook who adopted me, taught me his trade, and left me all he had when he died; that after his death I kept a shop. In fine, I had an infinity of other adventures, too tedious to recount: and all I can say is, that it was well that I awoke, for they were going to impale me!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And for what, cried the lady, feigning astonishment,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not the least, replied Buddir ad Deen;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As for that matter, said the beautiful lady laughing heartily,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must say they did you great injustice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah! replied he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am not mistaken, said he;"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! cried Buddir ad Deen,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The vizier fell a laughing, and to put him out of suspense, told him how, by the ministry of a genie (for hunch-back's relation made him suspect the adventure), he had been at his palace, and had married his daughter instead of the sultan's groom of the stables; then he acquainted him that he had discovered him to be his nephew by the memorandum of his father, and pursuant to that discovery had gone from Cairo to Bussorah in quest of him."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear nephew, added he, embracing him with every expression of tenderness,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I ask your pardon for all I have made you undergo since I discovered you. I resolved to bring you to my palace before I told you your happiness; which ought now to be so much the dearer to you, as it has cost you so much perplexity and distress. To atone for all your afflictions, comfort yourself with the joy of being in the company of those who ought to be dearest to you. While you are dressing yourself I will go and acquaint your mother, who is beyond measure impatient to see you; and will likewise bring to you your son, whom you saw at Damascus, and for whom, without knowing him, you shewed so much affection."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "For Bagdad."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My son, answered his mother,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Since my father designed these goods for Bagdad, I will prepare myself to perform that journey; and I think it will be proper for me to hasten my departure, for fear those commodities should perish, or that we should lose the opportunity of selling them to the best advantage."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear child, I cannot but commend you for designing to follow your father's example; but consider, that you are too young, inexperienced, and unaccustomed to the fatigue of travelling. Besides, can you think of leaving me, and adding to that sorrow with which I am already oppressed? Is it not better to sell those goods to the merchants of Damascus, and take up with a moderate profit, than expose yourself to the danger of perishing?"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am a stranger, said he to himself,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Brethren, if you will be advised by me, we will leave the chest here, and return to the city."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no, replied another,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Zohorob Bostan, Shijher al Mirjaun, Casabos Souccar, Nouron Nihar, Nagmatos Sohi, Nonzbetos Zaman, why do you not answer? where are you? These were the names of six female slaves that used to wait on her. She called them, and wondered that nobody answered; but at length looking about, and perceiving she was in a burial-place, was seized with fear."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What, cried she, much louder than before,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am not able to express my joy at having happened to be here to do you the service I have, and to offer you all the assistance you may need under your present circumstances."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I return thanks to God, said she"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I have suffered, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have satisfaction sufficient in what you have done for me, and in the pleasure of seeing myself out of danger."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He would have continued standing before her, but she declared she would not touch any thing, unless he sat down and ate with her. He obeyed; and when they had eaten a little, Ganem observing that the lady's veil, which she laid down by her on a sofa, was embroidered along the edge with golden letters, begged her permission to look on the embroidery. The lady immediately took up the veil, and delivered it to him, asking him whether he could read?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied he, with a modest air,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am yours, and you are mine, thou descendant from the prophet's uncle."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! madam, said he, in a melancholy tone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have just saved your life, and this writing is my death! I do not comprehend all the mystery; but it convinces me I am the most unfortunate of men. Pardon, madam, the liberty I take, but it was impossible for me to see you without giving you my heart. You are not ignorant yourself, that it was not in my power to refuse it you, and that makes my presumption excusable. I proposed to myself to touch your heart by my respectful behaviour, my care, my assiduity, my submission, my constancy; and no sooner have I formed the flattering design, than I am robbed of all my hopes. I cannot long survive so great a misfortune. But, be that as it will, I shall have the satisfaction of dying entirely yours. Proceed, madam, I conjure you, and give me full information of my unhappy fate."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should have been very cautious, answered she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When the caliph returns, I shall not need to be so much upon my guard. I shall find means to acquaint him with all that has happened, and I am fully persuaded he will be more earnest than myself to requite a service which restores me to his love."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As for my slaves, they may perhaps fail of the fidelity they owe me, should they know by what accident and in what place I had the happiness to find you. I dare assure you, however, that they will not have the curiosity to inquire. It is so natural for young men to purchase beautiful slaves, that it will be no way surprising to them to see you here, believing you to be one, and that I have bought you. They will also conclude that I have some particular reasons for bringing you home as they saw I did. Set your heart, therefore, at rest, as to that point, and remain satisfied that you shall be served with all the respect that is due to the favourite of so great a monarch as our sovereign the caliph. But great as he is, give me leave, madam, to declare, that nothing can make me recall the present I have made you of my heart. I know, and shall never forget, ‘that what belongs to the master is forbidden to the slave;' but I loved you before you told me that you were engaged to the caliph; it is not in my power to overcome a passion which, though now in its infancy, has all the force of a love strengthened by a perfect of situation. I wish your august and most fortunate lover may avenge you of the malice of Zobeide, by calling you back to him; and when you shall be restored to his wishes, that you may remember the unfortunate Ganem, who is no less your conquest than the caliph. Powerful as that prince is, I flatter myself he will not be able to blot me out of your remembrance. He cannot love you more passionately than I do; and I shall never cease to love you into whatever part of the world I may go to expire, after having lost you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I perceive, said she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said he to Fetnah,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, a person of your quality cannot be without two waiting-maids, at least, to serve you; be pleased to accept of these."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, I perceive you are not one that will do things by halves: you add by your courtesy to the obligations I owe you already; but I hope I shall not die ungrateful, and that heaven will soon place me in a condition to requite all your acts of generosity."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I dare not so much as hope, said he,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, answered Fetnah"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! madam, said Ganem, interrupting her at the word lord,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no, replied Fetnah, interrupting him in her turn,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall be cautious how I treat with such disrespect a man to whom I owe my life. I should be ungrateful, could I say or do any thing that did not become you. Leave me, therefore, to follow the dictates of my gratitude, and do not require of me, that I should misbehave myself towards you, in return for the benefits I have received. I shall never be guilty of such conduct; I am too sensible of your respectful behaviour to abuse it; and I will not hesitate to own, that I do not regard your care with indifference. You know the reasons that condemn me to silence."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My consort, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Many contrivances occurred to her, but none were satisfactory. Still she met with difficulties, and knew not where to fix. There lived with her a lady advanced in years, who had bred her up from her infancy. As soon as it was day, she sent for her, and having entrusted her with the secret, said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good mother, you have always assisted me with your advice; if ever I stood in need of it, it is now, when the business before you is to still my thoughts, distracted by a mortal anxiety, and to show me some way to satisfy the caliph."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How infinitely am I beholden to you, my good mother! I should never have thought of so ingenious a contrivance. It cannot fail of success, and I begin to recover my peace. I leave the care of the wooden figure to you, and will go myself to order the rest."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said he to the caliph's fair favourite,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My lord, said she to him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the believers, answered Zobeide,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am in mourning for your slave Fetnah; who died so suddenly that it was impossible to apply any remedy to her disorder. She would have proceeded, but the caliph did not give her time, being so agitated at the news, that he uttered a feeble exclamation, and fainted. On recovering himself, he, with a feeble voice, which sufficiently expressed his extreme grief, asked where his dear Fetnah had been buried."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said Zobeide,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I myself took care of her funeral, and spared no cost to make it magnificent. I have caused a marble mausoleum to be built over her grave, and will attend you thither if you desire."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is great news! The commander of the believers our master will be overjoyed when he awakes, and hears what I have to tell him; Fetnah is not dead, she is in perfect health."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O heavens! cried Nagmatos Sohi, in a transport of joy,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She uttered these words with so much vivacity, and so loud, that the caliph awoke. He asked why they had disturbed his rest?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! my sovereign lord, answered the slave,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What then is become of her, demanded the caliph,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Chief of the believers, replied the other,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I this evening received a note from a person unknown, written with Fetnah's own hand; she gives me an account of her melancholy adventure, and orders me to acquaint you with it. I thought fit, before I fulfilled my commission, to let you take some few moments' rest, believing you must stand in need of it, after your fatigue; and----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Give me that note, said the caliph, interrupting her eagerly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it so? said he, after reading the note;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Having spoken these words, the caliph rose, and went into a hall where he used to appear in public, and give audience to his court. The first gate was opened, and immediately all the courtiers, who were waiting without, entered. The grand vizier, came in, and prostrated himself before the throne. Then rising, he stood before his master, who, in a tone which denoted he would be instantly obeyed, said to him,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jaaffier, your presence is requisite, for putting in execution an important affair I am about to commit to you. Take four hundred men of my guards with you, and first inquire where a merchant of Damascus lives whose name is Ganem, the son of Abou Ayoub. When you have learnt this, repair to his house, and cause it to be razed to the foundations; but first secure Ganem, and bring him hither, with my slave Fetnah, who has lived with him these four months. I will punish her, and make an example of that insolent man, who has presumed to fail in respell to me."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! Ganem, we are undone. Ganem looked through the lattice, and was seized with dread, when he beheld the caliph's guards with their naked cimeters, and the grand vizier, with the civil magistrate at the head of them. At this sight he stood motionless, and had not power to utter one word."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ganem, said the favourite,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! madam, answered Harem, concerned for himself than for Fetnah,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let not that trouble you, replied Fetnah,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am ready to undergo the sentence passed against me by the commander of the believers; you need only make it known to me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, answered Jaaffier, falling also down till she had raised herself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "God forbid any man should presume to lay profane hands on you. I do not intend to offer you the least harm. I have no farther orders, than to intreat you will be pleased to go with me to the palace, and to conduct you thither, with the merchant that lives in this house."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, replied the favourite,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You shall be obeyed,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, said Haroon al Rusheed, seeing him come into his closet,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, answered Jaaffier"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mesrour, said he to the chief of the eunuchs, who was then present,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This letter is to inform you, that a merchant of Damascus, whose name is Ganem, the son of Abou Ayoub, has seduced the most amiable of my women slaves, called Fetnah, and is fled. It is my will, that when you have read my letter, you cause search to be made for Ganem, and secure him. When he is in your power, you shall cause him to be loaded with irons, and for three days successively let him receive fifty strokes of the bastinado. Then let him be led through all parts of the city by a crier, proclaiming, ‘This is the smallest punishment the commander of the believers inflicts on him that offends his lord, and debauches one of his slaves.' After that you shall send him to me under a strong guard. It is my will that you cause his house to be plundered; and after it has been razed, order the materials to be carried out of the city into the middle of the plain. Besides this, if he has father, mother, sister, wives, daughters, or other kindred, cause them to be stripped; and when they are naked, expose them three days to the whole city, forbidding any person on pain of death to afford them shelter. I expect you will without delay execute my command."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My lord, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The king, not regarding what was said by the slave, caused all the house to be diligently searched by his guards for Ganem. He then advanced towards the monument, where he saw the mother and daughter sitting on a mat, and their faces appeared to him bathed in tears. These poor women immediately veiled themselves, as soon as they beheld a man at the door of the dome; but the mother, knowing the king of Damascus, got up, and ran to cast herself at his feet."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good lady, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was looking for your son, Ganem, is he here?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! sir, cried the mother,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If Ganem alone be guilty, thought he to himself,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good lady, said he to Ganem's mother,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He commands me, said he to them,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the punishment due to those who have drawn on themselves the indignation of the commander of the believers."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good madam, said one of the queen's ladies to her,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ganem's mother entreated the queen's women to return her majesty a thousand thanks from her and her daughter, and then directing her discourse to the lady who spoke to her,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good lady, answered the other,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know my son, answered Ganem's mother;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have educated him carefully, and in that respect which is due to the commander of the believers. He cannot have committed the crime he is accused of; I dare answer for his innocence. But I will cease to murmur and complain, since it is for him that I suffer, and he is not dead. O Ganem! added she, in a transport of affection and joy,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, dear mother, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will always follow your example, whatever extremity your love for my brother may reduce us to."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the meaning of this, said Ganem's mother;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "added she,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "O Ganem, too unfortunate Ganem! where are you at this time, whither has thy cruel fate led thee? Alas! it is I that have made you wretched! why did you not let me perish miserably, rather than afford me your generous relief? What melancholy return have you received for your care and respect? The commander of the faithful, who ought to have rewarded, persecutes you; and in requital for having always regarded me as a person reserved for his bed, you lose your fortune, and are obliged to seek for safety in flight. O caliph, barbarous caliph, how can you exculpate yourself, when you shall appear with Ganem before the tribunal of the Supreme Judge, and the angels shall testify the truth before your face? All the power you are now invested with, and which makes almost the whole world tremble, will not prevent your being condemned and punished for your violent and unjust proceedings."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, said he to the favourite, with such an air as expressed his satisfaction,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fetnah, said the caliph, without bidding her rise,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think you charge me with violence and injustice. Who is he, that, notwithstanding the regard and respell he had for me, is in a miserable condition? Speak freely, you know the natural goodness of my disposition, and that I love to do justice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Commander of the true believers, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But may I, said he,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, replied Fetnah,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Speak, daughter, said Haroon al Rusheed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I forgive you all, provided you conceal nothing from me."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, replied Fetnah,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me your story, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I believe all you have told me; but why was it so long before you let me hear from you? Was there any need of staying a whole month after my return, before you sent me word where you were?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Commander of the true believers, answered Fetnah,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ganem went abroad so very seldom, that you need not wonder we were not the first that heard of your return. Besides, Ganem, who took upon him to deliver the letter I wrote to Nouron Nihar, was a long time before he could find an opportunity of putting it into her own hands."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is enough, Fetnah, replied the caliph;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I acknowledge my fault, and would willingly make amends for it, by heaping favours on the young merchant of Damascus. Consider, therefore, what I can do for him. Ask what you think fit, and I will grant it. Hereupon the favourite fell down at the caliph's feet, with her face to the ground; and rising again, said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Commander of the true believers, after returning your majesty thanks for Ganem, I most humbly entreat you to cause it to be published throughout your do minions, that you pardon the son of Abou Ayoub, and that he may safely come to you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must do more, rejoined the prince,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I apply myself to you, said she, putting the purse into his hands,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, answered the syndic,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I shall obey your commands with pleasure; but if you desire to exercise your charity in person, and will be pleased to step to my house, you will there see two women worthy of your compassion; I met them yesterday as they were coming into the city; they were in a deplorable condition, and it moved me the more, because I thought they were persons of rank. Through all the rags that covered them, notwithstanding the impression the sun has made on their faces, I discovered a noble air, not to be commonly found in those people I relieve. I carried them both to my house, and delivered them to my wife, who was of the same opinion with me. She caused her slaves to provide them good beds, whilst she herself led them to our warm bath, and gave them clean linen. We know not as yet who they are, because we wish to let them take some rest before we trouble them with our questions."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My good lady, I desire you will let me speak with those two strangers that arrived at Bagdad last night."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, answered the syndic's wife,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The favourite immediately drew near the mother's, and viewing her carefully,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good woman, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I come to offer you my assistance: I have considerable interest in this city, and may be of service to you and your companion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, answered Ganem's mother,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I perceive by your obliging offers, that Heaven has not quite forsaken us, though we had cause to believe it had, after so many misfortunes as have befallen us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Be so kind as to tell us your misfortunes, and recount your story. You cannot make the relation to any persons better disposed to use all possible means to comfort you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Madam, replied Abou Ayoub's disconsolate widow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "These words were like a thunderbolt to the favourite; but suppressing her agitation and concern, she suffered Ganem's mother to proceed in the following manner:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am the widow of Abou Ayoub, a merchant of Damascus; I had a son called Ganem, who, coming to trade at Bagdad, has been accused of carrying off Fetnah. The caliph caused search to be made for him every where, to put him to death; but not finding him, he wrote to the king of Damascus, to cause our house to be plundered and razed, and to expose my daughter and myself three days successively, naked, to the populace, and then to banish us out of Syria for ever. But how unworthy soever our usage has been, I should be still comforted were my son alive, and I could meet with him. What a pleasure would it be for his sister and me to see him again! Embracing him we should forget the loss of our property, and all the evils we have suffered on his account. Alas! I am fully persuaded he is only the innocent cause of them; and that he is no more guilty towards the caliph than his sister and myself."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The wealth Ganem had in this city is not lost, it is in my apartment in the palace; but I know all the treasure of the world cannot comfort you without Ganem, if I may judge of you by myself. Blood is no less powerful than love in great minds; but why should we despair of seeing him again? We shall find him; the happiness of meeting with you makes me conceive fresh hopes. Perhaps this is the last day of your sufferings, and the beginning of a greater felicity than you enjoyed in Damascus, when Ganem was with you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Madam, said he to her,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I come from seeing a very moving object, it is a young man, whom a camel- driver had just carried to an hospital: he was bound with cords on a camel, because he had not strength enough to sit. They had already unbound him, and were carrying him into the hospital, when I happened to pass by. I went up to the young man, viewed him attentively, and fancied his countenance was not altogether unknown to me. I asked him some questions concerning his family and his country; but all the answers I could get were sighs and tears. I took pity on him, and being so much used to sick people, perceived that he had need to have particular care taken of him. I would not permit him to be put into the hospital; for I am too well acquainted with their way of managing the sick, and am sensible of the incapacity of the physicians. I have caused him to be brought to my own house, by my slaves; and they are now in a private room where I placed him, putting on some of my own linen, and treating him as they would do myself."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shew me, said she to the syndic,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The syndic conducted her, and whilst she was going thither, Ganem's mother said to Jalib al Koolloob,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Alas! daughter, wretched as that sick stranger is, your brother, if he be living, is not perhaps in a more happy condition."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ganem, said she, with a trembling voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Having spoken these words, she stopped to give the young man time to answer, but observing that he seemed insensible;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Alas! Ganem, added she,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "At the name of Fetnah, Ganem (for it was really he) opened his eyes, sprang up, and knowing the caliph's favourite;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! madam, said he,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is become of you, charming Fetnah? Did you really appear before my eyes, or was it only an illusion?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, sir, said the syndic,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us bless Heaven for having brought us all together. I will return to the palace to give the caliph an account of these adventures, and tomorrow morning I will return to you. This said, she embraced the mother and the daughter, and went away. As soon as she came to the palace, she sent Mesrour to request a private audience of the caliph, which was immediately granted; and being brought into the prince's closet, where he was alone, she prostrated herself at his feet, with her face on the ground, according to custom. He commanded her to rise, and having made her sit down, asked whether she had heard any news of Ganem?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Commander of the true believers, said she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have been so successful, that I have found him, and also his mother and sister."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am overjoyed, said he to Fetnah,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Ganem, said she, drawing near to his bed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": ""
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah! madam, exclaimed he, eagerly interrupting her,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, my dear Ganem, answered Fetnah,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have cleared myself before the commander of the true believers, who, to make amends for the wrong he has done you, bestows me on you for a wife. These last words occasioned such an excess of joy in Ganem, that he knew not for a while how to express himself, otherwise than by that passionate silence so well known to lovers. At length he broke out in these words:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Beautiful Fetnah, may I give credit to what you tell me? May I believe that the caliph really resigns you to Abou Ayoub's son?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing is more certain, answered the lady."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The caliph, who before caused search to be made for you, to take away your life, and who in his fury caused your mother and your sister to suffer a thousand indignities, desires now to see you, that he may reward the respect you had for him; and there is no question but that he will load your family with favours."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let us bless Heaven, which has brought us all together again, and let us think of nothing but the happiness that awaits us. As soon as Ganem has recovered his health, he must appear before the caliph, with his mother and sister; but I will go and make some provision for them."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sir, said he to Ganem, as soon as he entered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am come from the commander of the true believers, my master and yours; the orders I have differ much from those which I do not wish to revive in your memory; I am to bear you company, and to present you to the caliph, who is desirous to see you."
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am glad to see you, and desire to hear from your own mouth where you found my favourite, and all that you have done for her. Ganem obeyed, and appeared so sincere, that the caliph was convinced of his veracity. He ordered a very rich vest to be given him, according to the custom observed towards those who are admitted to audience. After which he said to him,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ganem, I will have you live in my court."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Commander of the true believers, answered the young merchant,"
}
]
|
5664 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am so sorry for having treated your charms so unworthily, that I owe them such a satisfaction as may surpass the injury I have done. I take you to wife; and by that means shall punish Zobeide, who shall become the first cause of your good fortune, as she was of your past sufferings. This is not all, added he, turning towards Ganem's mother;"
}
]
|
505017 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wait, my lord!"
}
]
|
308911 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You put up a job like that on me?"
}
]
|
677631 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who scratched you so?"
}
]
|
666398 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When you startin'?"
}
]
|
38439 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "NOT YET,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "SELF AND SELF-SACRIFICE,"
}
]
|
38439 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish the good old times would come again, when we were not quite so rich, says Bridget Elia."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase now that you have money enough. Formerly it used to be a triumph. When we coveted a cheap luxury, we were used to have a debate two or three days before, and to weigh the for and against, and think what we might spare it out of, and what savings we could hit upon that would be an equivalent. A thing was worth buying then, when we felt the money we paid for it. Do you remember the brown suit which you made to hang upon you, it grew so threadbare, and all because of that folio Beaumont and Fletcher which you dragged home late at night from Barker's in Covent Garden? Do you remember how we eyed it for weeks before we could make up our minds to the purchase, and had not come to a determination till it was near ten o'clock on the Saturday night, when you set off from Islington, fearing you should be too late; and when the old bookseller with some grumbling opened his shop, and by the twinkling taper lighted out the relic from his dusty treasure-house, and when you lugged it home wishing it were twice as cumbersome, and when you presented it to me, and when we were exploring the perfection of it, and while I was repairing some of the loose leaves with paste, which your impatience would not suffer to be left till daybreak, was there no pleasure in being a poor man? Do you remember our pleasant walks to Enfield, and Potter's Bar, and Waltham, when we had a holiday? Holidays and all other fun are gone now we are rich,--and the little hand-basket in which I used to deposit our day's fare of savoury cold lamb, and how you would pry about at noontide for some decent house where we might go in and produce our store, only paying for the ale that you must call for, and speculate upon the looks of the landlady. We had cheerful looks for one another, and would eat our plain food savourily. You are too proud to see a play anywhere now but in the pit. Do you remember where it was we sat when we saw the 'Battle of Hexham,' and 'The Surrender of Calais,' and Bannister and Mrs. Bland in 'The Children of the Wood,' when we squeezed out our shillings apiece to sit three or four times in a season in the one shilling gallery? You used to say that the gallery was the best place for seeing, and was the best place of all for enjoying a play socially, that the company we met there, not being in general readers of plays, were obliged to attend the more. I appeal to you whether, as a woman, I met generally with less attention and accommodation than I have since in more expensive situations in the house. You cannot see, you say, in the gallery now. I am sure we saw--and heard too--well enough then; but sight and all, I think, is gone with our poverty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Moralists, Sydney Smith remarks,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable and others extremely difficult, maintains that"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Burns is stronger still in his denunciation, exclaiming,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Poverty, thou half-sister of death, thou cousin-german of hell, where shall I find force of execration equal to the amplitude of thy demerits? But in striking contrast to these, is that remarkable passage in George Sand's 'Consuelo,' in which every known blessing and virtue is attributed to"
}
]
|
38439 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing sharpens a man's wits like impecuniosity,"
}
]
|
38439 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "in trusting a stranger. In gratitude, young Moore proffered the man his whole capital, consisting of nine shillings, which the driver declined, saying"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not now I have found Mr. Marvell; adding that"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "His Majesty wished to know what he could do to serve him. Marvell replied that"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "adding that"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lord Danby told him that"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "His Majesty, from the just sense he had of his merit alone, desired to know whether there was any place at Court he could be pleased with. The answer to this was that"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "After this Lord Danby said that"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jack, what had I for dinner yesterday?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The little shoulder of mutton."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Right! What shall I have to-day?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The blade bone boiled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Right! You see, my lord, my dinner is provided, and I do not want the piece of paper."
}
]
|
38439 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Monsieur le Duc, said he,"
}
]
|
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