Vathek: An Arabian Tale. With Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryR. Bentley, 1836 - 396 Seiten |
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... better remembered by his fable of Cupid and Psyche than by his abstruser Platonic writings ; and the Decameron of BOCCACCIO has out- lived the Latin Treatises , and other learned works of that author . " VATHEK . BY WILLIAM BECKFORD ...
... better remembered by his fable of Cupid and Psyche than by his abstruser Platonic writings ; and the Decameron of BOCCACCIO has out- lived the Latin Treatises , and other learned works of that author . " VATHEK . BY WILLIAM BECKFORD ...
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... better as his generosity was unbounded and his indulgences unrestrained : for he did not think , with the Caliph Omar Ben Abdalaziz , that it was necessary to make a hell of this world to enjoy pa- radise in the next . He surpassed in ...
... better as his generosity was unbounded and his indulgences unrestrained : for he did not think , with the Caliph Omar Ben Abdalaziz , that it was necessary to make a hell of this world to enjoy pa- radise in the next . He surpassed in ...
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... better success ; for the caliph not only loved her as a mother , but respected her as a person of superior genius . It was she who had induced him , being a Greek herself , to adopt the sciences and systems of her country which all good ...
... better success ; for the caliph not only loved her as a mother , but respected her as a person of superior genius . It was she who had induced him , being a Greek herself , to adopt the sciences and systems of her country which all good ...
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... better with the horrors in view the princess remained in the company of her negresses , who squinted in the most amiable manner from the only eye they had ; and leered , with exquisite delight , at the skulls and skeletons which ...
... better with the horrors in view the princess remained in the company of her negresses , who squinted in the most amiable manner from the only eye they had ; and leered , with exquisite delight , at the skulls and skeletons which ...
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... Better were it to be eaten by tigers , than to fall into our present condition ! we are for ever undone ! Not a porter is there in the army , nor a currier of camels , but hath seen some part of our bodies ; and , what is worse , our ...
... Better were it to be eaten by tigers , than to fall into our present condition ! we are for ever undone ! Not a porter is there in the army , nor a currier of camels , but hath seen some part of our bodies ; and , what is worse , our ...
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Abellino Alfonso amongst Andreas answered appearance Arabian Arabian Nights arms attendants Bababalouk banditti beautiful behold Bianca bosom Bravo caliph Camilla Carathis castle Castle of Otranto chamber Cinthia commanded Contarino cried Manfred D'Herbelot dagger daughter death discovered doge Doge of Venice doge's door dost doubt dreadful emir eunuchs eyes Fakreddin Falieri father Flodoardo Frederic friar Giaour gondolier Gonzaga Gulchenrouz hand hath hear heard heart Heaven Hippolita hither holy honour Horace Walpole Isabella Jerome Koran Lady Isabella Lomellino look lord Mahomet Manfred's marquis Matilda Matteo melancholy Memmo Morakanabad mother murder never night Nouronihar Otranto palace Parozzi passion pre-adamite prince princess replied retired Rosabella sabres Samarah seemed silence Simurgh Soliman soon soul stranger tears tell terror thee Theodore thing thou art thou hast thought tower tremble Vathek Venetian Venice vizir voice Walpole whilst wish words young youth