The G Ulist An, or Rose Garden

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808. Excerpt: ... him his successor. The brothers became envious, and put poison into his food. His? sister seeing this from a window, flapped to the shutters, and he understanding the signal, withdrew this hand from the dish, and exclaimed, If the wise should be deprived of life it would be impossible for the unskilful to supply their place. No one would go under the shade of the owl, if the Homai was annihilated from the earth.'? They informed the father of the circumstances, who sent for the brothers, and after rebuking them properly, he gave to each of them a suitable portion of his kingdom, that all cause of strife and bickering might subside. It has been observed that ten Durwaishes may sleep upon one blanket, but that one kingdom cannot contain two kings. If a pious man eateth hajf a loaf of bread, hebestoweth the other half on the poor. If a king possesseth the dominion of a whole climate, he longeth to have the same enjoyment of another, in TALE IV. A Gang of Arabian robbers had assembled on the top of a mountain, and blocked up the road of the caravan. The inhabitants were distressed by their stratagems, and the troops of the Sultan overpowered; because the thieves, having possessed themselves of a fortress on the summit of the mountain, made this strong hold their fixed residence. The counsellors of the King's party consulted together, how to remove this grievance, because if they were suffered to continue any time in this state, they would become too powerful to be subdued. The tree that has only just taken root, may be pulled up by the strength of a man, but should it continue some time in that state, it could not be eradicated even by a windlass. It is possible to stop the course of a spring with a bodkin, which when formed into a full stream, cannot be f...