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The story of Ahikar

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1 Int | itself into four phases: (1) The Narrative; (2) The 2 V, 199 | feet of the eagles,~ p. 211~and let them soar upwards 3 Int | in an Aramaic papyrus of 500 B. C. among the ruins of 4 II, 89 | 64 O my son! whosoever is elegant 5 II, 90 | 65 O my son! if thou hast committed 6 II, 91 | 66 O my son! make a friend 7 II, 92 | 67 There are four things in 8 IV, 163 | said, 'O my lord! who is able to build a castle between 9 VII, 338 | recompense thee for thine abominable deeds.'~ 10 | above 11 III, 146 | and repeated and spread abroad in every place of how Haiqâr 12 VII, 340 | 45 Accept me, O my uncle! Now I will 13 VI, 252 | 7 And Pharaoh accepted this, saying, 'O Haiqâr, 14 V, 199 | ten cubits, till they grew accustomed and were educated to it; 15 III, 104 | mind, and wrote a letter to Achish, son of Shah the Wise, king 16 Int | the reader can make its acquaintance in the supplementary pages 17 Int | narrative which is full of action, intrigue, and narrow escape 18 III | III.~Ahikar retires from active participation in affairs 19 IV, 171 | master! every slave who acts contrary to the word of 20 VII, 303 | roots of the madder, and it add me to-day and to-morrow 21 I, 22 | And he looked at him and admired him and rejoiced in him~ 22 I | have no son. Therefore he adopts his nephew. He crams him 23 VI, 253 | perfect in wisdom and hath adorned thee with philosophy and 24 II, 26 | my speech and follow my advice and remember what I say.~ 25 II, 82 | son! visit the poor in his affliction, and speak of him in the 26 II, 59 | 34 O my son! be not afraid of thy Lord who created 27 | again 28 V | on the eagles. The first "airplane" ride. Off to Egypt. Ahikar, 29 III, 147 | And they wept and said: 'Alas for thee, O Haiqâr! and 30 III, 121 | Haiqâr and said to him, 'W’allah, O my uncle! The king verily 31 II | CHAP. II.~A "Poor Richard's Almanac" of ancient days. Immortal 32 II, 35 | my son! be not like the almond-tree, for it brings forth leaves 33 VII, 328 | feed thee with sugar and almonds."~ 34 VII, 314 | God accepteth not thine alms and thy kind deeds.~ 35 II, 65 | colocynth, and swallowed aloes, and I have found nothing 36 V, 200 | that when they were borne aloft to the sky they were to 37 | along 38 | always 39 III | treacherous nephew. Here is the amazing story of how a thankless 40 IV, 186 | change thy clothes, and amuse thyself for the space of 41 III, 137 | certain place till the king's anger subsided and he asked for 42 II, 86 | rod, but let not the fool anoint thee with sweet salve. Be 43 V, 237 | tongue and his boldness in answering. Then Pharaoh arose from 44 V, 215 | and I a little ant of the ants of king Sennacherib.'~ 45 III, 119 | Haiqâr he was seized with anxiety and terror and perplexity, 46 III, 137 | took the swordsman aside apart from the company and said, ' 47 III | being condemned to death. Apparently the end of Ahikar.~ 48 II, 89 | speech; and he who has a mean appearance in his dress, he also is 49 VI, 295 | the retiring-place, and appointed Nebu-hal as sentinel over 50 Int | supplementary pages of The Arabian Nights. It is brilliantly 51 Int | original story turning up in an Aramaic papyrus of 500 B. C. among 52 VI, 291 | Pharaoh from his first arrival until he had come away from 53 IV, 159 | they were perplexed and ashamed, and he was wroth with a 54 III, 137 | Haiqâr took the swordsman aside apart from the company and 55 III, 112 | this letter reaches thee, assemble all the soldiers who are 56 II, 49 | head in the streets and the assemblies and thou be punished for 57 VI, 259 | 14 And the crowd were astonished and perplexed, and they 58 VII, 352 | torn and his belly burst asunder and his entrails were scattered, 59 VII, 316 | sprang upon the ass and ate it up.~ 60 Int | narrow escape holds the attention to the last. The liberty 61 III, 148 | Haiqâr, and his repentance availed him naught.~ 62 III, 128 | Haiqâr, O blackface! what avails thee thy meditation or thy 63 VI, 279 | faithful shoemakers to cut awls from this stone, that I 64 II, 32 | honourable remembrance lasts for aye.~ 65 II, 53 | O my son! be not like a bare, leafless tree that doth 66 VII, 321 | had got warm, it began to bark at them, and they chased 67 I, 5 | condition and the matter of his barrenness.~ 68 III, 130 | guilty, but the wicked man bas to give an account of his 69 III, 106 | without war and without battle-array.'~ 70 V, 226 | thy servants are like its beams.' And Pharaoh said to him, ' 71 VI, 266 | thus and beat that dumb beast?'~ 72 III, 150(1)| Nadan's revelry and his beating of the servants with Matthew 73 II, 34 | son! desire not a woman bedizened with dress and with ointments, 74 | beforehand 75 III, 130 | nevertheless, O my lord the king! I beg of thee and of thy friendship, 76 VII, 347 | confirmed which runs: "If thou begettest a boy, call him thy son, 77 | beginning 78 II, 85 | stealing, and thine eyes from beholding evil; then thou wilt be 79 VII, 345 | said, "Lamb and goat in my bell"~ 80 VII, 352 | and he was torn and his belly burst asunder and his entrails 81 III, 151 | maidservants and the slaves belonging to Haiqâr, and bound them 82 II, 64 | before thou committest thy belongings to them, lest they make 83 II, 36 | 11 O my son! bend thy head low down, and soften 84 III, 115 | recompense from him for my benefits to him?'~ 85 III, 102 | a younger brother named Benuzârdân, so Haiqâr took him to himself 86 I, 9 | High God, and believed, beseeching Him with a burning in his 87 II, 34 | soul. Woe o thee if thou bestow on her anything that is 88 II, 78 | shall be much to thee, and beware lost thou reveal the secret 89 I, 15 | 15 And when Nadan grew big and walked, shooting up 90 VI, 295 | a tight knot, and after binding him thus he cast him into 91 II, 74(1) | Cf. "A bird in the hand is worth two 92 VII, 321 | beat it, that it might not bite them.~ 93 II, 65 | have found nothing more bitter than poverty and scarcity.~ 94 II, 90 | otherwise thou wilt endure bitterness.~ 95 II, 84 | stand still in heaven, and a black crow become white, and myrrh 96 III, 128 | screamed and said, 'O Haiqâr, O blackface! what avails thee thy meditation 97 VII, 351 | became like a blown-out bladder.~ 98 III, 96 | scoffed at him, and set about blaming him whenever he appeared, 99 VI, 294 | to me, and grant me his blood and hold me guiltless of 100 V, 238 | when he wills the winds blow and the rain falls.~ 101 VII, 351 | immediately and became like a blown-out bladder.~ 102 V, 240 | commands the tempest, and it blows and the rain falls and it 103 V, 237 | freedom of his tongue and his boldness in answering. Then Pharaoh 104 II, 48 | of beasts, and like the bolting of the door.~ 105 VI, 274 | the back of the house, and bored holes in the rough shore 106 | both 107 II, 53 | with its leaves and its boughs; for the man who has neither 108 V, 219 | together, and their heads bowed.~ 109 VII, 327 | to me like a tree whose branches they were cutting, and it 110 VII, 302 | which when it strikes on brass, pierces it.~ 111 VI, 258 | to shout, saying, 'Bring bricks, bring clay, that we may 112 Int | The Arabian Nights. It is brilliantly written, and the narrative 113 VI, 255 | workmen, and I have skilled builders who will build for thee 114 VI, 263 | rest, for we have given up building the castle, and to-morrow 115 II, 67 | wise men, for it will be burdensome to him.~ 116 II, 27 | it become a live coal and burn thy tongue and cause a pain 117 I, 9 | believed, beseeching Him with a burning in his heart, saying, 'O 118 VII, 352 | he was torn and his belly burst asunder and his entrails 119 VII, 337 | didst become to me like one burying in the depth of the earth; 120 II, 74(1) | hand is worth two in the bush."~ 121 Int | Aramaic papyrus of 500 B. C. among the ruins of Elephantine.~ 122 V, 199 | firm knot, and tied the cable to the feet of the eagles,~  123 V, 198 | weavers of ropes to weave two cables of cotton for him, each 124 II, 44 | and rejoice not in the calamities of thy neighbours.1 If thine 125 VII | Striking similes. Ahikar calls the boy picturesque names. 126 V, 198 | commanded the huntsmen to capture two young eaglets for him, 127 V, 198 | eaglets for him, and they captured them and brought them to 128 II, 58 | 33 O my son! caress not thy slave in the presence 129 V, 198 | cubits long, and he had the carpenters brought and ordered them 130 V, 207 | answer his questions, they carried the news to king Pharaoh, 131 VII, 311 | bread and victuals which I carry for all the hungry and the 132 IV, 168 | and I tarried not in thy case till I had seen the end 133 VI, 262 | would have built several castles in a single day.'~ 134 VII, 353 | who sets up traps shall be caught in them.~ 135 III, 140 | slain me; and now I have a cellar in the garden of my house, 136 Int | it down about the First Century when they were proved in 137 VII, 328 | till we make for thee a chain of gold and feed thee with 138 IV, 181 | the colour of his face had changed and faded and was now like 139 VI, 291 | taxes from him, and the changes of raiment and the presents.~ 140 Int | wise men of the world the character of Ahikar. Here is his colorful 141 V, 200 | desire was fulfilled he charged the boys that when they 142 III, 120 | with chains, and I will chase away thine enemy from thee 143 I, 11 | reason thou shalt remain childless thy life long.~ 144 VII, 304 | his comrade naked in the chilly time of winter; and he took 145 VI, 255 | according to thy wish and choice; but, O my lord I prepare 146 VII, 355 | 60 This chronicle is finished with the help 147 V, 239 | and the stars, and they circle not.~ 148 IV, 173 | and he is now safe in the cistern, and if thou command me 149 IV, 181 | and his nails like the claws of an eagle, and that his 150 VI | boys on the eagles are the climax of the day. Wit, so rarely 151 II, 91 | of the man whose hand is closed and hungry.~ 152 V, 219 | days afterwards Pharaoh clothed himself in purple and red 153 II, 27 | another, lest it become a live coal and burn thy tongue and 154 VI, 281 | excited, and commanded them to collect for him three years' taxes, 155 II, 65 | O my son! I have eaten a colocynth, and swallowed aloes, and 156 III, 150(1)| the language of Ahikar has colored one of our Lord's parables.~ 157 Int | character of Ahikar. Here is his colorful tale.~The date of this story 158 V, 230 | to wear robes of various colours, and Pharaoh wore a red 159 II, 34 | anything that is thine, or commit to her what is in thine 160 II, 90 | 65 O my son! if thou hast committed a theft, make it known to 161 II, 55 | wanders from its path and its companions becomes food for the wolf.~ 162 III, 137 | swordsman aside apart from the company and said, 'O Abu Samîk, 163 III, 98 | Haiqâr saw that he had no compassion on his servants nor on his 164 III, 103 | jealousy, and he began to complain to every one who questioned 165 VII, 323 | the goat which joined its comrades on their way to the sacrifice, 166 VII, 335 | hiding-place for me and didst conceal me.~ 167 VII, 337 | castle, that I might be concealed from my enemies in it, and 168 III | Ahikar results in his being condemned to death. Apparently the 169 VII, 347 | boy! the saying has been confirmed which runs: "If thou begettest 170 V, 217 | with the weak that He may confound the strong.'~ 171 V, 197 | of forty days that I may consider this question and manage 172 II, 38 | drink not with ignorant, contemptible people.~ 173 V, 194 | read it and understood its contents.~ 174 III, 104 | stumbling-block he might contrive for him.~paragraph continues] 175 V, 216 | ant to reply to me, and to converse with me?'~ 176 IV, 187 | the king stripped off his costly robe, and put it on Haiqâr, 177 V, 198 | ropes to weave two cables of cotton for him, each of them two 178 I, 14 | And he was seated upon couches of silk.~ 179 V, 207 | sent a man of his Privy Council to talk with Pharaoh and 180 II, 79 | mouth till thou hast taken counsel with thy heart. And stand 181 III, 155 | story was reported in other countries that Haiqâr the Sage had 182 VI, 284 | thee that not one of our countrymen may remain in Egypt.'~ 183 V, 227 | Then Pharaoh commanded his Court to wear pure white, and 184 II, 36 | soften thy voice, and be courteous, and walk in the straight 185 VII, 329 | am not forgetful of the craft of my father and my mother."~ 186 I, 25 | night and day till he had crammed him with wisdom and knowledge 187 I | he adopts his nephew. He crams him full of wisdom and knowledge 188 I, 14 | clothing, and purple and crimson. And he was seated upon 189 II, 69 | straight path, and goes in a crooked way.~ 190 V, 219 | standing with their hands crossed, their feet close together, 191 VI, 259 | 14 And the crowd were astonished and perplexed, 192 II, 51 | son! let not thy parents curse thee, and the Lord be pleased 193 VII, 327 | whose branches they were cutting, and it said~to them, "If 194 II, 44(1) | Cf. Psalms CXLI. 4.~ 195 II | Verse 63 with some of the cynicism of today.~ 196 II, 43 | son! he content with thy daily bread and thy goods, and 197 VI, 295 | thus he cast him into a dark room, beside the retiring-place, 198 V, 192 | side, saying to him,~'O my darling Haiqâr! look at these letters 199 Int | is his colorful tale.~The date of this story has been a 200 II, 33 | die the most miserable of deaths, and she entangle thee in 201 VI, 251 | to him, 'Truly this is a debt which thou owest to my lord 202 II, 33 | son! let not a silly woman deceive thee with her speech, lest 203 III, 140 | Nadan my sister's son has deceived me and has done this bad 204 I, 8 | went away sorrowful and dejected, departing with a pain at 205 V, 197 | to the king: 'Grant me a delay of forty days that I may 206 IV, 179 | joy, and happiness, and delight!'~ 207 V, 190 | before him, rejoicing and delighted.~ 208 IV, 167 | fill of gazing at thee, and delighting in thee.~ 209 III, 154 | comforted him and wished him deliverance.~ 210 V, 193 | king of Egypt has sent to demand from us.~ 211 IV, 187 | obeisance to the king, and departed to his dwelling glad and 212 I, 8 | sorrowful and dejected, departing with a pain at his heart.~ 213 I, 17 | weighted with years; and thy departure from this world must be 214 VII, 337 | like one burying in the depth of the earth; but the Lord 215 VI, 267 | ugly deed to me, and has deserved this drubbing and flogging, 216 III, 141 | have a slave in prison who deserves to be killed.~ 217 IV, 157 | 2 I have been desiring to build a castle between 218 II, 34 | and with ointments, who is despicable and silly in her soul. Woe 219 II, 51 | hath been said, "He who despiseth his father or his mother 220 IV, 165 | is me for thee! how did I destroy thee! and I listened to 221 V, 240 | it tramples on April and destroys its flowers and its houses.'~ 222 VII, 353 | 58 And his latter end was destruction, and he went to hell. For 223 VII, 352 | scattered, and he perished, and died.~ 224 VII, 335 | thee up, and thou didst dig a hiding-place for me and 225 III, 118 | knowing what a pit Nadan had digged for him.~ 226 VII, 353 | went to hell. For he who digs a pit for his brother shall 227 II, 82 | Sultan's presence, and do thy diligence to save him from the mouth 228 II, 36 | every day; and if it were by dint of strength that the plough 229 VII, 330 | more mischievous than they direct both of them."~ 230 I, 17 | vizier, my Chancellor and director; verily thou art grown very 231 IV, 181 | eagle, and that his body was dirty with dust, and the colour 232 Int | been a subject of lively discussion. Scholars finally put it 233 II, 46 | ignorant, stupid man, for his disease there is no drug.~ 234 II, 53 | neither wife nor children is disgraced in the world and is hated 235 III, 122 | to thee that thou mayst dismiss the soldiers to their duties 236 III, 93 | that instead of that he was displaying to him weariness and contempt 237 III, 150 | assembled heartless and dissolute people and set about eating 238 Int | the writer.~The writing divides itself into four phases: ( 239 IV, 160 | the philosophers, and the diviners and the astrologers, and 240 VI, 283 | his lord and pride of his Doctors! have any of the Sultans 241 VII, 309 | said to the trap, "What doest thou here?" Said the trap, " 242 VII, 338 | and make thee food for dogs, and cut out thy tongue, 243 VII, 306 | wouldst have reigned over my dominions.~ 244 II, 53 | bare, leafless tree that doth not grow, but be like a 245 VII, 344 | And the wolf said, "The dregs of the sheep's milk are 246 II, 36 | strength that the plough were driven, the plough would never 247 II, 61 | sense of shame; but if thou drub the ignorant with a stick 248 III, 151 | them and tortured them and drubbed them with a sore drubbing.~ 249 II, 46 | his disease there is no drug.~ 250 III, 142 | the servants when they are drunk to slay him. They will not 251 III, 136 | till they were gorged and drunken.~ 252 VII, 333 | thou didst not feed me with dry bread.~ 253 VII, 340 | horses and sweep up the dung of thy cattle, and feed 254 VII, 309 | which was set up on the dunghill, and there came a sparrow 255 V, 206 | eagles, and went towards the dwellings of Egypt; and when he had 256 V, 198 | huntsmen to capture two young eaglets for him, and they captured 257 VII, 298 | who listeneth not with his ear, they will make him listen 258 II, 29 | son! make thy eloquence easy to the listener, and be 259 VII, 338 | take off thy head with the edge of the sword, and recompense 260 V, 199 | grew accustomed and were educated to it; and they rose all 261 VI, 265 | violent flogging till the Egyptians heard it, and they went 262 I, 13 | And he handed him over to eight wet-nurses, that they might 263 II, 89 | 64 O my son! whosoever is elegant in his dress, he is the 264 Int | B. C. among the ruins of Elephantine.~The story is obviously 265 II, 29 | 4 O my son! make thy eloquence easy to the listener, and 266 | else 267 II, 64 | ignorant, and he who hath an empty hand is called poor, ignorant, 268 VII | picturesque names. Here ends the story of Ahikar.~ 269 II, 80 | thee a patient spirit, and endurance and an upright conduct, 270 II, 90 | for otherwise thou wilt endure bitterness.~ 271 | enough 272 IV, 177 | speech be true, I would fain enrich thee, and exalt thy dignity 273 II, 33 | in the net till thou art ensnared.~ 274 II, 34 | is in thine hand and she entice thee into sin, and God be 275 VII, 352 | belly burst asunder and his entrails were scattered, and he perished, 276 III, 154 | hiding-place: and Haiqâr came and entreated him. And he comforted him 277 I, 7 | implored them with request, and entreaty.~ 278 VII, 301 | hearts and hindereth the envious and the haughty.~ 279 Int | completes the education of his erring nephew).~ 280 Int | when they were proved in error by the original story turning 281 Int | action, intrigue, and narrow escape holds the attention to the 282 II | dress, business, friends. Especially interesting proverbs are 283 IV, 177 | would fain enrich thee, and exalt thy dignity above that of 284 VII, 355 | the help of God, may He be exalted! Amen, Amen, Amen.~ 285 VI, 287 | him and rejoiced over him exceedingly with great joy and embraced 286 | except 287 VI, 281 | answers, he at once became excited, and commanded them to collect 288 III, 139 | with a great wrath about my execution.~ 289 V, 202 | never done training them and exercising them till they had reached 290 V, 196 | great joy, and his heart was expanded and he showed him favour.~ 291 VI, 282 | servants, and gave him the expenses of his journey.~ 292 I, 5 | men and the wizards and explained to them his condition and 293 VII, 326 | 31 O my son! the eye in which light is not seen, 294 Int | fiction and not history. In fact the reader can make its 295 IV, 181 | his face had changed and faded and was now like ashes.~ 296 II, 72 | 47 O my son! beauty fades but learning lasts, and 297 IV, 176 | and his head swam, and he fainted from joy, and he commanded 298 II, 60 | my son! make thy speech fair and sweeten thy tongue; 299 VI, 279 | want thee to command thy faithful shoemakers to cut awls from 300 VII, 315 | accepteth from thee neither thy fast nor thy prayer, and God 301 VII, 315 | 20 And if that is thy fasting and thy prayers, God accepteth 302 II, 50 | 25 O my son! get thee a fat ox with a foreskin, and 303 I | Assyria, has 60 wives but is fated to have no son. Therefore 304 VII, 331 | thou return them to their fathers and to their parents or 305 IV, 170 | Abu Samîk, what is thy fault?'~ 306 III, 122 | and that the king may be feared by them and by their king.'~ 307 II, 45 | 20 O my son! a man who fears God do thou fear him and 308 V, 199 | day sacrificing lambs and feeding the eagles and the boys, 309 VII, 346 | down at the table and he fell, and began to roll himself 310 VI, 295 | dwelling, and put a heavy fetter on his feet, and tied it 311 Int | The story is obviously fiction and not history. In fact 312 III, 115 | was wroth with a great and fierce wrath, and said, 'Ah, I 313 II, 91 | whose hand is satisfied~and filled, and make no friend of the 314 VII, 322 | of the hot bath, it saw a filthy hole and it went down and 315 Int | lively discussion. Scholars finally put it down about the First 316 V, 199 | and he bound them with a firm knot, and tied the cable 317 V, 193 | people of our country have fled to Egypt for fear of the 318 VII, 324 | hunting becomes food for flies.~ 319 II, 87 | river in the days of its flood.~ 320 II, 74 | than a thousand sparrows flying;1 and poverty which gathers 321 II, 52 | thou knowest not when the foe may meet thee, so that thou 322 II, 26 | son! hear my speech and follow my advice and remember what 323 II, 56 | speech of ignorance and folly, lest thou be despised by 324 II, 84 | honey, then ignorant men and fools might understand and become 325 II, 79 | fighting, and thou wilt be forced to bear witness; but run 326 IV, 185 | Lord! since I have appeared fore thee, let not care oppress 327 VI, 278 | Pharaoh 'O my lord! I am a foreigner: and I have no tool for 328 II, 50 | get thee a fat ox with a foreskin, and an ass great with its 329 III | thankless profligate turns forgerer. A clever plot to entangle 330 VII, 329 | And she said, "I am not forgetful of the craft of my father 331 VII, 339 | me, or who is there who forgives like thee?~ 332 VII, 340 | the guilty and thou the forgiving.'1~ 333 VII, 337 | thou wouldst build me a fortified castle, that I might be 334 V, 235 | 47 And the fourth time thou didst compare 335 II, 74 | provision; and a living fox is better than a dead lion; 336 III, 130 | I beg of thee and of thy friendship, permit the swordsman to 337 II, 74 | my child! the thigh of~a frog in thy hand is better than 338 II, 66 | O my son! teach thy son frugality and hunger, that he may 339 II, 54 | 29 O my son! be like a fruitful tree on the roadside, whose 340 II, 27 | pain in thy body, and thou gain a reproach, and art shamed 341 III, 94 | that he had possessed and gained; and the power of bidding 342 VII, 318 | arose and reaped it, and garnered it, and threshed it, and 343 II, 74 | flying;1 and poverty which gathers is better than the scattering 344 V, 190 | Then he dressed himself his gayest dress, and went riding to 345 VII, 303 | my boy! thou art like the gazelle who was eating the roots 346 IV, 167 | I might take my fill of gazing at thee, and delighting 347 I, 14 | him up with good food and gentle training and silken clothing, 348 Int | mosaic found in Treves, Germany, pictured among the wise 349 II, 46 | and even if he falls he gets up quickly, and if he is 350 VI, 283 | him how we have sent him gifts, for kings are content with 351 V, 239 | he holds the sun, and it gives not its light, and the moon 352 IV, 187 | departed to his dwelling glad and happy, praising the 353 VII, 317 | but spoils the wheat and gnaws it.~ 354 VII, 331 | wolf, "The lambs and the goats and the sheep which thou 355 I, 6 | him, 'Go, sacrifice to the gods and beseech them that perchance 356 II, 74 | thy hand is better than a goose in the pot of thy neighbour; 357 III, 136 | drinking till they were gorged and drunken.~ 358 III, 133 | virgins, and dress them in gowns of purple and silk that 359 IV, 183 | swordsman, and was very gracious to him, and gave him great 360 I | CHAP. I.~Ahikar, Grand Vizier of Assyria, has 60 361 VI, 292 | for it is all within the grasp of thy hand.'~ 362 I, 11 | hast relied first of all on graven images, and hast offered 363 V, 241 | heard this speech, he was greatly perplexed and was wroth 364 VI, 293 | and the continuance of his greatness.~ 365 VII, 325 | and plough and (which) is greedy and cunning shall be cut 366 III, 100 | neither in nor out, nor did he greet him.~ 367 V, 192 | the king's presence and greeted him, and he returned the 368 VI, 283 | Sultans thy like? give my greetings to thy lord king Sennacherib, 369 II, 69 | blindness of the heart is more grievous than the blindness of the 370 VII, 340 | serve in thy house, and groom thy horses and sweep up 371 VI, 269 | from all this that thou art growing old and art in thy dotage, 372 VII, 305 | but it became the cause of guilt and sin.~ 373 VI, 294 | me his blood and hold me guiltless of it.'~ 374 V, 209 | king! Sennacherib the king hails thee with abundance of peace 375 IV, 181 | state of want, and that his hair had grown long like the 376 I, 13 | little suckling. And he handed him over to eight wet-nurses, 377 VI, 274 | shore of the sea, and took a handful of sand in his hand, sea-sand, 378 II, 50 | quarrelsome slave, nor a thievish handmaid, for everything which thou 379 II, 49 | amongst the people and thou hang thy head in the streets 380 V, 191 | s son perceived what was happening, fear took hold of him and 381 IV, 187 | to his dwelling glad and happy, praising the Most High 382 IV, 162 | perchance he may untie this hard knot.'~ 383 III, 150 | foolish, the ignorant, the hardhearted, went to the house of his 384 VII, 344 | sheep lest their dust should harm thee." And the wolf said, " 385 VII, 318 | of wheat, and when it was harvest time, he arose and reaped 386 III, 113 | there coming towards thee, haste and make the army move against 387 II, 62 | they send thee on business, hasten to fulfil it quickly.~ 388 II, 53 | disgraced in the world and is hated by them, like a leafless 389 VII, 338 | reward me with evil and hatefulness, and now I would fain tear 390 VII, 301 | hindereth the envious and the haughty.~ 391 V, 219 | close together, and their heads bowed.~ 392 VII, 301 | set for me, for the Lord healeth the broken hearts and hindereth 393 II, 27 | 2 O my son! if thou hearest a word, let it die in thy 394 III, 150 | nor wailed, but assembled heartless and dissolute people and 395 VII, 301 | Lord healeth the broken hearts and hindereth the envious 396 I, 10 | he may be present at my heath, that he may close my eyes, 397 I, 9 | High God, O Creator of the Heavens and of the earth, O Creator 398 VI, 295 | his dwelling, and put a heavy fetter on his feet, and 399 VII, 353 | destruction, and he went to hell. For he who digs a pit for 400 VI, 285 | And Pharaoh arose and sent heralds to proclaim in the streets 401 VI, 260 | what they want and do not hinder them from their work.'~ 402 VII, 301 | healeth the broken hearts and hindereth the envious and the haughty.~ 403 Int | obviously fiction and not history. In fact the reader can 404 VII, 305 | it. And the stone did not hit, and did not reach high 405 VII, 310 | piece of wood that thou holdest?" Said the trap, "That is 406 VII, 322 | hot bath, it saw a filthy hole and it went down and wallowed 407 I, 21 | sister's son. And he did homage and wished him power and 408 VI, 252 | the like of thee who are honest in the service of kings.~ 409 II, 84 | and myrrh grow sweet as honey, then ignorant men and fools 410 II, 32 | and passes away, but an honourable remembrance lasts for aye.~ 411 II, 51 | death of sin); and he who honoureth his parents shall prolong 412 II, 50 | and an ass great with its hoofs, and get not an ox with 413 II, 50 | get not an ox with large horns, nor make friends with a 414 VI, 267 | true voice and knew the hours of the day and the night.~ 415 II, 86 | thee with sweet salve. Be humble in thy youth and thou shalt 416 V | wisdom also has a sense of humor. (Verse 27).~ 417 III, 126 | a word from fear; but he hung his head towards the earth 418 VII, 324 | which is not fed from its hunting becomes food for flies.~ 419 V, 198 | dwelling, and he commanded the huntsmen to capture two young eaglets 420 I, 7 | offered sacrifices to the idols, and besought them and implored 421 II, 56 | relate not the speech of ignorance and folly, lest thou be 422 II | CHAP. II.~A "Poor Richard's Almanac" 423 III | CHAP. III.~Ahikar retires from active 424 II, 88 | me'; and if it turns out ill, she will rate at him who 425 I, 11 | relied first of all on graven images, and hast offered sacrifices 426 Int | the last. The liberty of imagination is the most precious possession 427 III, 93 | Nadan, his sister's son, he imagined that he would keep them 428 VII, 351 | uncle Haiqâr, he swelled up immediately and became like a blown-out 429 II | Almanac" of ancient days. Immortal precepts of human conduct 430 IV, 186 | mayst do good to thyself and improve thy condition and the colour 431 I, 11 | to him a voice saying, 'Inasmuch as thou hast relied first 432 Int | legends of many people, including the Koran, and the Old and 433 II, 47 | man approach thee who is inferior to thyself, go forward to 434 Int | thought and wisdom. Its influence can be traced through the 435 III, 98 | from his house, and sent to inform the king that he had scattered 436 III, 93 | when he had finished these injunctions and proverbs to Nadan, his 437 VII, 308 | through thy envy and thy insolence didst desire to kill me. 438 | instead 439 III, 147 | where can there be a man so intelligent, so learned, so skilled 440 II | business, friends. Especially interesting proverbs are found in Verses 441 Int | which is full of action, intrigue, and narrow escape holds 442 VI, 295 | his hands with chains of iron, and took him to his dwelling, 443 II, 79 | O my son! let not a word issue from thy mouth till thou 444 III, 103 | was seized with envy and jealousy, and he began to complain 445 VII, 323 | to me like the goat which joined its comrades on their way 446 VI, 286 | leave of king Pharaoh, and journeyed, seeking the land of Assyria 447 VII, 350 | will requite thee and will judge, betwixt me and thee, and 448 V, 212 | stability of a kingdom is strict justice, and if thou winnest and 449 VII, 316 | with an ass, and the ass kept walking before the lion 450 V, 222 | said to him, 'O my lord the kin I thou art like the idol 451 VI, 287 | to him, 'Welcome home: O kinsman! my brother Haiqâr, the 452 III, 130 | 38 Then Haiqâr knelt before the king, and said, ' 453 Int | many people, including the Koran, and the Old and New Testaments.~ 454 VII, 325 | the hand which does not labour and plough and (which) is 455 II, 40 | thy speech with a man who lacks wisdom.~ 456 V, 199 | Then he took two little lads, and spent every day sacrificing 457 III, 143 | it. And thou shalt have laid up a great treasure with 458 VII, 345 | him, "Say A, B." He said, "Lamb and goat in my bell"~ 459 III, 149 | for thy uncle Haiqâr, and lament for him as the custom is, 460 III, 155 | king Sennacherib, and they lamented over Haiqâr the solver of 461 II, 50 | and get not an ox with large horns, nor make friends 462 | latter 463 VI, 280 | Pharaoh and all his nobles laughed. And he said, 'Blessed be 464 II, 36 | not thy voice when thou laughest for if it were by a loud 465 VII, 318 | master said to it: "O thou lazy thing! thou hast not grown 466 V, 203 | 15 Then leaving them he went to the king 467 Int | can be traced through the legends of many people, including 468 VII, 352 | his limbs swelled and his legs and his feet and his side, 469 VI, 248 | thee is that thou wouldst lend me nine hundred talents 470 Int | attention to the last. The liberty of imagination is the most 471 III, 100 | And the hand of Nadan was lifted off from his uncle Haiqâr 472 V, 239 | commands the thunder, and it lightens and rains, and he holds 473 V, 238 | and his nobles are the lightnings and the thunder, and when 474 III, 111 | went and wrote a letter likewise from the king to his uncle 475 VI, 255 | O my lord I prepare us lime and stone and clay and workmen, 476 VII, 298 | ear, they will make him listen with the scruff of his neck.'~ 477 II, 29 | thy eloquence easy to the listener, and be not hasty to return 478 VII, 298 | in the proverbs: He who listeneth not with his ear, they will 479 Int | story has been a subject of lively discussion. Scholars finally 480 III, 117 | And the king looked, and lo! Haiqâr and the army were 481 VI, 295 | sentinel over him to give him a loaf of bread and a little water 482 II, 31 | 6 O my son! loose not a sealed knot, nor untie 483 II, 31 | untie it, and seal not a loosened knot.~ 484 II, 57 | servants, to whom their lords say, "Get away from us," 485 II, 78 | much to thee, and beware lost thou reveal the secret of 486 II, 36 | O my son! bend thy head low down, and soften thy voice, 487 II, 61 | word of wisdom, it will lurk in his breast like a subtle 488 III, 136 | order, and the wine and the luxurious viands, and they began eating 489 II, 85 | restrain thy tongue from lying, and thy hand from stealing, 490 II, 37 | 12 O m son! the removing of stones 491 VI, 261 | king said to him, 'Thou art mad; who can bring anything 492 VII, 303 | eating the roots of the madder, and it add me to-day and 493 V, 219 | all his viziers and the magnates of his kingdom were standing 494 III, 151 | Nadan began to seize the maidservants and the slaves belonging 495 V, 199 | eagles and the boys, and making the boys ride on the backs 496 V, 197 | consider this question and manage it.' And the king permitted 497 II, 66 | that he may do well in the management of his household.~ 498 IV, 165 | without religion, without manliness.~ 499 II, 48 | drubbing of thy son is like manure to the garden, and like 500 II, 74 | but the wool stays in the markets and it is seen, and it is


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