Flowers from
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共 78 题- FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN,
- AND
- OTHER PAPERS.
- BY W. A. CLOUSTON,
- TO E. SIDNEY HARTLAND, ESQ.,
- MY DEAR HARTLAND,
- CONTENTS.
- FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN.
- ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR.
- III The Young Merchant of Baghdád; or, the Wiles of Woman
- TALES OF A PARROT.
- V The Princess of Rome and her Son--The Seven Vazírs
- VI The Tree of Life--Legend of Rájá Rasálú--Conclusion
- RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS.
- I INTRODUCTORY: Authors, Traducers, and Moral Teachings of Talmud
- III LEGENDS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON, etc.
- VI WISE SAYINGS OF THE RABBIS
- AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE.
- APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP.
- IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.
- INDEX.
- FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN.
- II
- STORIES FROM THE "GULISTÁN."
- III
- ANECDOTES AND APHORISMS FROM THE "GULISTÁN," WITH ANALOGUES--CONCLUSION.
- ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR.
- II
- III
- THE YOUNG MERCHANT OF BAGHDÁD; OR, THE WILES OF WOMAN.
- IV
- TALES OF A PARROT.
- II
- THE EMPEROR'S DREAM--THE GOLDEN APPARITION--THE FOUR TREASURE-SEEKERS.
- III
- IV
- 1 She ought not to be always merry.
- 2 She ought not to be always sad.
- 3 She ought not to be always talking.
- 4 She ought not to be always thinking.
- 5 She ought not to be constantly dressing.
- 6 She ought not to be always unadorned.
- THE PRINCESS OF ROME AND HER SON--THE KING AND HIS SEVEN VAZIRS.
- VI
- THE TREE OF LIFE--LEGEND OF RÁJÁ RASÁLÚ--CONCLUSION.
- RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- II
- LEGENDS OF SOME BIBLICAL CHARACTERS.
- III
- LEGENDS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON, ETC.
- IV
- MORAL AND ENTERTAINING TALES.
- MORAL TALES, FABLES, AND PARABLES.
- Closely allied to the foregoing is the characteristic Jewish parable of
- VI
- WISE SAYINGS OF THE RABBIS.
- Teach thy tongue to say, "I do not know."
- Victuals prepared by many cooks will be neither cold nor hot.[100]
- Two pieces of money in a large jar make more noise than a hundred.[101]
- Into the well which supplies thee with water cast no stones.[102]
- Few are they who see their own faults.[104]
- Rather be thou the tail among lions than the head among foxes.[106]
- A myrtle even in the dust remains a myrtle.[107]
- Silence is the fence round wisdom.[110]
- ADAM AND THE OIL OF MERCY.
- MUSLIM LEGEND OF ADAM'S PUNISHMENT, PARDON, DEATH, AND BURIAL.
- MOSES AND THE POOR WOODCUTTER.
- PRECOCIOUS SAGACITY OF SOLOMON.
- SOLOMON AND THE SERPENT'S PREY.
- OTHER RABBINICAL LEGENDS AND TALES.
- AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE.
- ANOTHER FAMOUS ARABIAN LOVER.
- APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP, THE FABULIST.
- IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.
- INDEX.