The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 [Supplement]
Transcriber's Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
“TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE.”
(Puris omnia pura)
— Arab Proverb.
“Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole.”
—“ Decameron ”— conclusion .
“Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum
Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget.”
— Martial.
“Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre,
Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes.”
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THE TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
OF THE USELESSNESS OF ENDEAVOUR AGAINST PERSISTENT ILL FORTUNE.
OF LOOKING TO THE ENDS OF AFFAIRS.
OF THE ILL EFFECTS OF IMPATIENCE.
OF THE ISSUES OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTIONS.
OF TRUST IN ALLAH.
OF CLEMENCY.
OF ENVY AND MALICE.
OF DESTINY OR THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD.
OF THE SPEEDY RELIEF OF ALLAH.
SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.
INDEX.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES