Author: Rebecca S. HoganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
A Concordance to the Poetry of George Meredith
Author: Rebecca S. HoganThe Quote Sleuth
Author: Anthony W. ShippsPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252016950
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The tracer's goals are to identify the source of a quotation, to find or to produce detailed citation based on a reliable edition of the work, to find an authoritative text of the passage being traced, and to do all this in the shortest time possible and with the least possible amount of effort.
The Reader's Adviser
Author: The academy
Author: The Complete Works of George Meredith
Author: George MeredithPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465510591
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11588
Book Description
It was ordained that Shibli Bagarag, nephew to the renowned Baba Mustapha, chief barber to the Court of Persia, should shave Shagpat, the son of Shimpoor, the son of Shoolpi, the son of Shullum; and they had been clothiers for generations, even to the time of Shagpat, the illustrious. Now, the story of Shibli Bagarag, and of the ball he followed, and of the subterranean kingdom he came to, and of the enchanted palace he entered, and of the sleeping king he shaved, and of the two princesses he released, and of the Afrite held in subjection by the arts of one and bottled by her, is it not known as 'twere written on the finger-nails of men and traced in their corner-robes? As the poet says: Ripe with oft telling and old is the tale, But 'tis of the sort that can never grow stale. Now, things were in that condition with Shibli Bagarag, that on a certain day he was hungry and abject, and the city of Shagpat the clothier was before him; so he made toward it, deliberating as to how he should procure a meal, for he had not a dirhem in his girdle, and the remembrance of great dishes and savoury ingredients were to him as the illusion of rivers sheening on the sands to travellers gasping with thirst. And he considered his case, crying, 'Surely this comes of wandering, and 'tis the curse of the inquiring spirit! for in Shiraz, where my craft is in favour, I should be sitting now with my uncle, Baba Mustapha, the loquacious one, cross-legged, partaking of seasoned sweet dishes, dipping my fingers in them, rejoicing my soul with scandal of the Court!' Now, he came to a knoll of sand under a palm, from which the yellow domes and mosques of the city of Shagpat, and its black cypresses, and marble palace fronts, and shining pillars, and lofty carven arches that spanned half-circles of the hot grey sky, were plainly visible. Then gazed he awhile despondingly on the city of Shagpat, and groaned in contemplation of his evil plight, as is said by the poet: The curse of sorrow is comparison! As the sun casteth shade, night showeth star, We, measuring what we were by what we are, Behold the depth to which we are undone.
An Essay on the Idea of Comedy, and of the Uses of the Comic Spirit
Author: George MeredithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comedy
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Walford's guide to reference material
Author: Albert John WalfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780853658368
Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Reference Works in British and American Literature
Author: James K. BrackenPublisher: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 9780872877009
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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