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38530	After all, what country can compare with that in which one has been born?
38530	And how fare you, noble Muza, in the kingdom of my fathers?
38530	And my reward if I can procure thee such a retreat?
38530	Are these people not right,he argued with himself,"when they let well alone, as the proverb says?
38530	Are these then the wages of my loyal love for you, Alarcos? 38530 Are you indeed that Cleomades whom we regard as the very mirror of knighthood?"
38530	Bless us,cried Sancho,"what can I see more that I have not seen already?"
38530	But in what manner may all this assist me in my dilemma, O son of Abu Ajib?
38530	But surely,said the soldier,"war is the only career to which a noble mind can turn?
38530	But tell us,they said,"what sum will content the Cid, and what interest will he give us for the year?"
38530	But,said the soldier, smiling,"you do not mean that we should be unprepared for attack?
38530	Can you tell me if I am near the serpent- guarded fountain?
38530	Dare you raise your thoughts to her whom I have chosen from among many women?
38530	Did I understand you to say the fountain lies within a league of this place?
38530	Did we not agree that the first animal with its burden which should pass through the magic gateway should be mine?
38530	Do you not remember your words when the Queen offered me for your service?
38530	Have I not already told thee,answered Don Quixote,"that I intend to copy Amadis in his madness, despair and fury?
38530	Have we ever tried to discover that?
38530	How can I reward you?
38530	How so, señor?
38530	I take it, reverend sir,he said,"from the evident pleasure with which you regard this scene, that you have once been a soldier yourself?"
38530	Is it true, Don Alarcos,he asked,"that you plighted your troth to my daughter and deceived her?
38530	Is then your heart so feeble?
38530	May I not speak with you?
38530	May it not be otherwise? 38530 Poor youth,"it cackled,"are you another victim of love?
38530	Pray, sir,quoth Sancho,"what is it that you mean to do in this fag- end of the world?"
38530	Pray, sir,quoth Sancho,"what is the cause of this quarrel between two such great men?"
38530	Tell me, beautiful bird, what is this thing called love that these birds in the garden sing of so constantly?
38530	Thou hast heard of the garden of Irem, O King, that jewel of Arabia?
38530	Thy time on earth shall not be long-- what brings thee to my knee? 38530 What dost thou seek here?"
38530	What giants?
38530	What may this love be?
38530	What?
38530	What?
38530	Who art thou?
38530	Will ye let your lord die thus, you who eat his bread?
38530	Young man,he said,"what possible defence can you hope to make in this poor place against the numbers which will shortly surround you?
38530	''God save me,''quoth the priest in a loud voice,''is Tirante the White there?
38530	Again, true Spaniard as you are, do you not praise it so greatly because you believe it to be the work of a king?
38530	Ah, wherefore should I live to weep and sigh?
38530	And do you not demean yourself to the level of a newspaper critic when you doom to extinction those romances which you have not read?
38530	And what species of soul is that which voices itself in crudely jacketed novelettes, redolent of a psychology at once ridiculous and unhealthy?
38530	Are these awful eyes dead?
38530	Are you perchance that King Liopatris to whom my father has affianced me?"
38530	At his entrance she awoke, and cried out:"Rash man, how have you presumed to enter this apartment?
38530	But does this sorrowful circumstance in any way dim the glory of the first fine rapture?
38530	But is not this dea phantastica identical with Morgan, and her name merely a Hispanic rendering of the Celtic fairy''s?
38530	But may I ask what opinion you formed of the inhabitants of Christian Spain during your sojourn among them?"
38530	But the fierce heart of Bermuez that echoed to the drum, Cried,"Santiago, shall I stay the while these heathen come?
38530	But what lady has sent you a- packing, or even so much as slighted you?"
38530	But why blame an entire people for what may have been a lapsus memoriæ on the part of a single balladeer?
38530	But, again, is it not possible that these things are very much on the surface?
38530	Can it be that their dislike of us arises from the great differences between our institutions and theirs?
38530	Can the threat they hold be imaginary?
38530	Did he merely follow the tonsorial critic''s opinion, as his language would tempt one to believe?
38530	Did not the noble Prince of Hungary offer you his hand?
38530	Dost thou mock me, astrologer?"
38530	England?
38530	Has no beautiful princess or lovely damsel ensnared thine heart?"
38530	Hast thou spent so many of the precious days of youth without experiencing it?
38530	Hath he not brought his force to nothing and rendered his evil intentions of no avail?
38530	Have we no Cervantes to shatter this ignoble thing to the sound of inextinguishable laughter?
38530	He scanned the Court with bearing rude, right clownish was his vaunt:"How now, my lords?
38530	How much more, then, was it a force removed from the Castilian or the Catalan?
38530	How often does the Anglo- Saxon utter the phrase in complacent self- assurance?
38530	Is it not the case that in all parts of the world selfish introspection and scholarly pride frequently turn a man into a public nuisance?
38530	Is not the sad lesson of Amadis one for the consideration of our own people?
38530	Is the wise old ape Dædalus?
38530	Is there, indeed, irrefragable proof that such a process ever took place anywhere?
38530	Know you not that all the actions and adventures of a knight- errant seem to be mere chimæras and follies?
38530	Last night fair castles held my train, to- night where shall I lie?
38530	Music deep- drowned within the siren sea Art thou beyond the call of ecstasy?
38530	Must I be shamed that she should live?
38530	Now, my prince, shall I not fly to the Princess Aldegonda and acquaint her with the fact of our arrival?"
38530	Or its reverse, for that matter?
38530	See ye not that he hath sent over them the vultures of Babel?''
38530	Seest thou yonder cloud of dust?
38530	Shall I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman''s fair?
38530	Shall we confer upon him the gift?"
38530	Tell him, moreover, that this declaration is derived from the Koran:''Know ye not what your God has prepared for him of the Elephant?
38530	That mullah, too, was terribly long- winded, but have we not bores of our own, and in plenty?
38530	The Cid certainly existed in the flesh; what matter, then, whether his achievements occurred or not?
38530	The trouvères, rather than ecclesiastics, were responsible for such works in France, and why not the trovadores in Spain?
38530	They are surprised by her lord, and she artlessly asks:"Must I, must I die to- day?"
38530	Thinkst Carrión to daunt?
38530	Was the law regarding breach of promise first formulated by a student of ballad lore, I wonder?
38530	What bruit is this about the Cid, the lordling of Bivar?
38530	What can material poverty signify to a people dowered with such treasures of the imagination?
38530	What grief can bide the trumpets''sound, what woe the battle''s ploy?"
38530	What have we here?
38530	What heartened them in an existence of continuous strife, privation, and menace?
38530	When all is said and done, what do we know of the Moors, save that knowledge which is gained by constant strife with them?
38530	Wherefore must I die?
38530	Which of them, pray, is not a sorceress?
38530	Whither would ye fly?
38530	Whose heart as his so free from guile, the very perfect knight?
38530	Why am I alone debarred from the enjoyment of love?
38530	Would it not be well for us to strive to know them better?"
38530	[ 36] Anstruther, in Fife?
38530	cried another councillor,"do we not know them for dogs and infidels, for perjured blasphemers and worshippers of false gods?
38530	have I found you?''
38530	he cried,"why hast thou kept me in this abject ignorance-- why withheld from me the great mystery and principle of life?
38530	quoth Sancho,"why run you on at such a rate, Sir Knight?
38530	said Oriana, mystified;"since when?"
10085	''Render justice to this man,''''What does he want?'' 10085 ''What do you want, O stranger?''
10085	''Why art thou absent still so long? 10085 Ali; and yours?"
10085	And is the herd easy to watch?
10085	And who has brought me this disdain, And who my hope betrayed, And thee, the beauteous Zaida, False to thy purpose made? 10085 And why does he punish you?"
10085	And you, jackal, what is your father?
10085	And you, mule, what is your father?
10085	As big as this, my children?
10085	As big as this, then?
10085	As big as this?
10085	At Zara''s gate stops Zara''s mate; in him shall I discover The dark- eyed youth pledged me his truth with tears, and was my lover? 10085 But thou,"answered the hunter,"what is thy story and how did the ogre bring thee here?"
10085	But what is the matter with you, my sister?
10085	Can you entertain a traveller?
10085	Could you tell me why?
10085	Could your mother have been here?
10085	Did I not tell you yesterday,said Sidi Abd- el- Tadu,"that we would say the prayer that God should preserve us from the evil we had never committed?
10085	Did a woman arrive at this place night before last?
10085	Did he really kill your husband?
10085	Did the old woman accept you?
10085	Do you think to catch me?
10085	From whom did I steal it?
10085	Hast thou the sentiments of a man of heart?
10085	Have n''t you others seen her? 10085 Have you not seen a woman?"
10085	He has just said,''What, again?''
10085	How am I? 10085 How came you here?"
10085	How comes it that you would not answer my greetings for so long?
10085	How have I deceived you?
10085	How many tricks have you?
10085	I,said one of them;"but how shall I take him back?"
10085	Into what shall we change you?
10085	Is he a worthless fellow?
10085	Is it nothing but for that?
10085	Lion, who is your father?
10085	My son,she said,"will you promise not to betray me?"
10085	Now tell me, dearest husband, I pray thee tell me true, Who were thy parents, and what land thy birth and nurture knew? 10085 O Galliana, best beloved, Whom art thou waiting now?
10085	O false and faithless one,he said,"What is it that I view?
10085	O goddess who controllest on earth our human fate, How is it I offend thee, that my life is desolate? 10085 O master of the field,"she said,"is H''ab Sliman yet hanged?"
10085	O shepherds,he said,"can you tell me where the ogre lives?"
10085	Oh, tell me what is thy desire? 10085 Well?"
10085	What aileth thee, Xarifa, what makes thine eyes look down? 10085 What did he say?"
10085	What do you want of me, Si Mahomet?
10085	What do you wish to ask me?
10085	What have you done?
10085	What is it? 10085 What is that stretched before you?"
10085	What is the matter with you,asked his wife,"you whom destiny has given me?"
10085	What is the name of this other one?
10085	What kind of shoes are those?
10085	What pleasure have the country girls?
10085	What revenge does your heart desire?
10085	What shall we do?
10085	What tower is fallen, what star is set, what chief come these bewailing?
10085	What will you give me?
10085	Where are those one hundred and one tricks? 10085 Where can I hide?"
10085	Where do you live?
10085	Where does he enter,asked the hunter,"when he comes back here?"
10085	Where is the box?
10085	Where is your mother?
10085	Where shall I find my mother?
10085	Where shall I find you?
10085	Which of you is a shoemaker?
10085	Who are you?
10085	Who cured you?
10085	Who has tied our tails like this?
10085	Who is talking to you?
10085	Who put you in that condition?
10085	Who scratched you so?
10085	Who told you that?
10085	Who told you that?
10085	Who told you?
10085	Why bind me?
10085	Why break me?
10085	Why burn me?
10085	Why do you act thus toward her?
10085	Why do you eat meat?
10085	Why do you laugh, negress?
10085	Why do you tell me that it still lives?
10085	Why do you weep,asked his wife,"you whom destiny has given me?"
10085	Why dost thou turn out the water?
10085	Why drink me?
10085	Why eat me?
10085	Why gnaw me?
10085	Why kill me?
10085	Why not?
10085	Why quench me?
10085	Why rise ye not, Xarifa, nor lay your cushion down? 10085 Why should I dress in robes of joy, whose heart is wounded sore, By curses, that requite so ill the duteous love I bore?
10085	Why strike me?
10085	Why was your son metamorphosed into a jerboa? 10085 Why wo n''t you eat?"
10085	Why,says he,"didst thou not kill me in my sleep?"
10085	Why,she continued,"has God created any human beings except myself, my mother, and our Lord Salomon?"
10085	Wo n''t you make me a pair of shoes?
10085	You ask me again?
10085	You do n''t know, my uncle? 10085 You who are so brave with a poor woman,"she said,"would you be able to bring back Redah Oum Zaid?"
10085	***** THE MAGIC NAPKIN A taleb made a proclamation in these terms:"Is there anyone who will sell himself for 100 mitquals?"
10085	A little while afterward, the King received a visit from one of his sons- in- law, who said to him,"What do you want us to give you?"
10085	A woman came out of the earth, seized him, and demanded,"Have n''t you seen my son, with an ear- ring?"
10085	Addressing the vezir, she said:"And your story?
10085	And art thou not content my fondest hopes to take away, But thou must all my hope, my life, destroy, in utter ruin lay?
10085	And as he hears the summons Love makes for him reply,"O whither, cruel fortune, wilt thou bid the warrior fly?
10085	And as she sighed, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And as she sighed, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And as she went, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And as she went, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And as she went, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And as she went, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And as she went, she sang aloud a melancholy strain;"And who would wish to die,"she said,"though death be free from pain?"
10085	And can I after that Recover my good gun?
10085	And does heaven''s light more pleasure bring Than to own monarchs as thy slaves, And be the heiress to a king?
10085	And how thou''rt doomed to turn the mill all night, Fatigued, harassed?
10085	And humbly did the Moor reply,"Do I deserve the blame?
10085	And is it weakness bids me still to all thy faults be blind And bear thy lovely image thus stamped upon my mind?
10085	And loads of wood that thou must daily cut?
10085	And the kindly countess called from far:"Zara, what aileth thee?
10085	And what has treacherous rendered My fortune and thy vow?
10085	And when wilt thou, my love, relent?
10085	And where the leader who shall shout and stir their hearts to fight?
10085	And wherefore did they take thee a captive from that place, And who has given thee liberty, thy homeward path to trace?"
10085	And who art thou beside the Arab girls, The daughters of those tribes whose standards wave Above brave bands of horsemen as they speed?
10085	And who has caused my spoils of war, The palm and laurel leaf, To wither on my forehead, bowed Beneath the load of grief?''
10085	And will you grant no mercy?
10085	And, since my adoration thou canst not fail to know, How is it that thy tender heart can treat thy lover so?
10085	Are they not printed on thy heart As thy loved image is on mine?
10085	As soon as it was near the fire the jackal came and said:"Why are you burning my hair?
10085	At evening the man returned and asked,"What is the negro doing?"
10085	At this the husband returned from the market and said to the mother,"Why do n''t you busy yourself looking after your son?"
10085	Azarco, bid me understand What is it thou dost command-- Must I remain and wait for thee?
10085	But how to cure the malady of love?
10085	But wherefore should I waste the time These tedious questions to recall?
10085	But why mark this as the expression of the Mussulman sentiment under Christian domination?
10085	But why?
10085	Canst thou say my prayers for me?"
10085	Dost thou not dream Of goat- skin bottles to be filled at dawn?
10085	Dost thou suffer, noble lady, by these fancies overwrought?
10085	Hast thou more hearts than one, false girl, or is it changefulness That makes thee give that stranger guest the heart that I possess?
10085	He said to her:"Is there any water here?"
10085	He stops at Zara''s palace gate-- why sit ye still-- oh, why?"
10085	He went to the other traveller and asked him:"By my father, what is your name?"
10085	He who was changed into a greyhound saw this man that day, and said to him:"It is you who bought some meat for a greyhound and threw it to him?"
10085	He will say to you,''Hide me, for I am afraid of him,''When I ask you,''Who is that stretched there before you?''
10085	His brother perceived it, and said to him:"What is the matter with you?"
10085	His brother speaks,"What have they done to thee?"
10085	His wife asked him:"What are you laughing at?"
10085	His wife asked him:''Why are you laughing?''
10085	How comes it, father, that you treat me thus?
10085	I only want you to spit a benediction into my mouth,''If he asks you,''Who told you that?''
10085	I will say to you,''I am looking for the lion, and not for an ass,''Then he will ask you,''Who is speaking to you?''
10085	If thou hast many, is my love inadequate to thine?
10085	Instruct me, sympathetic with my pain Have you not said:"I''ll bring thee soon good news"?
10085	Is it a cloud, or an Arab''s spear?"
10085	Is it at the city of the stones or in the garden of the palms?"
10085	It can not be that thou art dead?''"
10085	Kind friend of Bencerraje''s line, what judgment dost thou hold Of all that Zaida''s changeful moods before thine eyes unfold?
10085	Must I seek thee in the ocean, where the winds and billows roar?
10085	Must I seek thee there, because in vain I sought thee on the shore?
10085	Now tell me, O my eyes, Why shed so many tears?
10085	Now welcome, steed and steel, What tidings do you bring of my fleet, What tidings of woe or weal?"
10085	Now what art thou beside a city girl?
10085	Now what shall I do to you?"
10085	O Lord, why send''st thou not thy servant death?
10085	O Zaida, tell me, how was this?
10085	O ye blind Who do not wish to see, whence comes your blindness?
10085	On one of these occasions his ass met a mule, which said:"Are you working still?"
10085	On the way he met the lion, who said,"What is that footwear, my dear?"
10085	One day his sister said to him:"What is the matter, O my brother?
10085	Ou Ali smiled, and said to his friend:"For the love of God, what is your name?"
10085	Redah goes to see, and says:"O horseman, who dost come before our eyes, Why seekest thou thy death?
10085	Say, Love, and didst thou e''er behold A maid more fair and knight more bold?
10085	Seeing her he said,"How has this woman deserved to be hanged in this way?"
10085	She has stolen my horse?"
10085	She said to the King,"From what motive hast thou come hither?"
10085	She says to him:"Thou''rt Ahmed el Hilalieu?
10085	She says,"What dost thou want?"
10085	Someone said to him:"We who are strong have cut all day without being able to accomplish it, and do you think you will be capable of it?
10085	THE BEREAVED FATHER"Rise up, rise up, thou hoary head, What madness causes thy delay?
10085	Tell me upon Thine honor true, what is thine origin?"
10085	Thadhellala mounted the horse and said:"You see that ridge?
10085	The King asked him:"What is that?"
10085	The King asked his sons,"Who will take him back?"
10085	The King called her and asked her:"Why have you taken this man captive?"
10085	The King of the Jews said to him:"Whence do you come into our country-- you who invoke the lord of men[ Mahomet]?
10085	The King of the genii asked him,"Why do you cry?"
10085	The King said:"Who has done this?"
10085	The Sultan said to him:"What do you want at my palace?
10085	The child stuck another thorn into the jackal, which cried,"What, again?"
10085	The daughter of the King saw him, and said to him:"O Sidi Mahomet, what are you doing there?
10085	The fisherman said to Si Mahomet:"Is it here that we are going to find the son of the Sultan of India?"
10085	The frog heard him and asked,"Who dares to rap at the door of a king''s daughter?"
10085	The frog said:"Who conies to the east to make a noise at the house of the daughter of kings, and will not let her sleep at her ease?"
10085	The griffin came by that way and said:"What is the matter with you?
10085	The griffin came, and she began to cry, saying,"Why do n''t you conduct me to the house of our Lord Salomon?"
10085	The jackal answered:"Where is the lion?
10085	The jackal demanded:"What will you give me if I deliver you from the lion?"
10085	The jackal said to him,"Where is that promise you made me?"
10085	The laborer, him who was with him(_ sic_), said,"What is your name?"
10085	The latter observed what he had done and said,"Where did that bird come from?"
10085	The lion came, roaring, and said:"Why do you burn my hair?
10085	The man said to them,"You are Hamed- ben- Ceggad, who built the house of coral- wood?"
10085	The merchant refused, and said to her,"Where did you steal it?"
10085	The merchant went to his wife and said to her,"Could you have gone up to the child''s chamber?"
10085	The news came to the King, who said to the saint,"Why do you act so, now that the royal granaries are empty?"
10085	The one whose children you saw aged while he was playing ball, what does he represent?
10085	The other answered,"What have I done, my uncle?"
10085	The other woman said:"Where is your son?
10085	The people asked them,"Why do you bring this wheat?"
10085	The school- master asked them:"What do your sisters do?"
10085	The shepherd said:"You are Hamed- ben- Ceggad, who built the house of coral- wood?"
10085	The wall shook and half of it fell down, and going to Half- a- Cock the boar said:"Why are you burning my hair at this moment?"
10085	The young man asked her:"Why do you weep?"
10085	Then give me my task, O King, and ask what question thou mayst choose; I will give to you the word that is true, for why should I refuse?"
10085	Then said the Moor,"Why give me now love''s sweetest paths to trace, Who in thy absence only live on memories of thy face?
10085	Then took up The word, and spoke the Arab woman dark:"Who are thy ancestors?
10085	Then, in my silence of distress, I wandered pondering-- If this is what to- day has brought, What will to- morrow bring?
10085	They asked him,"What do you want?"
10085	They asked,"Which is it?"
10085	They came in great haste and said to him,"Why do you call us now?"
10085	They entered the palace of the King, who was overjoyed to see them, gave them seats, and asked them,"Have you brought it or not?"
10085	They inquired, and said:"Has a woman been found here recently?
10085	They place a guard at every point, in haste to set him free, But where the brave commander who shall lead to victory?
10085	They took her to the prince, who said,"Why do you weep?"
10085	Thou who hast succored many a knight, Hast thou no help for me, Who languish on Toledo''s height In captive misery?
10085	Thou''lt die soon, and thou thinkest of kisses?"
10085	What are city men?
10085	What art thou then compared to those who live In shade of walls, who have their mosques for prayer Where questions are discussed and deeds are drawn?"
10085	What art thou, then, beside me?
10085	What boots it, Lindaraja, that I, at Jaen''s gate, That unsurrendered city, have met my final fate?
10085	What canst thou say of me?
10085	What castles are those on the hill where grows the palm- tree and the pine?
10085	What could he do?
10085	What could he do?
10085	What did you say to him?"
10085	What were thy glowing words but lures Thy victim''s eyes to blind?
10085	When he came to the girdle the lion said,"What kind of shoes are those?"
10085	When the jackal came back he asked him,"How are you, my uncle?"
10085	When the jackal saw him he called his friend and said,"Who is that with you?"
10085	Where art thou?
10085	Where do you come from?"
10085	Where is the love thou didst avow, The pledge, the kiss, the tear, And all the tender promises Thou whisperedst in my ear?
10085	Where is thy cure, O Taleb?
10085	Where is thy cure, O Taleb?
10085	Where is thy cure, O Taleb?
10085	Where is thy cure, O Taleb?
10085	Where''s thy cure, O Taleb?
10085	Where''s thy cure, O Taleb?
10085	Where''s thy remedy, O Taleb?
10085	Which is thy tribe Among all those that fill the mighty world?
10085	Who brought you here?"
10085	Who can resist the power of God?
10085	Why all this coldness, O my best beloved?
10085	Why are not armies sent to break these prison bars, and bring Back to her home the Moorish maid, the favorite of the King?
10085	Why bring''st thou the charge That I a blameful life do lead, whilst thine Deserves reproof?
10085	Why did you tell me that the son of the Sultan of India was a distinguished person?"
10085	Why flows with tears thine eye?
10085	Why gaze ye not, Xarifa, with all the gazing town?
10085	Why say''st thou that the city women sole Are pious?
10085	Why should they reside in town Where everything''s with price of silver bought?"
10085	Why stay ye from the window far, nor gaze with all the town?
10085	Why take so much care About a tree that bears not any dates?"
10085	Why wilt thou not forgive me, why wilt thou not forget?
10085	Why, El Mannoubyya?
10085	Why?
10085	Why?
10085	Why?
10085	Why?
10085	With anger glows the maiden''s mind,"Now get thee gone,"she cries,"For can it be that love of me in blood like thine can rise?
10085	With anger raged his spirit, And thus to her he cried:"What ails thee, gentle lady?
10085	Within he found a beautiful woman, who said to him:"What brings thee here, where thou wilt be devoured by this ogre?"
10085	Would you know my name?
10085	Would you know the first of all?
10085	You will bring your axe very well sharpened and when I say to you,''What is that which I see with you now?''
10085	but what a thought is this?
10085	he cried,"what do I see down there?"
10085	why?
10085	why?
10085	why?