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Basem; Or, The Blacksmith. An Oriental Apologue.
intruders , and did not you swear by Alia , that you would no more ' ' interfere in my concerns . You Barrel-belly , you refuse of a dunghill , with your old bear ' s whiskers , did I not desire to hear no more of your omens ? " Giafar happening at this moment to turn round to the Khalif , found him laughing heartily . " Yes , yes , " said he to himself this sport hihldelihts master . Restrain yourself
, " gy g my , Sir , I beseech you , " said Giafar , courteously addressing Ba ? em , " we mean you no harm , we are only in jest ; and if any thing has offended you , we entreat your pardon . " " The devil take you all , for me , " said Basem , " I wonder who'd wish you to visit them : I was quiet and happy before you came to disturb me ; now for the space of twenty years thus have I passed every evening , till you officiously howeverll be
came to vex me , and interrupt my enjoyments : , I' no longer a blacksmith ; let our wise Khalif prohibit blacksmiths if he likes ; God has provided me with another employment ; the bagnio will support me in my usual enjoyments , in spite of the Khalif ; a p iece of onion on his nose : then ' filling his- g lass , he looked through itand this is goodindeedsaid he . A fig for the
, sung a song ; , , Khalif , he thought to put me down and starve me , who cares for the Khalif ? " " Yes , " said the Rasheed , " I'll be even with you now , see if I don ' t , to-morrow I'll prohibit bagnios , and I wonder what you'll do to-morrow night . " ' ( To be continued in our next . )
Thoughts On Sleep.
THOUGHTS ON SLEEP .
NEWTON sleeps ! In an instant , that active and penetrating quality which gave life to the most abstruse sciences , which unravelled the system of the universe with so much clearness and precision , falls into darkness and confusion , and no longer forms any other than a heap of confused and erroneous ideas . Instead of those firm and fertile principles , it follows fleeting phantoms , -and is given up
to ridiculous perceptions . The mind ofthe man of genius , who pursued truth with such astonishing sagacity , is abandoned to the most inordinate irregularity . Grotesque figures replace the most sublime geometrical lines ; there is no longer any harmony in that head which astonished his fellow creatures—even the motion and duration of time is lost to it . But a ray of the sun opens Newton ' s eyes ; he awakes ;
and instantly resumes his vigorous faculties ; they rally like dispersed soldiers , who , ' at the first beat of the drum , are no longer scattered ; but form one body . By what power is it the most enlightened order of ideas succeeds the most foolish visions ? How is it reason shines suddenly after so long ; an eclipse , and which seemed so durable ? What is that state wdtich deprives man of every mark of distinction without changing his nature , and which restores to him his sotd and thought witha rapidity equal to that which carried them away ?
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Basem; Or, The Blacksmith. An Oriental Apologue.
intruders , and did not you swear by Alia , that you would no more ' ' interfere in my concerns . You Barrel-belly , you refuse of a dunghill , with your old bear ' s whiskers , did I not desire to hear no more of your omens ? " Giafar happening at this moment to turn round to the Khalif , found him laughing heartily . " Yes , yes , " said he to himself this sport hihldelihts master . Restrain yourself
, " gy g my , Sir , I beseech you , " said Giafar , courteously addressing Ba ? em , " we mean you no harm , we are only in jest ; and if any thing has offended you , we entreat your pardon . " " The devil take you all , for me , " said Basem , " I wonder who'd wish you to visit them : I was quiet and happy before you came to disturb me ; now for the space of twenty years thus have I passed every evening , till you officiously howeverll be
came to vex me , and interrupt my enjoyments : , I' no longer a blacksmith ; let our wise Khalif prohibit blacksmiths if he likes ; God has provided me with another employment ; the bagnio will support me in my usual enjoyments , in spite of the Khalif ; a p iece of onion on his nose : then ' filling his- g lass , he looked through itand this is goodindeedsaid he . A fig for the
, sung a song ; , , Khalif , he thought to put me down and starve me , who cares for the Khalif ? " " Yes , " said the Rasheed , " I'll be even with you now , see if I don ' t , to-morrow I'll prohibit bagnios , and I wonder what you'll do to-morrow night . " ' ( To be continued in our next . )
Thoughts On Sleep.
THOUGHTS ON SLEEP .
NEWTON sleeps ! In an instant , that active and penetrating quality which gave life to the most abstruse sciences , which unravelled the system of the universe with so much clearness and precision , falls into darkness and confusion , and no longer forms any other than a heap of confused and erroneous ideas . Instead of those firm and fertile principles , it follows fleeting phantoms , -and is given up
to ridiculous perceptions . The mind ofthe man of genius , who pursued truth with such astonishing sagacity , is abandoned to the most inordinate irregularity . Grotesque figures replace the most sublime geometrical lines ; there is no longer any harmony in that head which astonished his fellow creatures—even the motion and duration of time is lost to it . But a ray of the sun opens Newton ' s eyes ; he awakes ;
and instantly resumes his vigorous faculties ; they rally like dispersed soldiers , who , ' at the first beat of the drum , are no longer scattered ; but form one body . By what power is it the most enlightened order of ideas succeeds the most foolish visions ? How is it reason shines suddenly after so long ; an eclipse , and which seemed so durable ? What is that state wdtich deprives man of every mark of distinction without changing his nature , and which restores to him his sotd and thought witha rapidity equal to that which carried them away ?