 His understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it; and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it; and the armies of powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade.  Our home physician - Page 91by George Miller Beard - 1875 - 1067 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 608 pages
...understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it, and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it, and the armies...powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade. In keenness of observation he has been equalled, though perhaps never surpassed. But the largeness of... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pages
...understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it, and it itemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it, and the armies...powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade. In keenness of observation he has been equalled, though perhaps never surpassed, but the largeness of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanon gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it; and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it, and the armies...powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade. In keenness of observation he has been equalled, though perhaps never surpassed. But the largeness of... | |
 | Stephen Collins - Essays - 1842 - 318 pages
...compared to the tent which "Paribanou, the fairy, presented to Prince Ahmed. Fold it, and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it, and the armies...powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade." While he stood on an eminence, and extended his view over the great ocean of knowledge, his attention... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1843 - 520 pages
...understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it ; and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it ; and the armies...powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade. In keenness of observation he has been equalled, though perhaps never surpassed. But the largeness of... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...understanding resembled the tent which the fairy Paribanon gave to prince Ahmed. Fold it, and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady ; spread it,( and the armies...powerful sultans might repose beneath its shade." Equally conspicuous with the amplitude of his ideas, is the minuteness of his observations. Not a fact,... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - Philosophy - 1844 - 214 pages
...induction "resembles the tent which the fairy Paribahou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it, and it seemed a toy for the hand of a lady. Spread it, and the armies...powerful Sultans might repose beneath its shade." When it is the toy for the hand of a lady, we may use it without the aid of precepts, but when it is... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 606 pages
...tent which the Fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed ; fold it, and it seemed a toy for a lady's hand ; spread it, and the armies of powerful sultans might repose beneath its shade. This power of illustration, which arises from a quick " perception of resemblances in things dissimilar,"... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...understanding resembled the lent which the fairy Panbanou gave to Prince Ahmed. Fold it, and it seemed a b } 3 y keenness of observation he has been ••oualled, though perhaps never surpassed. buv the largeness... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...tent which the Fairy Paribanou gave to Prince Ahmed ; foM it, and it seemed a toy for a lady's hand ; spread it, and the armies of powerful sultans might repose beneath its shade. This power of illustration, which arises from a quick " perception of resemblances in things dissimilar,"... | |
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