 The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the Desert consisted of a most beautiful mare. The French Consul at Said offered to purchase her, with an intention to send her to his master Louis XIV".  The Lady's Weekly Miscellany - Pagina 291808Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pagina’s
...beautiful Mare : this the French Consul at Said offered to purchase, with an intend tion to send her to Louis XIV. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a...length consented, on condition of receiving a very consider-? able sum of money, which he named. The Consul wrote to' France for permission to close the... | |
 | Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1809 - 620 pagina’s
...a most beautiful mare. The French Consul at Said offered to purchase her, with an intention to send her to his master Louis XIV". The Arab pressed by...on condition of receiving a very considerable sum which he named. The Consul, not daring, without instructions, to give so high a price, wrote to Versailles... | |
 | 1824 - 798 pagina’s
...This animal the French Consul at Sa'id offered to purchase, with an intention to send her to the King, Louis XIV. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a long time, but at length consented ; and having arrived with his magnificent courser, dismounted, but appeared to be greatly agitated... | |
 | 1821 - 188 pagina’s
...following story is told, as having come within the narrator's knowledge : — The •whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert, consisted of a most beautiful mare; the French consul at Said, ottered to purchase her, withau intention of sending her to his master, the king of France ; the Arab... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pagina’s
...this subject by the Consul d'Heroieux, in his journey io Mount Lebanon.—" The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the Desert consisted of a most beautiful...Said offered to purchase her, with an intention of seudjng her to his master, Ijouis XIY. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a Jon;; time; but at length... | |
 | Abigail Roberts - 1826 - 188 pagina’s
...following story is told, an having come within the narrator's knowledge : — The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert, consisted of a most beautiful...her, with an intention of sending her to his master, the king of France; the Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a long time, but at length consented, on condition... | |
 | 1827 - 290 pagina’s
...instantly, and never stirs till he has mounted again. D' Hervieux says, that the whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert, consisted of a most beautiful...at Sa'id offered to purchase her, with an intention to send her to his master, Louis XIV. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a long time ; but at length... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pagina’s
...French consul at Sai'd offered to purchase, with an intention to send her to Louis the Fourteenth. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a long time,...but at length consented, on condition of receiving a considerable sum of money, which he named. The consul wrote to France for permission to close the bargain,... | |
 | Oscar Rudolph Gleason - 1832 - 444 pagina’s
...remarkable instance of the attachment an Arabian feels for his horse : " The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert consisted of a most beautiful...master, Louis XIV. The Arab pressed by want, hesitated for a long time, but at length conscn :r>d, on condition of receiving a very considerable sum, which... | |
 | Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1836 - 414 pagina’s
...subject by the virtuous Consul d'Hervieux, in his journey to Mount Lebanon. The whole stock of a poor Arabian of the desert consisted of a most beautiful...at Said offered to purchase her, with an intention to send her to his master, Louis XIV. The Arab, pressed by want, hesitated a long time, but at length... | |
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