Laurence Housman

Name: Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac (London 1907) — The Fisherman and the Genie
Author: Laurence Housman

Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

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“Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac (London 1907) — The Fisherman and the Genie”, published in 1907, is a work by Laurence Housman. It explores elements such as fisherman, Vizier and Genie.

Quotes from Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (Laurence Housman)

Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ At so fearful a sight all the fisherman's courage oozed out of him; but the Genie, perceiving him, cried with a loud voice, "O, Solomon, Prophet of God, slay me not, for never again will I withstand thee in word or deed!"
"Alas!" said the fisherman, "I am no prophet; and as for Solomon, he has been dead for nearly two thousand years. I am but a poor fisherman whom chance has knocked by accident against thy door." ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ If the fisherman had been prompt at the Vizier's bidding, he made even greater speed to fulfil the royal command, and before the day was over—this time in the presence of the Sultan himself—four fish, of four diverse colours like to the first, were cleaned and laid into the pan ready for frying. But scarcely had they touched the fat when the wall opened in a clap like thunder, and there came forth with a face of rage a monstrous negro the size of a bull, holding in his hand the rod of myrtle. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ Ask of me now, and I will give you all the treasures that the world contains, or that your heart can find in it to desire, if only you will set me free!"
The fisherman, being of a mild spirit and with no heart for revenge, sat down to consider what he should do, and all the while the imprisoned Genie continued to appeal to him for compassion with loud promise and lamentation. So at last, the fisherman, having the fear of God before his eyes, after he had extracted from the Genie a most solemn vow to leave him unharmed, drew out the stopper of lead and released him. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ When the fisherman heard this he gave himself up for lost, yet he did not the less continue by prayer and supplication to entreat the Genie from his purpose. But when he found that there was no heart left in him to be moved, then for the first time he bestirred his wits, and remembering how that which is evil contains far less wisdom than that which is good, and so falls ever the more readily into the trap prepared for it, he spoke thus: "O Genie, since thou art determined on my death, there is yet a certain thing touching thine honour that I would first know. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ So, by the Ineffable Name, which is the seal of Solomon, I will ask thee one question, and do thou swear to answer it truly."
The Genie was ready enough to give the oath as desired. Then said the fisherman, "How is it that one so great as thou art, whose feet o'er-step the hills and whose head out-tops the heaven—how can such an one enter into so small a vessel to dwell in it? ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ When the Sultan's eyes had seen that marvel, he said to his Vizier, "Here is mystery set before us! Surely these fish that talk have a past and a history. Never shall I rest satisfied until I have learned it." So causing the fisherman to be brought before him, he inquired whence the fish came. The fisherman answered, "From a lake between four hills upon the mountain overlooking the city." The Sultan inquired how many days' journey it might be, and the fisherman replied that it was but a matter of a few hours going and returning. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ The Genie, hearing himself thus mocked, made violent efforts to escape; but the power of the seal of Solomon held him fast, and the fisherman, ceasing not all the while to revile him for the treachery and baseness which were now to receive their due reward, began to carry the vessel back to the sea's brink. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ Now when I had lain there prisoner for a hundred years, I swore in my heart that I would give to the man that should release me all the treasures attainable in heaven or earth. But when none came to earn so great a reward in all the hundred years that followed, then I swore that I would give to my liberator earthly riches only ”

Laurence Housman

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Quotes from Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (Laurence Housman)

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