【英文小说】Zadig
48页1、【英文小说】ZadigPreface Quo fata trahunt, retrahuntque sequamur.Per varios casus, per tot discrimina rerum,Tendimus in Latium. VIRG.The Dedication to the Sultana Sheraa, by Sadi.The 18th of the Month Scheval, in the Year of the Hegira, 837.Thou Joy of evry Eye! Thou Torment of every Heart! Thou Intellectual Light! I do not kiss the Dust of thy Feet; because thou seldom art seen out of the Seraglio, and when thou art, thou walkest only on the Carpets of Iran, or on Beds of Roses.I here present you wit
2、h a Translation of the Work of an ancient Sage, who having the Happiness of living free from all Avocations, thought proper, by Way of Amusement, to write the History of Zadig; a Performance, that comprehends in it more Instruction than, tis possible, you may at first be aware of. I beg you would indulge me so far as to read it over, and then pass your impartial Judgment upon it: For notwithstanding you are in the Bloom of your Life; tho evry Pleasure courts you; tho you are Natures Darling, and
3、 have internal Qualities in proportion to your Beauty; tho the World resounds your Praises from Morning till Night, and consequently you must have a just Title to a superior Degree of Understanding than the rest of your Sex; Yet your Wit is no ways flashy; Your Taste is refind, and I have had the Honour to hear you talk more learnedly than the wisest Dervise, with his venerable Beard, and pointed Bonnet: You are discreet, and yet not mistrustful; you are easy, but not weak; you are beneficent wi
4、th Discretion; you love your Friends, and create yourself no Enemies. Your most sprightly Flights borrow no Graces from Detraction; you never speak a misbecoming Word, nor do an ill-naturd Action, tho tis always in your Power. In a Word, your Soul is as spotless as your Person. You have, moreover, a little Fund of Philosophy, which gives me just Grounds to hope that youll relish this Historical Performance better than any other Lady of your Quality would do.It was originally composd in the Chald
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