 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...passed while lliou art lost in indolence. One day, as I was in a bath, a friend of mine put into iny hand a piece of scented clay. I took it, and said to it, "Art thou musk or ambergris ? — for 1 am charmed with thy delightful scent." It answered, " I was a despicable piece of clay ; but 1 was... | |
 | 1822 - 858 pages
...Specimen of the Mystical Poetry of the Sufis. One day as I was in the bath, a friend of mine put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it and said to...thou musk or ambergris ? for I am charmed with thy delightful scent. It answered, 1 was a despicable piece of clay ; but I was some time in the company... | |
 | Henry Kett - English wit and humor - 1825 - 298 pages
...in order that the good may be undisturbed.' ' 536. One day, when I was in the bath, a friend gave me a piece of scented clay. I took it, and said to it, 'Art thou musk, or ambergris ? for 1 am chara with thy deligtful perfume.' It answered, ' I wi despicable piece of clay ; but I was some... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 814 pages
...Specimen of the Mystical Poetry of the Sufis. One day as I was in the bath, a friend of mine put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it and said to...thou "musk or ambergris ? for I am charmed with thy delightful scent. It answered, T was a despicable piece of clay ; hut I was some time in the company... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1827 - 634 pages
...fair specimen of his graver style : — ' One day, as I was in the bath, a friend of mine put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it, and said...a despicable piece of clay, but I was some time in company of the rose ; the sweet quality of my companion was communicated to me, otherwise I should... | |
 | Theology - 1842 - 508 pages
...help to illustrate this point. " One day as I was in the bath (says the fable) a friend put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it and said to...answered, I was a despicable piece of clay, but I was sometime in the company of the rose — the sweet quality of my companion was communicated to me, otherwise... | |
 | Religion - 1842 - 1046 pages
...help 1o illustrate this point. " One day as I was in the bath (says the fable) a friend put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it and said to...answered, I was a despicable piece of clay, but I was sometime in the company of the rose — the sweet quality of my companion was communicated to me, otherwise... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1842 - 518 pages
...help to illustrate this point. " One day as I was in the bath (says the fable) a friend put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it and said to...answered, I was a despicable piece of clay, but I was sometime in the company of the rose—the sweet quality of my companion was communicated to me, otherwise... | |
 | Charles Robert Forrester - 1843 - 324 pages
...first assure thyself of the affection of the gentle Shireen ; obtain her pledge of fidelity, and then " but I was some time in the company of the rose. The sweet quality of my companion was communicated tome; otherwise I should have been only a piece of earth, as I appear to be." " What then, Rudaki ?"... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1834 - 476 pages
...his own folly, to call him " the bear and the tea-kettle." AN APOLOGUE. One day a friend put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it and said to...charmed with thy perfume? It answered ; " I was a dirty piece of clay, but after being sometime in the company of the rose, the sweet qualities of my... | |
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One day, as I was in the bath, a friend of mine put into my hand a piece of scented clay. I took it, and said to it, Art thou musk or ambergris, for I am charmed with thy perfume... 
