The Tales of the Genii, or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar: Faithfully Translated from the Persian Manuscript; And Compared with the ... at Paris and Madrid

Excerpt from The Tales of the Genii, or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar: Faithfully Translated From the Persian Manuscript; And Compared With the French and Spanish Editions, Published at Paris and Madrid

Havin g full liberty to usi'e his literary works as I pleal'ed, I have made it my bufinefs to become mafler of them by degrees; and I lhould have publilhed his Account of India long ago, had I not found that work al ready. Done to my hands, though nut in l'o'malterly a manner, yet fuf ficient to prevent the fale of any fecun'd work. But although this was a very curious performance, and I was vexed that ecuniary prudence Ihould oblige me to witheld it for fame time longer rom the publick, as his elegant drawings alone, relative to the fubjeét he wrote upon, would coil five hundred pounds to en rave; yet I hepe to make it up to the world, by offering them a boo which, if it is lefs ufeful to commerce, yet it may be of tar more entertainment and infiruétion to all degrees of men; and this 'is a tranllation, in his own hand-writing, of the works, (or, as they are called in the title-page, the Delightful Lefi'ons) of Horam the (on of Afrnar. Delightful, indeed! Whether we confider the matter, the l'ubjeét, the manner, or the moral of the work.

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