A Practical Hindūstānī Grammar ...Clarendon Press, 1895 - 487 oldal |
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121. oldal - A person went to a scribe, and said unto him, "Write a letter for me."* He said, " There is a pain in my foot." The man said, " I do not wish to send you anywhere, why are you making this unreasonable excuse ? " The scribe replied, " You are speaking the truth ; but when I write a letter for any person, then I am always sent for to read it ; for nobody else is able to read my hand-writing.
155. oldal - What connexion is there between medicine for the eyes and a pain in the stomach ?" The doctor replied, " I wish, in the first place, to make your eyes sound, for it is evident that you are unable to distinguish between black and white, otherwise you would never have eaten burnt bread.
148. oldal - This night I will give each of you a stick one cubit in length, and it will so happen that the stick of him who is the thief will become one inch longer than those of the rest.
98. oldal - In a dark night a blind man, having taken a lamp in his hand, and a jar on his shoulder, was going along in the market. Somebody said to him, " O fool ! in thy eyes day and night are alike ; of what use is a lamp to thee ? " The blind man, having laughed, said, " O you great blockhead! do you imagine that the lamp is for my benefit ? No, it is entirely on thy account, that thou mayest not break my jar amidst the darkness.
82. oldal - One day, in the summer season, a king and his son went a-hunting. When the air became very hot, then they placed each his cloak on the back of a certain jester. The king, having laughed, said, "Now, O jester, there is an ass's burden on thy back.
148. oldal - ... inch longer than those of the rest." Having thus spoken, the judge gave each a stick, and dismissed them. During the night, the thief being afraid, said to himself, " If I cut off one inch from my stick, in the morning it will be of the same length with the rest." Thus, having considered, he cut off an inch from his stick, and next day attended, along with the others. The judge, having looked at the sticks, thus discovered the thief.
111. oldal - The rich man, on hearing this, gave to the poor man one kauri. The poor man said, " Oh, sir ! why do you not bestow upon me a brother's share...
50. oldal - There are four Moods : the Indicative, the Subjunctive, the Imperative, and the Infinitive. The...