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The social state of this little people, is a kind of republic governed by a senate, which is composed of the chiefs of most of the villages. They have taken from the Coran the idea of this form of government, as is the case with most of those, established among the nations who follow that law.
During all these years Lavengro had been making progress towards completion, irregular and spasmodic it would appear; but still each year brought it nearer to the printer. In slovenliness of manuscript I almost rival Mahomet, who, it is said, wrote his Coran on mutton spade bones." "He is now writing it by my advice. The great difficulty, however, is to blend them all into a symmetrical whole."
A task is upon me too great for all my skill and wit, greater than any laid upon me since I seized the kingship. A maiden unseen has met us, and by her power would take from me my dear, my comely son. If thou help not, he will be taken from thy king by woman's wiles and witchery." Then Coran the Druid stood forth and chanted his spells towards the spot where the maiden's voice had been heard.
The two rivers of Bruni and Coran are supposed to meet in the centre of the island, although for many miles near their source they are not much wider than a common ditch. Before day-light of the following morning our slumbers were disturbed by the crowing of a whole army of cocks, which assured us of the proximity of the town we were in search of.
"I shall obey it without fear, even if I go in the storm and the darkness." He glanced at the radiant sky, at the golden beams slanting down upon the palms. "The Coran says: 'The fate of every man have We bound about his neck. May yours be as serene, as beautiful, as a string of pearls." "But I have never cared to wear pearls," she answered. "No? What are your stones?" "Rubies." "Blood!
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