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Literary
September 4, 1767
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Caliph Mahadi, lost while hunting, enters a peasant's home and drinks wine, progressively boasting of his high status up to claiming to be the Caliph. The unimpressed Arab hides the pitcher, fearing further drinks would lead to claims of being the Prophet or God.
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Full Text
Vanity reproved and disconcerted.-From the History of the Arabs.
THE Caliph Mahadi was exceeding fond of hunting. Having lost his way, he came into a peasant's house, and asked for something to drink. The peasant brought him a pitcher of wine, of which the Caliph drank a few cups. Mahadi afterwards asked him, If he knew him? No, answered the Arab, I am, said the Prince. one of the principal Lords of the Caliph's Court. He afterwards drank another cup, and asked the peasant again, If he knew him? He answered. that he had just told him who he was. It is not so, replied Mahadi, I am still greater than I told you. Hereupon he drank another cup, and repeated what he first had asked him. The Arab. impatient, replied, that he had already sufficiently explained himself. No, said the Prince, I have not informed you of all ; I am the Caliph; before whom the whole world prostrates itself. At these words, the Arab, instead of prostrating himself. snatched hastily up the pitcher, to leave it in the place he had taken it from. The Caliph, astonished, having asked him the reason why he did so My reason, said the Arab, for doing so is, that if you drank another cup, I should be afraid you was the Prophet ; and at length, by a last cup, you would pretend to make me believe that you are God Almighty.
THE Caliph Mahadi was exceeding fond of hunting. Having lost his way, he came into a peasant's house, and asked for something to drink. The peasant brought him a pitcher of wine, of which the Caliph drank a few cups. Mahadi afterwards asked him, If he knew him? No, answered the Arab, I am, said the Prince. one of the principal Lords of the Caliph's Court. He afterwards drank another cup, and asked the peasant again, If he knew him? He answered. that he had just told him who he was. It is not so, replied Mahadi, I am still greater than I told you. Hereupon he drank another cup, and repeated what he first had asked him. The Arab. impatient, replied, that he had already sufficiently explained himself. No, said the Prince, I have not informed you of all ; I am the Caliph; before whom the whole world prostrates itself. At these words, the Arab, instead of prostrating himself. snatched hastily up the pitcher, to leave it in the place he had taken it from. The Caliph, astonished, having asked him the reason why he did so My reason, said the Arab, for doing so is, that if you drank another cup, I should be afraid you was the Prophet ; and at length, by a last cup, you would pretend to make me believe that you are God Almighty.
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
Fable
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Caliph Mahadi
Vanity
Arab Peasant
Moral Tale
Boasting
Wine
Hunting
Literary Details
Title
Vanity Reproved And Disconcerted. From The History Of The Arabs.
Form / Style
Short Moral Anecdote In Prose
Key Lines
My Reason, Said The Arab, For Doing So Is, That If You Drank Another Cup, I Should Be Afraid You Was The Prophet ; And At Length, By A Last Cup, You Would Pretend To Make Me Believe That You Are God Almighty.