 The secret was betrayed by one of the number ; Abdalla was suddenly arrested, confessed his meditated crime, and was suffocated, notwithstanding the entreaties of his intended victim Alhakem. " Thy humane request," replied the king, " becomes thee well,...  Spain and Portugal - Side 289av Samuel Astley Dunham - 1832Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1832 - 572 sider
...Abdalla. Many years before his death he caused his second son, Alhakem, to be recognized as wali alhedi. The choice gave umbrage to Abdalla, who at length...might have been reclaimed to loyalty and obedience by easy means. The king himself seems ever afterwards to have blamed his excessive rigour. Though at the... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1832 - 308 sider
...of his son Abdalla. Many years before his death he caused his second son, Alhakem, to be recognized as wali alhadi. The choice gave umbrage to Abdalla,...neither thy tears nor my grief shall save him!" This rigor, however, was not agreeable to the people, who knew that Abdalla had many excellent qualities;... | |
 | 1832 - 816 sider
...I deeply lament the fate of my son ; I shall lament it through life ; but neither thy tears nor Taj grief shall save him !" This rigour, however, was...might have been reclaimed to loyalty and obedience by easy means. The king himself seems ever afterwards to have blamed his excessive rigour. Though at the... | |
 | 1833 - 468 sider
...king, " becomes thee well, and if I were a private individual it should be granted; but as a king, 1 owe both to my people and my successors an example...believed that he was influenced more by levity, or the deceitfid persuasions of others, than by innate depravity of heart, and that he might have been reclaimed... | |
 | Samuel Astley Dunham - 1854 - 312 sider
...son Abdalla. Many years before his death he caused his second son, Alhakem, to be recognized as wall alhadi. The choice gave umbrage to Abdalla, who at...neither thy tears nor my grief shall save him !" °This rigor, however, was not agreeable to the people, who knew that Abdalla had many excellent qualities;... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1869 - 476 sider
...private individual, it should be granted. But as a king I owe, both to my successors and to my people, an example of justice. I deeply lament the fate of...But neither thy tears nor my grief shall save him." The wretched youth was suffocated in the cell of his prison. But public opinion did not sustain the... | |
 | 1832 - 816 sider
...of the number ; Abdalla was suddenly arrested, confessed his meditated crime, and was suff\jcated, notwithstanding the entreaties of his intended victim...grief shall save him !" This rigour, however, was 7iot agreeable to the people, who knew that Abdalla had many excellent qualities ; who believed that... | |
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