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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Alas! cried he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nephew, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the punishment of this world, but that of the other will last to eternity;" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My son being persuaded of his sister's constancy, on presence of building a tomb, caused this subterraneous habitation to be made, in hopes of finding one day or other an opportunity to possess himself of that objets which was the cause of his flame, and to bring her hither. He ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall move him to compassion, said I to myself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You appear, said I," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You are not mistaken," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This, madam, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is enough, said Zobeide;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The calender begged the ladies' permission to stay till he had heard the relations of his two comrades," }, { "from": "gpt", "val...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For what reason would you have us shew any respect to the sultan your master? We are none of his subjects, nor are we upon his territories:" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take heed, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By all this, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are you, a man or a genie?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A man, madam, said I;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have no correspondence with genies." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "By what adventure, said she, fetching a deep sigh," },...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Every ten days, continued the princess," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Fair princess, said I," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Prince, replied she, with a smile," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Princess, said I," }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your absence, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nothing, said I," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "An old man, whom I do not know, brings your hatchet and cords, which he found in his way as he tells me, and says he understood from your comrades that you lodge here; come out and speak to him, for he will deliver them...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Perfidious wretch! said the genie to her, pointing at me," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She cast her languishing eyes upon me, and answered mournfully," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I do not know him, I never saw him till this moment." }, { "f...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do you know what honest man this is, to whom we have done this piece of service? Another voice answered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No. To which the first replied," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Then I will tell you. This man out of charity, the pur...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good Sheik, you may probably be already acquainted with the cause of my visit." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Sir, replied he gravely," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is the real case, replied the sul...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go, bring me that man you see there; but take care you do not frighten him. The vizier obeyed, and when the envious man was brought into his presence, the sultan said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Friend, I am extremely glad to see you. Upon which he called an offi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "All that I can do for thee, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Quit, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will destroy him with a blow of this handspike; another," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will shoot an arrow through his body; and a third," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let us throw him into the sea." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The sultan our master hath commanded us to acquaint you, that he rejoices in your safe arrival, and beseeches each of you to take the trouble to write a few lines upon this roll. That you may understand the design of this request, you must know that we had a prime vizier, who be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take the finest horse in my stable, with the richest trappings, and a robe of the most sumptuous brocade to put on the person who wrote the six hands, and bring him thither. At this command the officers could not forbear laughing. The sultan was incensed at their rudeness, and w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A man that was capable of doing so much would be above the greatest of his species." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go, said the sultan to him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sir, your majesty must needs have forgotten yourself; I am surprised that your majesty has sent for me to appear among men." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How, daughter! said the sultan," }, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dog, said she," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "And thou, replied the lion," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Wretch, replied the princess," }, { "from": "gpt",...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Victory! Victory!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If thou art become an ape by enchantment, change thy shape, and take that of a man which thou hadst before." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sir, I have gained the victory over the genie, as your majesty ma...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Prince, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I assured him of exalt obedience; upon which he went on thus:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I have constantly lived in perfect felicity, but by your arrival all the happiness I possessed has vanished; my ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is well, you are at liberty." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This mountain, continued the pilot," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hearken, Agib; as soon as thou art awake dig up the ground under thy feet: thou wilt find a bow of brass, and three arrows of lead, that are made under certain constellations, to deliver mankind from the many calamities that threaten them. Shoot the three arrows at the statue, a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Blessed be God, said I;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "God be praised." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whoever you are, Sir, do not fear; a sultan, and the son of a sultan, as I am, is not capable of doing you any injury: on the contrary, it is probable that your good destiny may have brought me hither to deliver you out of this tomb, where it seems you have been buried alive, fo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Upon the prediction the astrologers, he sought by all means possible to falsify my horoscope, and to preserve my life. He took the precaution to form this subterranean habitation to hide me in, till the expiration of the fifty days after the throwing down of the statue; and ther...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those astrologers who predicted to his father that his son should die by my hand were impostors; for it is not possible that I could commit so base a crime." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Prince, this is the fortieth day, and I am not dead, thanks to God and your goo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Alas! I exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "said I, lifting up my face and my hands to heaven," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I intreat thy pardon, and if I be guilty of his death, let me not live any longer." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I am seen by the old man, he will certainly seize me, and perhaps cause me to be massacred by his slaves, when he has discovered that his son is killed: all that I can allege to justify myself will not convince him of my innocence. It is better then to withdraw while it is in...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Comrade, sit down upon that carpet in the middle of the room, and do not inquire into anything that concerns us, nor the reason why we are all blind of the right eye; be content with what you see, and let not your curiosity extend any farther." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You do not bring us that with which we may acquit ourselves of our duty." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the fruit of our idleness and debauches." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gentlemen, I declare to you, that I must renounce the law which you prescribed to me last night, for I cannot observe it. You are men of sense, you have convinced me that you do not want understanding; yet, I have seen you do such actions as none but madmen could be capable of. ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Do not wonder at our conduit in regard to yourself, and that hitherto we have not granted your request: it is out of kindness, to save you the pain of being reduced to the same condition with ourselves. If you have a mind to try our unfortunate destiny, you need but speak, and w...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must sew you in this skin, said they," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Noble Sir, you are welcome. And one thus addressed me in the name of the rest," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have long been in expectation of such a gentleman as you; your mien assures us, that you are master of all the good qualities we can desire; and we hope y...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are doubtless wearied by the journey you have taken to-day; it is time for you to retire to rest; your lodging is prepared: but before you depart choose which of us you like best to be your bedfellow. I answered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That I knew not how...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Adieu, dear prince, adieu! for we must leave you. Their tears affected. I prayed them to tell me the reason of their grief, and of the separation they spoke of." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fair ladies, let me know, said I," }, { "from": "human", "value...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If all the treasures of the kings of the universe were gathered together in one place, they could not equal the value of these. How fortunate am I to possess all this wealth with so many admirable princesses!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are sorry that we cannot congratulate you on your return, as we could wish; but we are not the cause of your misfortune." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I should do you wrong, I replied," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go wherever you think proper, you are at liberty. But one of them answered," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Madam, we beg you to pardon our curiosity, and permit us to hear the stories of those gentlemen who have not yet spoken. Then the lady turned to the caliph, the...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Vizier, said the caliph," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When I acquaint you that I was last night in your house, disguised in a merchant's habit, you may probably be alarmed, lest you may have given me offence; you may perhaps believe that I have sent for you for no other purpose than to shew some marks of my resentment; but be not a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sister, you are the elder, and I esteem you as my mother: during your absence, God has blest the portion that fell to my share, and the employment I follow of breeding silk-worms. Assure yourself there is nothing I have but is at your service, and as much at your disposal as my ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But, I added," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I rather believe you wish to marry again; I shall feel much surprised if such be the case. After the experience you have had of the little satisfaction there is in wedlock, is it possible you dare venture a second time? Yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Praise be to God, who has favoured us with a happy voyage, and may he be graciously pleased to protect us in the same manner, until we arrive again in our own country. Hear me, O Lord, and grant my request." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My good lady, pray let me kno...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lady, said the young man," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At these words he shut the Koraun, put it into a rich case, and laid it in the niche. I took that opportunity to observe him, and perceiving in him so much good nature and beauty, I felt emotions I had never kn...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am the only person who did not suffer under that heavy judgment, and ever since I have continued to serve God with more fervency than before. I am persuaded, dear lady, that he has sent you hither for my comfort, for which I render him infinite thanks; for I must own that this...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will take him for my husband; and upon that, turning myself to the prince, said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sir, I humbly beg of you to give your consent, for as soon as we come to Bagdad I desire to offer you my person to be your slave, to do you all the servi...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These two black bitches are your sisters, whom I have transformed into this shape. But this punishment will not suffice; and my will is that you treat them hereafter in the way I shall direst." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you would not be changed into a similar ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dear lady, excuse the freedom I take to trouble you, the confidence I have in your charity makes me thus bold. I must acquaint your ladyship that I have an orphan daughter, who is to be married this day. She and I are both strangers, and have no acquaintance in this town; which ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My dear lady, the relations of my son-in-law, who are the principal ladies of the city, are now met together; you may come when you please; I am ready to conduct you. We immediately set out; she walked before me, and I was followed by a number of my women and slaves properly dre...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dear mistress, since you want silk stuffs, I must take you to a young merchant of my acquaintance, who has a great variety; and that you may not fatigue yourself by running from shop to shop, I can assure you that you will find in his what no other can furnish." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will not sell it for gold or money, but I will make her a present of it, if she will give me leave to kiss her cheek. I ordered the old woman to tell him, that he was very rude to propose such a freedom. But instead of obeying me, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My dear mistress, said she," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I beg your pardon, for I am the cause of this misfortune, having brought you to this merchant, because he is my countryman: but I never thought he would be guilty of such a villainous action. But do not griev...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As he spoke he clapped his hands, and in came three slaves:" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Pull her out of bed, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The slaves obeyed, one holding me by the ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the way of the world, said she," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Madam, did not this fairy, that shewed herself to you in the shape of a serpent, and imposed such a rigorous command upon you, tell you where her place of abode was? Or rather, did she not promise to see you, and restore those bitches to their natural shape?" }, { "from"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Commander of the faithful, said she to the prince," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Generous fairy, replied the caliph," }, { "from": "human", "value": "To oblige your majesty, answered the fairy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will restore th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How, replied one of them," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The porter, who had heard of this Sinbad's riches, could not but envy a man whose condition he thought to be as happy as his own was deplorable: and his mind being fretted with these reflections, he lifted up h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My lord, answered he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am very glad to see you, replied Sinbad;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My lord, I confess that my fatigue put me out of humour, and occasioned me to utte...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am that Sinbad, said I," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Heavens! he exclaimed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Have patience, replied I;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Take this, Hindbad, return to your home, and come back to-morrow to hear more of my adventures." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gentlemen, be pleased to listen to the adventures of my second voyage; they deserve your attention even more than those of the first." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will treat me, replied I," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, said he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am very well satisfied with this, which is valuable enough to save me the trouble of making any more voyages, and will raise as great a fortune as I desire." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That we were forbidden to destroy ourselves: but even if that were not the case, it was much more reasonable to devise some method to rid ourselves of the monster who had destined us to so horrible a fate." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Brethren, said I," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "O heaven, to what dangers are we exposed! We rejoiced yesterday at having escaped from the cruelty of a giant and the rage of the waves, now are we fallen into another danger equally dreadful." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Brother, I have here some goods that belonged to a merchant, who sailed some time on board this ship, and he being dead, I design to dispose of them for the benefit of his heirs, when I find who they are. The bales he spoke of lay on the deck, and shewing them to me, he said," ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Captain, said I," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, replied he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "" }, { "from": "human", "value": "You believe him then to be dead? said I." }, { "from": "gpt...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those negroes, replied they," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sinbad, I love thee; and all my subjects who know thee, treat thee according to my example. I have one thing to demand of thee, which thou must grant." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sir, answered I," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "God preserve you and grant you a long life." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Alas! replied he," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pray, said I," }, { "from": "human", "value": "" }, { "from": "gp...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sir, I said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I cannot but feel astonished at the strange usage observed in this country, of burying the living with the dead. I have been a great traveller, and seen many countries, but never heard of so cruel a law." }, { "from...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Consider, said I," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is true, said I," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You fell, said they," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go on, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A rapid current carries the ship along with it, and we shall all perish in less than a quarter of an hour. Pray to God to deliver us from this peril; we cannot escape, if he do not take pity on us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "God has done what pleased him. Each of us may dig his grave, and bid the world adieu; for we are all in so fatal a place, that none shipwrecked here ever returned to their homes." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This river, which runs thus under ground, must somewhere have an issue. If I make a raft, and leave myself to the current, it will convey me to some inhabited country, or I shall perish. If I be drowned, I lose nothing, but only change one kind of death for another; and if I get...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Call upon the Almighty, he will help thee; thou needest not perplex thyself about any thing else: shut thy eyes, and while thou art asleep, God will change thy bad fortune into good." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "People call me Sinbad the voyager, because of the many voyages I have undertaken, and I am a citizen of Bagdad." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But, resumed he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sir, not only my person is at your majesty's service, but the cargo of the raft, and I would beg of you to dispose of it as your own. He answered me with a smile," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sinbad, I will take care not to covet any thing of yours, or to take any ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I pray you give this present from me, and this letter to the caliph, and assure him of my friendship." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Though the present we send you be inconsiderable, receive it however as a brother and a friend, in consideration of the hearty friendship which we bear for you, and of which we are willing to give you proof. We desire the same part in your friendship, considering that we believe...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Farther, the king of Serendib is so just, that there are no judges in his dominions. His people have no need of them. They understand and observe justice rigidly of themselves." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The wisdom of that king, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The caliph, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I followed the officer to the palace, where being presented to the caliph, I saluted him by prostrating myself at his feet." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sinbad, said he to me," }, { "from": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sinbad, said he," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We received your letter with joy, and send you this from our imperial residence, the garden of superior wits. We hope when you look upon it, you will perceive our good intention and be pleased with it. Adieu." } ]