 ... of others, a mode of writing which the Eastern imaginative writers much affect. The Gulistan is divided into eight chapters: on the morals of kings ; on the morals of dervishes ; on the excellency of contentment ; on the advantages of taciturnity;...  Transactions - Page 247by Plymouth athenaeum - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society - Natural history - 1830 - 398 pages
...his prose is occasionally sprinkled with rhyme, which is a species of composition called JVLesuj-jah, having rhyme without measure. The work consists of...durweshes ; on the excellence of content ; on the ad vantages of taciturnity; on love and youth; on imbecility and old age; on the effects of education... | |
 | 1841 - 530 pages
...eight chapter*: on the morals of kings; on the morals of dervishes; on the excellency of contentment; on the advantages of taciturnity ; on love and youth;...effects of education; and rules for conduct in life. The first seven chapters consist chietly of moral stories, some of them apparently from real history, others... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1841 - 522 pages
...chapters: on the morals of kings ; on the morals of dervishes ; on the excellency of contentment ; on the advantages of taciturnity; on love and youth; on imbecility and old age; on thé effects of education; and rules for conduct in life. The first seven chapters consist chiefly... | |
 | 1841 - 524 pages
...chapters: on the morals of kings ; on the morals of dervishes ; on the excellency of contentment ; on the advantages of taciturnity; on love and youth;...of education ; and rules for conduct in life. The first seven chapters consist chiefly of moral stories, some of them apparently from real history, others... | |
 | Charles Knight - Biography - 1867 - 532 pages
...eight chapters : on the morals of kings; on the morals of dervishes; on the excellency of contentment; on the advantages of taciturnity; on love and youth;...of education ; and rules for conduct in life. The first seven chapters consist chiefly of moral stories, some of them apparently from real history, others... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1883 - 830 pages
...as follows: On the Morals of Kings; on the Morals of Darweshes ; on the Excellency of Contentment ; on the Advantages of Taciturnity ; on Love and Youth...Imbecility and Old Age ; on the Effects of Education ; Rules for Conduct in Life. Of this very popular book it is no exaggeration to say that in India alone... | |
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