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ALMORAN AND HASiET.
the soie dominion , and deprive him of the share
cf the government to which he had a right bv the
will of Solyman his father. This aiio they heard
with thesame sentiments ofwonder and acquiescence:
If it is decreed, laid they , that Ahnoran shail he
Ring aione , who can prevent it ? and if it is not,
who can bring it to pais ? 'But know ye not,'
laid Omar, 'that when the end is appointed , the
"means are appointed aiso. If it is decreed that
"one of you shail this night die by poisbn , is it
"not decreed alio that he shail drink it?'
The crowd now gazed upon each other, with-
out reply , for iome minutes : and at laid they
only laid , that no efsort of theirs could change
the'universal appointment of all things ; that if
Ahnoran was to be king alone , he would be io
notwithsfandig all oppoktion; and that if he was
not to he king alone , no attempt of his own,
however supported , could make him io. 'I will
not,' laid Omar ,' contradict your opinion ; I will
' only tell you what I have heard , and leave you
" to iuffer the calamities which threaten you , with
" a fortitude and resignation that are iuitable to
"your principles ; having no consolation to osfer
"you , but that Hamet , whole destinv it was not
"to make you happy , will buffer with you the
" evils , that neither he nor you could prevent: the
"mournful comfort of this teilowship, will not be
"denied ; for he loves you too well , towish even to
' be happy alone.' The crowd sixed their eyes
upon Hamet , for whom their assection was now
Urongly moved , with looks of much greater in-
telligence and sensibility; a confuted murmur,
like the fall os the pebbles upon the beach when
the sui'gc retires from the sit ore , expresled their
ALMORAN AND HASiET.
the soie dominion , and deprive him of the share
cf the government to which he had a right bv the
will of Solyman his father. This aiio they heard
with thesame sentiments ofwonder and acquiescence:
If it is decreed, laid they , that Ahnoran shail he
Ring aione , who can prevent it ? and if it is not,
who can bring it to pais ? 'But know ye not,'
laid Omar, 'that when the end is appointed , the
"means are appointed aiso. If it is decreed that
"one of you shail this night die by poisbn , is it
"not decreed alio that he shail drink it?'
The crowd now gazed upon each other, with-
out reply , for iome minutes : and at laid they
only laid , that no efsort of theirs could change
the'universal appointment of all things ; that if
Ahnoran was to be king alone , he would be io
notwithsfandig all oppoktion; and that if he was
not to he king alone , no attempt of his own,
however supported , could make him io. 'I will
not,' laid Omar ,' contradict your opinion ; I will
' only tell you what I have heard , and leave you
" to iuffer the calamities which threaten you , with
" a fortitude and resignation that are iuitable to
"your principles ; having no consolation to osfer
"you , but that Hamet , whole destinv it was not
"to make you happy , will buffer with you the
" evils , that neither he nor you could prevent: the
"mournful comfort of this teilowship, will not be
"denied ; for he loves you too well , towish even to
' be happy alone.' The crowd sixed their eyes
upon Hamet , for whom their assection was now
Urongly moved , with looks of much greater in-
telligence and sensibility; a confuted murmur,
like the fall os the pebbles upon the beach when
the sui'gc retires from the sit ore , expresled their