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192 world appeared dark in my eyes, and I voluntarily threw myself into this retirement."

We must not suppose that this influence was thus powerful in the court of a weak or a dissipated prince: Mahmoud was one of the greatest monarchs who ever reigned; almost the whole of his large empire he had conquered himself; and it was governed entirely under his own inspection. The resentment Jemila Khandahari, or, literally, the beauty of Khandahar, bore to Altun Tash, was occasioned by his opposition to the Vizir Ahmed Hassen, whom she patronised. Gallantry, at the same time, does not appear to have had any concern in her operations; for Nezam observes, that though her favourite Ahmed corresponded with her often, they did not see one another perhaps once in twelve months. Richardson's Dissertations on the Languages of Eastern Nations. learned the art of the celebrated Siranus; and from small paintings passed to greater works, which are seen in many altar-pieces, and other places. Abec. Pitt. painted for the Infanta of Austria; their serene highnesses of Brunswick and Tuscany; Philip II. accepted