The Story of the Ox and the Ass, Scott V.S Burton
Text: “Shall the beautiful hue of the Basil fail * Tho’ the beetle’s foot o’er the Basil crawl? And though spider and fly be its denizens * Shall disgrace attach to the royal hall? The cowrie, I ken, shall have…
The Little Hunchback: Scott & Lang
The Little Hunchback Scott Nights: There was in former times at Casgar, on the extreme boundaries of Tartary, a tailor who had a pretty wife, whom he affectionately loved, and by whom he was beloved with reciprocal tenderness. One day…
The Merchant and The Genie
Scott’s Translation: “When he had finished his repast, being a good Moosulmaun, he washed his hands, face, and feet, and said his prayers.Before he had finished, and while he was yet on his knees, he saw a genie, white with…
The Three Apples: Payne & Scott
Scott: About two months ago she fell sick; I took all imaginable care of her, and spared nothing that could promote her speedy recovery. After a month thus passed she began to grow better, and expressed a wish to go…
Sinbad:The First Voyage- Payne and Scott
Scott Translation: The trembling of the island was perceived on board the ship, and we were called upon to re-embark speedily, or we should all be lost; for what we took for an island proved to be the back of…
The Three Apple’s– Payne and Scott
This is the paragraph from Payne’s version: “About mid-day a great ugly black slave came into the bazaar, having in his hand one of the three apples, with which he was playing; so I called to him and said, “Prithee,…
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