Sketches And Adventures in Madeira, Portugal, And the Andalusias of Spain
Sketches And Adventures in Madeira, Portugal, And the Andalusias of Spain
Charles Wainwright March
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Kingdoms, power, and great- ness are given according to His will ; strength, sover- eignty, and empire are taken away at His pleasure. Oh, Lord Allah ! Thy empire alone is eternal, and without change. Thou alone art master over all." Thus speaks the pious Arabian author as he contem- plates the eventful incidents of Abderahman's life ; and as he proceeds to show, that having served a proper apprenticeship to misfortune, he had become qualified to assume and govern the throne of a mighty king- d...om. While Abderahman now had found secure hospitality with the generous sheiks, and was enjoying the recol- lection of his many perilous adventures, it was an- nounced to him that a deputation of the most noble Moslemah of Spain solicited an audience. He bade them enter ; when Temam Ben Alcama, the most pow- erful among them, thus addressed him : " The Moslemah of Spain, and in their name the prin- cipal Xeques of tribes belonging to Syria, Arabia, and Egypt, have sent us to offer thee not only a secure asylum, for that thou hast already obtained in the pro- Digitized by Google SOVEREIGNTY.
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