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  • Commander of the Faithful, I was concerned for him and perplexed by reason of my jealousy for his honour; so I said to him, “O son of my uncle, wilt thou that I point out to thee a plan and suggest to thee a project, whereby (please Allah) thou shalt find perfect welfare and the way of right and successful issue whereby the Almighty shall do away from thee that thou dreadest?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • ‘I am in fear for thee, lest yonder man happen upon thee and betray thee to what thou dreadest; so save thyself by flight.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Allah avert from thee the evil thou dreadest with such dread and save thee from the consequences thou apprehendest!

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • When I heard these words, I said to him, ‘O lion, I take asylum with thee, that thou mayest kill the son of Adam and be steadfast in resolve to his slaughter; verily I fear him for myself with extreme fear and to my fright affright is added for that thou also dreadest the son of Adam, albeit thou art Sultan of savage beasts.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • He said also (whom Allah accept!), ‘If thou fear to grow conceited of thy lore, then bethink thee Whose grace thou seekest and for what good thou yearnest and what punishment thou dreadest.’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Nor will thy father forsake thee, as thou dreadest, and allow thee to be cast out from this house.

    Andromache 2007

  • Nor will thy father forsake thee, as thou dreadest, and allow thee to be cast out from this house.

    Andromache 2007

  • And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, whom thou dreadest, into the hands of the Chaldeans, and I will hurl thee forth, and thy mother who bore thee, into a land where ye were not born, and there ye shall die.

    Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Isaac Landman

  • Extend not thy hand upon thy child, and do nothing to him, now I know that thou dreadest God, and hast not spared thine only son for me.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900

  • To whom Prothase said: In that thou dreadest me, that thou shouldest be hurt by me if I make not sacrifice to thy gods; if thou dreaded not to be hurt of me thou wouldest never compel me to the sacrifice of idols.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

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