The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851Various
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The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Science -- History -- Periodicals
For Hadgee Ahmed is my name,
My heart with love of God doth flame;
Here and above I'll bide the same;
O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee.
Nor was this the only literary labor performed by Mr. Borrow
while at St. Petersburgh: to the "Targum" he appended a
translation of "The Talisman," and other pieces from the
Russian of Alexander Pushkin. He also edited the Gospel in the
Mandchou Tartar dialect while residing in that city. In
connection with the latter undertaking there is an anecdote
told of which, like the story of his making horse-shoes, shows
his resources, and redounds to his credit. It runs thus:--"It
was known that a fountain of types in the Mandchou Tartar
character existed at a certain house in the city of St.
Petersburgh, but there was no one to be found who could set
them up. In this emergency the young editor demanded to
inspect the types; they were brought forth in a rusty state
from a cellar; on which, resolved to see his editorial labors
complete, he cleaned the types himself, and set them up with
his own hand."
Of his journeyings in Spain Mr. Borrow has been his own biographer; but
here again his higher claims to distinction are lightly touched on, or
not named. In 1837 a book was printed at Madrid, having the following
curious title-page:
"_Embeo e Mafaro Lucas. Brotoboro randado andre la chipe
griega, acaana chibado andre o Romano, o chipe es Zincales de
Sese._
"_El Evangelio segun S. Lucas, traducido al Romani, o dialecto
de los Gitanos de Espana. 1837._"
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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