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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

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THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.
IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.
The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.
The price was no subject of debate.
The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Chapter XXX · Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia is here in full — 15 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.
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IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.
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The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.
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The price was no subject of debate.
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The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

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Plunder noun US /ˈplʌn.dər/

Goods or treasure taken by force or theft, especially in war or banditry.

From this reading “The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.”

PRINCESS noun US /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading “THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.”

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a

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

account

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

after

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

alive

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

an

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

and

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

Arab

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

attendants

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

away

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

be

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

been

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

borders

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

castle

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

cheaply

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

chief

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

day

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

debate

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From this reading The price was no subject of debate.

drawn

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

ecstasies

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

Egypt

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

extremity

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

favourite

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

for

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

fortress

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

from

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

gold

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

had

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

hands

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

heard

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

HEARS

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From this reading THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.

her

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

hundred

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

IN

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

many

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

messengers

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

might

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

mouths

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

NEWS

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From this reading THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.

no

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From this reading The price was no subject of debate.

Nubia

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

OF

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From this reading THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.

on

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

one

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

or

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

ounces

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

PEKUAH

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From this reading THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.

plundernounUS /ˈplʌn.dər/

Goods or treasure taken by force or theft, especially in war or banditry.

From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

possessed

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

price

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From this reading The price was no subject of debate.

PRINCESSnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.

promise

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

rambles

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

ransomed

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

restore

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

returned

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

revenue

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

sent

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

seven

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

she

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

so

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From this reading The Princess was in ecstasies when she heard that her favourite was alive, and might so cheaply be ransomed.

subject

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From this reading The price was no subject of debate.

that

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

THE

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From this reading THE PRINCESS HEARS NEWS OF PEKUAH.

to

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

two

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

unsuccessful

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

upon

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

was

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

when

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

who

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

whose

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

willing

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From this reading The Arab, whose revenue was plunder, was willing to restore her, with her two attendants, for two hundred ounces of gold.

with

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From this reading IN seven mouths one of the messengers who had been sent away upon the day when the promise was drawn from the Princess, returned, after many unsuccessful rambles, from the borders of Nubia, with an account that Pekuah was in the hands of an Arab chief, who possessed a castle or fortress on the extremity of Egypt.

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