Les Bijoux Indiscrets, or, The Indiscreet Toys

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Denis Diderot. Les Bijoux Indiscrets, or, The Indiscreet Toys

CHAP. I. Birth of Mangogul

CHAP. II. Education of Mangogul

CHAP. III. Which may be regarded as the first of this history

CHAP. IV. Evocation of the Genius

CHAP. V. Mangogul's dangerous Temptation

CHAP. VI. First Trial of the Ring. Alcina

CHAP. VII. Second trial of the Ring. The Altars

CHAP. VIII. Third trial of the Ring. The Private Supper

CHAP. IX. The state of the academy of sciences at Banza

CHAP. X. Less learned and less tedious than the preceding. Continuation of the academical sitting

CHAP. XI. Fourth trial of the Ring. The Echo

CHAP. XII. Fifth Trial of the Ring. Play

CHAP. XIII. Of the opera at Banza. Sixth trial of the Ring

CHAP. XIV. Orcotomus's experiments

CHAP. XV. The Bramins

CHAP. XVI. The Muzzles

CHAP. XVII. The two Devouts

CHAP. XVIII. The Toyman's return

CHAP. XIX. Seventh trial of the Ring. The stifled Toy

CHAP. XX. Eighth trial of the Ring. The Vapors

CHAP. XXI. Ninth Trial of the Ring. Of Things lost and found

CHAP. XXII. A Sketch of Mangogul's moral Philosophy

CHAP. XXIII. Tenth trial of the Ring. The Dogs

CHAP. XXIV. Eleventh trial of the Ring. The Pensions

CHAP. XXV. Twelfth Trial of the Ring. A Law Case

CHAP. XXVI. Mirzoza's Metaphysics. The Souls

CHAP. XXVII. Sequel of the preceding conversation

CHAP. XXVIII. Thirteenth trial of the Ring. The Little Mare

CHAP. XXIX. The best perhaps, and the least read of this history

CHAP. XXX. Fourteenth trial of the Ring. The mute Toy

CHAP. XXXI. Was Mangogul in the right?

CHAP. XXXII. The fifteenth trial of the Ring. Alphana

CHAP. XXXIII. Sixteenth trial of the Ring. The Petits-Maitres

CHAP. XXXIV. Seventeenth trial of the Ring. The Comedy

CHAP. XXXV. Conversation on literature

CHAP. XXXVI. Eighteenth and nineteenth trials of the Ring

CHAP. XXXVII. Mirzoza's dream

CHAP. XXXVIII. Twenty-first and twenty-second Trials of the Ring. Fricamona and Callipiga

CHAP. XXXIX. Dreams

CHAP. XL. Twenty-third Trial of the Ring. Fannia

CHAP. XLI. The history of Selim's travels

CHAP. XLII. Twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth trial of the ring. Masquerade, and sequel of the masquerade

CHAP. XLIII. Selim at Banza

CHAP. XLIV. Twenty-sixth trial of the Ring. The rambling Toy

CHAP. XLV. Cydalisa

CHAP. XLVI. Twenty-seventh Trial of the Ring. Fulvia

CHAP. XLVII. Prodigious events of the Reign of Kanaglou, Mangogul's Grand-father

CHAP. XLVIII. Twenty-eighth Trial of the Ring. Olympia

CHAP. XLIX. Twenty-ninth Trial of the Ring. Zuleiman and Zaide

CHAP. L. Platonic Love

CHAP. LI. Thirtieth and last trial of the Ring. Mirzoza

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Hiaouf Zeles Tanzai had already reigned long in great Chechianea, and this voluptuous prince still continued to be the delight of his subjects. Acajou king of Minutia had undergone the fate predicted by his father: Zulmis was no more: the Count De – was still living: Splendidus, Angola, Misapouf and some other potentates of the Indies and Asia were carried off by sudden deaths. The people tired of obeying weak sovereigns, had shaken off the yoke of their posterity; and the descendants of those unfortunate monarchs rambled unknown, or not regarded, in the provinces of their empires. The grandson of the illustrious Scheherazad was the only one who maintain'd his throne: and he was obeyed in Indostan by the name of Schach Baam, at the time when Mangogul was born in Congo. Thus it appears, that the death of several sovereigns was the mournful epoch of his birth.

His father Erguebzed did not summon the Fairies round the cradle of his son; because he had observed, that most of the princes of his time, who had been educated by these female intelligences, were no better than fools. He contented himself with ordering his nativity to be calculated by one Codindo, a person fitter for a portrait than an acquaintance.

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Codindo assured the prince, that he was sorry he was not more knowing; but beseeched his highness to consider, that his knowledge was sufficient for the little time he had been a conjurer. In effect, the moment before, what was Codindo?

"That these parts are capable of distention and contraction, is needless to be demonstrated in an assembly of Literati of your rank: but that in consequence of this distention and contraction, the Delphys can utter sounds more or less acute; in a word, all the inflexions of the voice, and modulation of singing; is a fact, which I flatter myself I shall put out of doubt. My appeal is to experiments. Yes, gentlemen, I engage to make both a Delphys and a Toy reason, speak, nay, and sing too, before ye."

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