"In the first ebullition of his fury, Vathek had resolved to rip open the body of Alboufaki and to stuff it with those of the negresses and of Carathis herself, but the remembrance of the Giaour, the palace of Istakar, the sabres, and the talismans, flashing before his imagination, with the simultaneousness of lightning, he became more moderate, and said to his mother, in a civil, but decisive tone; 'Dread lady! you shall be obeyed; but I will not drown Nouronihar.'"
An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript [Vathek]
2 entries in ESTC (1786, 1791).<br>
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First published anonymously as <u>An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory</u> (London: J. Johnson,  1786). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T62055">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3310960212&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from William Beckford, <u>Vathek: Translated from the original French</u>, 3rd edition (London: Printed for W. Clarke 1816).