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The double sense of "help yourself"-self-reliance and "grab what you can"-amuses the shaikh, who, after twenty years among these infidels, takes pride in his fluency in their language.
Der Doppelsinn von «help yourself» – Selbstverantwortung und «Raff an dich, was du kriegen kannst» – amüsiert den Scheich, der nach zwanzig unter diesen Ungläubigen verbrachten Jahren stolz darauf ist, wie fließend er ihre Sprache beherrscht.
In Milton's Paradise Regained, Satan speaks with "double-sense deluding," whereas Christ's "actions to his words accord, his words / To his large heart give utterance due, his heart / Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape."
In Miltons Wiedergewonnenem Paradies spricht Satan mit »trügerischem Doppelsinn«, während Christi »Taten seinen Worten gleichen, seine Worte / Seinem großen Herzen Ausdruck leihn, sein Herz / Das Gute, Weise und Gerechte in vollkommener Gestalt enthält«.
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