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... kind of encyclopædia of Muslim life and manners , has been universally recognized ; but they are better read as a whole and in systematic order than in the form of notes scattered here and there at the ends of a score of chapters in ...
... kind of encyclopædia of Muslim life and manners , has been universally recognized ; but they are better read as a whole and in systematic order than in the form of notes scattered here and there at the ends of a score of chapters in ...
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... kind and respectful attention . 9 We then set sail ; and I became most cordially attached to my wife , so that , on her account , I neglected the society of my brothers , who , in consequence , became jealous of me , and likewise envied ...
... kind and respectful attention . 9 We then set sail ; and I became most cordially attached to my wife , so that , on her account , I neglected the society of my brothers , who , in consequence , became jealous of me , and likewise envied ...
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... kind of death thou wilt die , and in what manner thou shalt be killed . What is my offence , said the fisherman , that this should be my recompense from thee ? The ' Efrit replied , Hear my story , O fisherman . - Tell it then , said ...
... kind of death thou wilt die , and in what manner thou shalt be killed . What is my offence , said the fisherman , that this should be my recompense from thee ? The ' Efrit replied , Hear my story , O fisherman . - Tell it then , said ...
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... kind of these , and desired the porter to take up his burden . Having obeyed , he followed her until she stopped at the shop of a confectioner , where she bought a dish , and filled it with sweets of every kind that he had , 19 which ...
... kind of these , and desired the porter to take up his burden . Having obeyed , he followed her until she stopped at the shop of a confectioner , where she bought a dish , and filled it with sweets of every kind that he had , 19 which ...
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... kind it remaineth concealed . A secret is with me as in a house with a lock , whose key is lost , and whose door is sealed . When the ladies heard the verses which he quoted , and the words with which he addressed them , they said to ...
... kind it remaineth concealed . A secret is with me as in a house with a lock , whose key is lost , and whose door is sealed . When the ladies heard the verses which he quoted , and the words with which he addressed them , they said to ...
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