The Thousand and One Nights, Volume 1Stanley Lane-Poole Bell, 1906 |
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... opened , and there came forth from it twenty females and twenty male black slaves ; and the King's wife , who was distinguished by extraordinary beauty and elegance , accom- panied them to a fountain , where they all disrobed them ...
... opened , and there came forth from it twenty females and twenty male black slaves ; and the King's wife , who was distinguished by extraordinary beauty and elegance , accom- panied them to a fountain , where they all disrobed them ...
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... opened the chest , and took out of it another box , which he also opened ; and there came forth from it a young woman , fair and beautiful , like the shining sun . When the Jinni cast his eyes upon her , he said , O lady of noble race ...
... opened the chest , and took out of it another box , which he also opened ; and there came forth from it a young woman , fair and beautiful , like the shining sun . When the Jinni cast his eyes upon her , he said , O lady of noble race ...
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... opened a shop to sell and buy . But one of my brothers made a journey , with a stock of merchandise , and was absent from us for the space of a year with the caravans ; after which , he returned destitute . I said to him , Did I not ...
... opened a shop to sell and buy . But one of my brothers made a journey , with a stock of merchandise , and was absent from us for the space of a year with the caravans ; after which , he returned destitute . I said to him , Did I not ...
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... opened the doors , I dug up what I had hidden in the earth ; and after I had saluted my neighbours , and bought merchandise , I opened my shop . And in the following night , when I entered my house , I found these two dogs tied up in it ...
... opened the doors , I dug up what I had hidden in the earth ; and after I had saluted my neighbours , and bought merchandise , I opened my shop . And in the following night , when I entered my house , I found these two dogs tied up in it ...
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... opened it , and found in it a bottle of brass , filled with some- thing , and having its mouth closed with a stopper of lead , bearing the impression of the seal of our lord Suleyman . * * No man ever obtained such absolute power over ...
... opened it , and found in it a bottle of brass , filled with some- thing , and having its mouth closed with a stopper of lead , bearing the impression of the seal of our lord Suleyman . * * No man ever obtained such absolute power over ...
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