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... replied , Yes . - Then , said she , wherefore dost thou not give some money to thine enemy , and so conciliate him ? He answered , He will not be appeased with money , nor with anything but life ; and therefore do I fear him I am an ...
... replied , Yes . - Then , said she , wherefore dost thou not give some money to thine enemy , and so conciliate him ? He answered , He will not be appeased with money , nor with anything but life ; and therefore do I fear him I am an ...
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... replied , I will liberate him from his present sufferings . - Liberate him , said the King , and give us ease . She replied , I hear and obey ; -and immediately arose , and went out from the kubbeh to the palace , and , taking a cup ...
... replied , I will liberate him from his present sufferings . - Liberate him , said the King , and give us ease . She replied , I hear and obey ; -and immediately arose , and went out from the kubbeh to the palace , and , taking a cup ...
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... replied ; and fear to impart our secret to him who will not keep it ; for we have read , in a certain history , this verse : - Guard thy secret from another : intrust it not : for he who intrusteth a secret hath lost it . -By your ...
... replied ; and fear to impart our secret to him who will not keep it ; for we have read , in a certain history , this verse : - Guard thy secret from another : intrust it not : for he who intrusteth a secret hath lost it . -By your ...
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... replied , Verily the departure of my soul from my body were more easy to me than my departure from your company ; therefore suffer us to join the night to the day , and then each of us shall return to his own , or her own , affairs ...
... replied , Verily the departure of my soul from my body were more easy to me than my departure from your company ; therefore suffer us to join the night to the day , and then each of us shall return to his own , or her own , affairs ...
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... replied Ja'far , and I fear that we may experience some ill usage from them ; -but the Khalifeh said , We must enter , and I would that thou devise some stratagem by which we may obtain admission to the inmates . Ja'far therefore ...
... replied Ja'far , and I fear that we may experience some ill usage from them ; -but the Khalifeh said , We must enter , and I would that thou devise some stratagem by which we may obtain admission to the inmates . Ja'far therefore ...
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