The Thousand and One Nights, Volume 1Stanley Lane-Poole Bell, 1906 |
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... thyself here with me , and thou shalt witness this conduct , and obtain ocular proof of it . Shahriyar , upon this , immediately announced that it was his intention to make another excursion . The troops went out of the city with the ...
... thyself here with me , and thou shalt witness this conduct , and obtain ocular proof of it . Shahriyar , upon this , immediately announced that it was his intention to make another excursion . The troops went out of the city with the ...
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... thyself to such peril : - but she said , It must be so . Then , said he , I fear for thee that the same will befall thee that happened in the case of the Ass and the Bull and the husbandman . And what , she asked , was that , O my ...
... thyself to such peril : - but she said , It must be so . Then , said he , I fear for thee that the same will befall thee that happened in the case of the Ass and the Bull and the husbandman . And what , she asked , was that , O my ...
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... thyself in the darkness of night , and in peril ! Spare thy trouble ; for the support of Providence is not obtained by toil ! He then disencumbered his net of the dead ass , and wrung it out ; after which he spread it , and descended ...
... thyself in the darkness of night , and in peril ! Spare thy trouble ; for the support of Providence is not obtained by toil ! He then disencumbered his net of the dead ass , and wrung it out ; after which he spread it , and descended ...
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... thyself , and sleep : then shalt thou find thy- self cured and peace be on thee . So King Yunan took the goff - stick from the sage , and grasped it in his hand , and mounted his horse ; and the ball was thrown before him , and he urged ...
... thyself , and sleep : then shalt thou find thy- self cured and peace be on thee . So King Yunan took the goff - stick from the sage , and grasped it in his hand , and mounted his horse ; and the ball was thrown before him , and he urged ...
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... thyself to be the son of the King . He 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 ...
... thyself to be the son of the King . He 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 ...
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