The Thousand and One Nights, Volume 1Stanley Lane-Poole Bell, 1906 |
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... youth . Both of these princes were brave horsemen ; but especially the elder , who inherited the kingdom of his father , and governed his subjects with such justice that the inhabitants of his country and whole empire loved him . He was ...
... youth . Both of these princes were brave horsemen ; but especially the elder , who inherited the kingdom of his father , and governed his subjects with such justice that the inhabitants of his country and whole empire loved him . He was ...
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... youth above mentioned into a calf ; and his mother , into a cow ; and committed them to the care of the herdsman : and when I returned , after a long time , from my journey , I asked after my son and his mother , and she said , Thy ...
... youth above mentioned into a calf ; and his mother , into a cow ; and committed them to the care of the herdsman : and when I returned , after a long time , from my journey , I asked after my son and his mother , and she said , Thy ...
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... youth from an old woman in our family ; and yesterday , when thou gavest me the calf , I took him to her , and she looked at him , and covered her face , and wept , and then laughed , and said , O my father , hath my condition become so ...
... youth from an old woman in our family ; and yesterday , when thou gavest me the calf , I took him to her , and she looked at him , and covered her face , and wept , and then laughed , and said , O my father , hath my condition become so ...
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... youth , well - shaped , and of eloquent speech , with shining forehead , and rosy cheek , marked with a mole resembling ambergris . The King was rejoiced at seeing him , and saluted him ; and the young man ( who remained sitting , and ...
... youth , well - shaped , and of eloquent speech , with shining forehead , and rosy cheek , marked with a mole resembling ambergris . The King was rejoiced at seeing him , and saluted him ; and the young man ( who remained sitting , and ...
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... youth , and what a pity is it that it should be passed with our depraved , wicked mistress ! -Perdition to unfaithful wives ! replied the other : but ( added she ) such a person as our lord , so endowed by nature , is not suited to this ...
... youth , and what a pity is it that it should be passed with our depraved , wicked mistress ! -Perdition to unfaithful wives ! replied the other : but ( added she ) such a person as our lord , so endowed by nature , is not suited to this ...
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