The Thousand and One Nights, Volume 2Stanley Lane-Poole Bell, 1906 |
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... approached with a graceful and conceited gait , resembling moons , dazzling the sight , and confounding the imagination . They stood in ranks , looking like the black - eyed damsels of Paradise ; and after them came ten other female ...
... approached with a graceful and conceited gait , resembling moons , dazzling the sight , and confounding the imagination . They stood in ranks , looking like the black - eyed damsels of Paradise ; and after them came ten other female ...
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... approached him and said , O my master ' Ali , it will be most suitable to thy present case that thou remain with me this next night , in order that thy heart may become dilated , and the anguish of desire that thou sufferest be ...
... approached him and said , O my master ' Ali , it will be most suitable to thy present case that thou remain with me this next night , in order that thy heart may become dilated , and the anguish of desire that thou sufferest be ...
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... approached , looking to the right and left , and saw the paper in his hand ; so she said to him , O my master , verily this paper dropped from me . But he returned her not an answer , walking on and the slave - girl followed him until ...
... approached , looking to the right and left , and saw the paper in his hand ; so she said to him , O my master , verily this paper dropped from me . But he returned her not an answer , walking on and the slave - girl followed him until ...
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... approached , and with joy came in to him , and he said to her , What is the news , O slave - girl ? She answered , I went from thee to my mistress , and gave to her the paper which ' Ali the son of Bekkar wrote ; and when she had read ...
... approached , and with joy came in to him , and he said to her , What is the news , O slave - girl ? She answered , I went from thee to my mistress , and gave to her the paper which ' Ali the son of Bekkar wrote ; and when she had read ...
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... approached them and saluted them , and said to them , What can have happened to the slave - girl and the two maids , and whither have they gone ? They answered , We have no knowledge of them . And we continued on our way until we ...
... approached them and saluted them , and said to them , What can have happened to the slave - girl and the two maids , and whither have they gone ? They answered , We have no knowledge of them . And we continued on our way until we ...
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A. H. Bullen abode Abu-l-Hasan acquainted Ahmad Ed-Denef Ali the son Allah answered arose art thou Aslan Baghdad beauty and loveliness beheld Bekkar beloved brother brought Dahnash damsel daughter desire door dost thou Edited Efrit El-Amjad El-As'ad El-Ma'mun Emir entered Er-Rashid eunuch Faithful father fear female slaves gave orders hand hath head hear and obey heart hundred pieces Irem Ja'far jewels Kamar-ez-Zeman Khalid Khalifeh kissed the ground lady Budur lady Zubeydeh looked lord lute Marid Marzawan master memluk merchants Mesrur mistress morning mother name be exalted Ni'meh night No'm Nuzhet-el-Fuad old woman palace pieces of gold Prince Queen Budur recited rejoiced repaired replied returned saluted saying seated Shems-en-Nahar sheykh Shir sitting slave-girl son of Bekkar thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thousand pieces thyself took Translated unto Verily verses vols Wali wept Wezir whereupon wondered Zumurrud
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