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She hath an eye whose glances quell mankind, * And ruby on her cheeks reflects his light: Enveils her hips the blackness of her hair; * Beware of curls that bite with viper-bite! Her sides are silken-soft, that while the heart * Mere rock behind that surface ’scapes our sight: From the fringed curtains of her eyne she shoots * Shafts that at furthest range on mark alight. Then they returned to Dunyazad and displayed her in the fifth dress and in the sixth, which was green, when she surpassed with her loveliness the fair of the four quarters of the world and outvied, with the brightness of her countenance, the full moon at rising tide; for she was even as saith of her the poet in these couplets: — A damsel ’twas the tirer’s art had decked with snare and sleight, * And robed with rays as though the sun from her had borrowed light: She came before us wondrous clad in chemisette of green, * As veilèd by his leafy screen Pomegranate hides from sight: And when he said, “How callest thou the fashion of thy dress?” * She answered us in pleasant way with double meaning dight, “We call this garment crève-coeur; and rightly is it hight, * For many a heart wi’ this we brake and harried many a sprite.” Then they displayed Shahrazad in the sixth and seventh dresses and clad her in youth’s clothing, whereupon she came forward swaying from side to side and coquettishly moving and indeed she ravished wits and hearts and ensorcelled all eyes with her glances. She shook her sides and swayed her haunches, then put her hair on sword-hilt and went up to King Shahriyar, who embraced her as hospitable host 256
embraceth guest, and threatened her in her ear with the taking of the sword; and she was even as saith of her the poet in these words: — Were not the Murk 82 of gender male, * Than feminines surpassing fair, Tirewomen they had grudged the bride, * Who made her beard and whiskers wear! Thus also they did with her sister Dunyazad, and when they had made an end of the display the King bestowed robes of honour on all who were present and sent the brides to their own apartments. Then Shahrazad went in to King Shahriyar and Dunyazad to King Shah Zaman and each of them solaced himself with the company of his beloved consort and the hearts of the folk were comforted. When morning morrowed, the Wazir came in to the two Kings and kissed ground before them; wherefore they thanked him and were large of bounty to him. Presently they went forth and sat down upon couches of Kingship, whilst all the Wazirs and Emirs and Grandees and Lords of the land presented themselves and kissed ground. King Shahriyar ordered them dresses of honour and largesse and they prayed for the permanence and prosperity of the King and his brother. Then the two Sovrans appointed their sire-in-law the Wazir to be Viceroy in Samarcand and assigned him five of the Chief Emirs to accompany him, charging them attend him and do him service. The Minister kissed the ground and prayed that they might be vouchsafed length of life: then he went in to his daughters, whilst the Eunuchs and Ushers walked before him, and saluted them and farewelled them. They kissed his hands and gave him joy of the Kingship and bestowed on him immense treasures; after which he took leave of them 82 Arab. Sawád = the blackness of the hair. 257
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THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND
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Inscribed to the Memory of My Lamen
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About the Author Richard Francis Bu
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About this Edition This edition is
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Contents of the First Volume The Tr
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spearsmen gravely stalking behind t
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expedition to the Gold Coast (for g
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Lastly he printed only one volume o
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wits the task of supplying details
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which are usually, by common consen
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indecencies and “vain and amatori
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to mine will know as much of the Mo
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of voice; but such appoggio is unkn
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The Nights he will become master of
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The Book Of The Thousand Nights And
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hope of the favour and affection of
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once and began his travel; but he c
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of water; then they stripped off th
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When Shah Zaman heard this he bowed
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they seated themselves at the latti
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“O choicest love of this heart of
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Rely not on women; * Trust not to t
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person fit for carnal copulation. P
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So he kept it secret for very fear.
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sings might requite him, and cried,
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e married to him.” Quoth he, “D
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sent for the Kazi 10 and his assess
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of back and shoulders, ribs, arms a
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and the three fell asleep. But when
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e my testimony and surety that I wi
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and I hold it a marvellous, then wi
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King in himself, “By Allah, I wil
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daughter, I replied, “Beside what
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thou hast made no journey abroad bu
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and honourably entreated her. So we
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The Third Shaykh’s Story. Know, O
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sister, said to her, “Finish for
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upon dry land. Then found he in it
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the thick vapour condensed, and bec
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him will I fulfil three wishes.’
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leaden cap with the seal and stoppe
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had failed to heal him. Upon this h
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change of raiment for the King. He
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upon, an ill-omened spectacle; sord
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Story of King Sindibad and his Falc
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life. Now this is what occurred in
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have I seen from him that I should
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well be as thou hintest O my well-a
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Quoth the Sage, “Spare me and All
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question thou deignest ask of it.
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Now when it was the Sixth Night, he
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coloured fishes, white and red, blu
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not knowing Sunday from Thursday, s
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tarn between four heights lying beh
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The King marvelled mightily thereat
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young man?” and he answered, “H
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night, and never wake again: by All
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and climbing down from the roof, I
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Though a-morn I may awake with all
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and cutteth the skin of my shoulder
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fashion of the blackamoors and said
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islands as they were whilome. Then
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of life; and the Fisherman became t
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ine and in oil; with tarragon and c
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The third lady rising from the couc
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and be our cup-companion, and gaze
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Here! Here! by Allah, here! * Cups
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call this article?” Whereto the d
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into the first lady’s lap and res
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ecause they cannot find a lodging.
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desire thee to contrive some pretex
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and shook her head at the lady who,
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upon the damsel’s body? I cannot
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upright and said to her sister the
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not but notice it and asked them,
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the eye-corners with needle-gravers
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and then of thy goodness mix this u
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We tread the path where Fate hath l
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Strange that men should sit in the
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horrible it is that naught of him r
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to him saying: — “I am a strang
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A place secure from every thought o
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Brilliantest forehead; tresses jett
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followed delight till midday, by wh
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stakes, like one crucified; and set
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also by signs, “How couldest thou
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cuckolded me, I slew her. But as fo
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flying from the Envier, came to dwe
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See, O Ifrit, the mercy of the Envi
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know that the King’s Minister, a
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pleased him save my writing; and he
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Then woke I sleeping appetite to ea
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daughter, “Whence knewest thou th
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himself and became a snow-white coc
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struggle under the earth and high i
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I am distraught, yet verily His rut
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head wind struck us, and the sea ro
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found a practicable path leading by
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night. As soon as it was day, I don
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ease and calm thy fears; no harm sh
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Next morning I arose and warmed a l
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Now when it was the Sixteenth Night
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Page 235 and 236: So I threw on my mantilla and, maki
Page 237 and 238: He hath heard that thou art one of
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Page 241 and 242: een false to thine oath.” He at o
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Page 245 and 246: Such is the World, so bear a patien
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Page 249 and 250: Conclusion Now, during this time, S
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Page 255: Then they returned to Shahrazad and
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