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... soon as Mansour appeared in the bazaar , all ran to vie for the honour of holding his stirrup and kissing his hand . The merchant received all this homage with the modesty of a man who knows the pre- rogatives of wealth : thirty years ...
... soon as Mansour appeared in the bazaar , all ran to vie for the honour of holding his stirrup and kissing his hand . The merchant received all this homage with the modesty of a man who knows the pre- rogatives of wealth : thirty years ...
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... soon be a father ! At this news the good man well - nigh lost his reason . Twice as avaricious and covetous since he had begun to amass treasures for his child , he shut himself up to weigh and count his gold , unfolded his rich stuffs ...
... soon be a father ! At this news the good man well - nigh lost his reason . Twice as avaricious and covetous since he had begun to amass treasures for his child , he shut himself up to weigh and count his gold , unfolded his rich stuffs ...
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... soon or late the arm ere raised to strike ; The sage is he who looks it in the face , Nor fears nor braves the doom decreed by fate . " With these words the astrologer bowed to take leave of Mansour , who clutched his robe . " Have you ...
... soon or late the arm ere raised to strike ; The sage is he who looks it in the face , Nor fears nor braves the doom decreed by fate . " With these words the astrologer bowed to take leave of Mansour , who clutched his robe . " Have you ...
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... soon showed all the nobleness of his race . On seeing him with the Egyptian , one would have said that he already felt himself the master of the tent , and was proud of exercising the rites of hospitality . Although but six months older ...
... soon showed all the nobleness of his race . On seeing him with the Egyptian , one would have said that he already felt himself the master of the tent , and was proud of exercising the rites of hospitality . Although but six months older ...
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... soon as a faint light illumined the east ; at noon , when the sun turned ; in the afternoon , when the shadows began to lengthen ; at even , when the sun set in the horizon ; and , lastly , at night , when darkness covered the earth ...
... soon as a faint light illumined the east ; at noon , when the sun turned ; in the afternoon , when the shadows began to lengthen ; at even , when the sun set in the horizon ; and , lastly , at night , when darkness covered the earth ...
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Abdallah Amurs answered arms Arnaut asked Author bastinadoed beautiful Bedouin brave brother burnous cadi Cafour camel-drivers camels caravan casket child cloth extra coloured command cried dallah death dervish desert Djiddah douros earth Edition Egypt Egyptian Elihu Burritt enemy English Language Essays exclaimed eyes face faithful father Fcap fear fell four-leaved shamrock friends garden gazed give gold Halima Hamama hand happy harem head heart heaven honour horse hundred thousand piastres Illustrations jewels Kara Shitan Koran laughing Leila looked Lord Mansour master Mecca merchant Mohammed mother murmured necklace negress never night old Hafiz Omar pacha prayer Prophet replied returned rich robe sabre sand Satan sheik sherif slave Small post 8vo smile son of Mansour son of Yusuf soul story stranger sultana Taif tears tell tent thee thing Thomas à Kempis thou thought turned uncle voice wish woman women words young Yusuf
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