A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 133
... Prince Ahmed : ' Prince , there comes my brother , do you see him ? do you see him ? ' The Prince immediately perceived Schaibar , who was but a foot and a half high , coming gravely , with his bar on his shoulder ; his beard thirty ...
... Prince Ahmed : ' Prince , there comes my brother , do you see him ? do you see him ? ' The Prince immediately perceived Schaibar , who was but a foot and a half high , coming gravely , with his bar on his shoulder ; his beard thirty ...
Page 134
... prince with an eye that would have chilled his soul in his body , and asked Pari Banou , when he first accosted her , ' who that man was ? ' To which she replied , ' He is my husband , brother ; his name is Ahmed ; he is son to the ...
... prince with an eye that would have chilled his soul in his body , and asked Pari Banou , when he first accosted her , ' who that man was ? ' To which she replied , ' He is my husband , brother ; his name is Ahmed ; he is son to the ...
Page 148
... prince into , and where the cloth was laid for the feast , was the only apart- ment the prince had not seen , and it was not in the least inferior to the others . At his entrance into it he admired the infinite number of wax candles ...
... prince into , and where the cloth was laid for the feast , was the only apart- ment the prince had not seen , and it was not in the least inferior to the others . At his entrance into it he admired the infinite number of wax candles ...
Contents
Prefatory Note | 13 |
On Commonplace People | 42 |
On the Genii of the Greeks and Romans and | 59 |
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