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Stories From the Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights' Entertainments) Translated by Edward William Lane, Rev. by Stanley Lane-Poole,
Stories From the Thousand and One Nights Translated by Edward William Lane Rev by Stanley LanePoole - the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Author:Edward William Lane Title: Stories From the Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights' Entertainments) Translated by Edward William Lane, Rev. by Stanley Lane-Poole, With Introd., Notes and Illus General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1909 Original Publisher: P.F. Collier Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. I... more »t has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: [Nights p -- iS] The Story Of The Porter And The Ladies Of Baghdad, And Of The Three Royal Mendicants, Etc. There was a man of the city of Baghdad, who was unmarried, and he was a porter; and one day, as he sat in the market, reclining against his crate, there accosted him a female wrapped in an izar of the manufacture of El-Mosil,1 composed of gold-embroidered silk, with a border of gold lace at each end, who raised her face-veil, and displayed beneath it a pair of black eyes, with lids bordered by long lashes, exhibiting a tender expression, and features of perfect beauty; and she said, with a sweet voice, Bring thy crate, and follow me. The porter had scarcely heard her words when he took up his crate, and he followed her until she stopped at the door of a house, and knocked; whereupon there came down to her a Christian, and she gave him a piece of gold, and received for it a quantity of olives, and two large vessels of wine, which she placed in the crate, saying to the porter, Take it up, and follow me. The porter exclaimed, This is, indeed, a fortunate day! -- and he took up the crate, and followed her. She next stopped at the shop of a fruiterer, and bought of him . Syrian apples, and 'Othmani quinces, and peaches of 'Oman, and jasmine of Aleppo, and water-lilies of Damascus, and cucumbers of the Nile, and Egyptian limes, and Sultani citrons, and sweet-scented myrtle, and sprigs of the h...« less