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Excerpt from Arabian Nights Entertainments: Consisting of a Collection of Stories, Told by the Sultaness of the Indies
Schahriar, the great Sultan of thejndies, finding his Sultaness unfaithful, was so enraged. That he resolvs ed to wed a maiden everysuight, and put her to death-next morning and accordingly be ordered the grand valento bring him the daughter of one of his otheers. {the vizier. Obeyed the sultan lay with her, and next morning order; ed the''vizier to strangle her; and get him anotheri. And in a word. There was every day a maid married, and a wife murdered. The grand vizier. Who was the exeauiouer, had two daughters. The eldest called Scheherazade, and the youngest Dinarzade the eldest was a lady of very great mer~ it, had courage, wit, and penetration: far above her sex; she! Had read''abundance, and had such a fine memory. That she never forgot any thing. She had applied herself to phi losophy, physio, history, and the liberal arts; besides this she was a perfect beauty, and all her fine qualifications was crowned by solid virtue.
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Schahriar, the great Sultan of thejndies, finding his Sultaness unfaithful, was so enraged. That he resolvs ed to wed a maiden everysuight, and put her to death-next morning and accordingly be ordered the grand valento bring him the daughter of one of his otheers. {the vizier. Obeyed the sultan lay with her, and next morning order; ed the''vizier to strangle her; and get him anotheri. And in a word. There was every day a maid married, and a wife murdered. The grand vizier. Who was the exeauiouer, had two daughters. The eldest called Scheherazade, and the youngest Dinarzade the eldest was a lady of very great mer~ it, had courage, wit, and penetration: far above her sex; she! Had read''abundance, and had such a fine memory. That she never forgot any thing. She had applied herself to phi losophy, physio, history, and the liberal arts; besides this she was a perfect beauty, and all her fine qualifications was crowned by solid virtue.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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