The book of Sindibād; Or, the Story of the King, His Son, the Damsel, And Seven Vazīrs
The book The book of Sindibād; Or, the Story of the King, His Son, the Damsel, And Seven Vazīrs was written by author Clouston, W. A. (William Alexander), 1843-1896, Ed Here you can read free online of The book of Sindibād; Or, the Story of the King, His Son, the Damsel, And Seven Vazīrs book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The book of Sindibād; Or, the Story of the King, His Son, the Damsel, And Seven Vazīrs a good or bad book?
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Gibb has favoured me with the following trans- lation of it, from a printed text procured at Constantinople : " There was in the palace of the world a great king, and he had a beautiful wife, such that many a soul dangled in the tresses on her cheek. That lady had a secret affair with a youth ; and she used to hide the youth in a chest in the palace. One day the youth said to the lady : ' If the king were aware of our work, he would slay the two of us. ' The lady said : ' Leave that thought ; I... can do so that I shall hide thee in the chest, and say to the king: " Lo, my lover is lying in this chest ;" and then, when the king is about to kill me, I will make him re- pentant by one word.' While the youth and the lady were saying these words, the king came, and the lady straightway put the youth into the chest and locked it. The king said : ' Why lockest thou that chest in such haste ? What is in the chest ? ' The lady answered : ' It is my lover ; I saw thee coming, and put him into the chest and locked it.' Then was the king wroth, and he bared his sword, and thought to slay him who was in the chest, when the lady said : ' O king, art thou mad?
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