The Prince of India Or Why Constantinople Fell volume 2
The Prince of India Or Why Constantinople Fell volume 2
Lew Wallace
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In the first one, a table already set glittered with ware in glass and precious metals ; in the second, a mass of pink plush and fairy-like lace bespoke a bed ; in the third were chairs, a lounge, and footrests which had the appearance of having been brought from a Ptolemaic palace only yester day; and on these, strewn with an eye to artistic effect, lay fans and shawls for which the harem- queens of Persia and Hindostan might have con tended. The crown-jewel " of this latter apartment, however..., was undoubtedly a sheet of copper bur nished to answer the purpose of a looking-glass with a full-length view. On stands next the mirror, was a collection of toilet necessaries. Elsewhere we have heard of a Palace of Love lying as yet in the high intent of Mahommed ; here we have a Palace of Pleasure illustrative of Epicure anism according to Demedes. The expense and care required to make it an actuality beget the inference that the float, rough outside, splendid within, was not for Lael alone.
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