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Page 6
... Quickly he snatched the box from his girdle , took a hearty pinch , gave the box to the Grand Vizier , who did the like , and both exclaimed " Mutabor ! " " Then their legs shrivelled and became thin and red , the beautiful yellow ...
... Quickly he snatched the box from his girdle , took a hearty pinch , gave the box to the Grand Vizier , who did the like , and both exclaimed " Mutabor ! " " Then their legs shrivelled and became thin and red , the beautiful yellow ...
Page 12
... quickly to the threshold of the ruins that the owl could hardly follow them . There the Caliph addressed the owl with emotion : " Deliverer of my life and of the life of my friend , accept me in eternal grati- tude for your spouse for ...
... quickly to the threshold of the ruins that the owl could hardly follow them . There the Caliph addressed the owl with emotion : " Deliverer of my life and of the life of my friend , accept me in eternal grati- tude for your spouse for ...
Page 22
... quickly to row to land , in order to bring him a pot filled with earth . When it was brought , the magician pronounced some mystic words over it , and emptied the earth upon the head of the corpse . Immediately he opened his eyes ...
... quickly to row to land , in order to bring him a pot filled with earth . When it was brought , the magician pronounced some mystic words over it , and emptied the earth upon the head of the corpse . Immediately he opened his eyes ...
Page 32
... quickly , and left the room . I took my instruments , which I as surgeon always carried about with me , and approached the bed . Only the head of the corpse was visible , and it was so beautiful that I experienced involuntarily the ...
... quickly , and left the room . I took my instruments , which I as surgeon always carried about with me , and approached the bed . Only the head of the corpse was visible , and it was so beautiful that I experienced involuntarily the ...
Page 41
... quickly followed my brother's , gained on it , having a greater number of rowers , and always kept between the shore and our bark . The girls , however , on seeing the danger in which they were , jumped up and uttered cries of distress ...
... quickly followed my brother's , gained on it , having a greater number of rowers , and always kept between the shore and our bark . The girls , however , on seeing the danger in which they were , jumped up and uttered cries of distress ...
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