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Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Vol. 3 of 4: With an Introduction, Illustrative of the Religion, Manners, and Customer of the MohammedansOthers maintained, and amongst the rest Khacan, that neither beauty nor all bodily perfections were the only things to be desired in a slave, but that they ought to be accompanied with a great share of wit, prudence, modesty, and agreeableness, and, if possible, much pleasing knowledge. The reason they gave for it was, that nothing could be more agreeable to per sons ou whom the management of important affairs depends, than, after having spent the whole day in that fatiguing employment, to have a companion in their retirement, whose conversation is not only pleas ing, but useful and amusing For, in short, continued they, there is but little difference between brutes and those men who keep a slave only to look at, and gra tify a passion that we have in common with them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Vol. 2 of 6: Carefully Revised, and Occasionally Corrected From the Arabic; To Which Is Added, a Selection of New Tales, Now First Translated From the Arabic OriginalsSir, your majesty may easily imagine, that the ré pining Hindbad was not a little surprised at this compliment. For, considering what he had said, he was afraid Sinbad had sent for him to punish him: therefore he would have excused himself, alleging, that he could not leave his burden in the middle of the street. But Sinbad's servants assured him they would look to it, and were so urgent with him, that he was obliged to yield.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Vol. 1 of 6: Carefully Revised, and Occasionally Corrected From the Arabic; To Which Is Added, a Selection of New Tales, Now First Translated From the Arabic Originals; Also, an Introduction and Notes, Illustrative of the Religion, Manners and CustomsIn an unbound and unnumbered ms. In the Christ-church library at Oxford, the editor saw and read the story of Sindbad, from which M. Galland's translation varies in no material point.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Carefully Revised, and Occasionally Corrected From the Arabic, Vol. 6 of 6: To Which Is Added, a Selection of New Tales, Now First Translated From the Arabic Originals; Also, an Introduction and Notes, Illustrative of the Religion, Manners and Customs, of the MahummedansThe man then related what each of the princes had said; upon which the sultan demanded if it was true. They answered, My lord, we have not seen the camel; but we chanced, as we were sitting on the grass taking some refreshment, to observe that part of the pasture had been grazed; upon which we supposed that the camel must have been blind of an eye, as the grass was only eaten on one side. We then observed the dung of a camel in one heap on the ground, which made us agree that its tail must have been cut off, as it is the custom for camels to shake their tails, and scatter it abroad. On the grass where the camel had lain down, we saw on one side flies collected in great numbers, but none on the other: this made us conclude that one of the panniers must have contained sweets, and the other only hamiz. Upon hearing the above, the sultan said to the complainant, Friend, go and look for thy camel, for these observations do not prove the theft on the accused, but only the strength of their under standings and penetration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.