The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . Note 26. This form of benediction is almost always added when the Prophet ismentioned in a book by any of his followers, and often also in conversation. Note 27. Perhaps it is needless to explain this proverb by the words of the Bible—Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (Romans, xii. 19.) For thehonour of the Muslims I must say that this maxim is often observed by them, exceptingin cases to which the law of retaliation applies. Note 28. The houses in Arabian countries generall
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . Note 26. This form of benediction is almost always added when the Prophet ismentioned in a book by any of his followers, and often also in conversation. Note 27. Perhaps it is needless to explain this proverb by the words of the Bible—Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (Romans, xii. 19.) For thehonour of the Muslims I must say that this maxim is often observed by them, exceptingin cases to which the law of retaliation applies. Note 28. The houses in Arabian countries generally have flat roofs, upon which, inthe summer, some of the inhabitants often sleep : the interior, therefore, is as accessiblefrom the roof as from the common entrance. Note 29. I here steer a middle course between my usual standard copy—whichgives the story of the third sheykh more fully than I have done—and the Calcuttaedition of the first two hundred nights, which omits it altogether, as does also the copyfrom which the old translation was made, perhaps on account of its
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