The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . beguile our waking hour :41—and I will relate tothee a story that shall, if it be the will of God, be the means of pro-curing deliverance. Her father, the Wezeer, then took her to the King, who, when u INTRODUCTION. he saw him, was rejoiced, and said, Hast thou brought me what Idesired ? He answered, Yes. When the King, therefore, introducedhimself to her, she wept; and he said to her, What aileth thee ? Sheanswered, 0 King, I have a young sister, and I wish to take leaveof her. So the Kin
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . beguile our waking hour :41—and I will relate tothee a story that shall, if it be the will of God, be the means of pro-curing deliverance. Her father, the Wezeer, then took her to the King, who, when u INTRODUCTION. he saw him, was rejoiced, and said, Hast thou brought me what Idesired ? He answered, Yes. When the King, therefore, introducedhimself to her, she wept; and he said to her, What aileth thee ? Sheanswered, 0 King, I have a young sister, and I wish to take leaveof her. So the King sent to her; and she came to her sister, andembraced her, and sat near the foot of the bed; and after she hadwaited for a proper opportunity, she said, By Allah ! 0 my sister,relate to us a story to beguile the waking hour of our night. Mostwillingly, answered Shahrazad, if this virtuous King permit me. Andthe King, hearing these words, and being restless, was pleased withthe idea of listening to the story ; and thus, on the first night of thethousand and one, Shahrazad commenced her fe^, L-C
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