The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . i j> 3\ y *> \??ilr. AND THE LADIES OF liAGHDAD, ic. 133 their heads ? She answered, (Jive them a short respite, until I shallhave inquired of them their histories, hefore ye behead them.—ByAllah, O my mistress, exclaimed the porter, kill me not for the offenceof others: for they have all transgressed and committed an offence,excepting me. Verily our night had been pleasant if we had beenpreserved from these mendicants, whose presence is enough to converta well-peopled city into a he
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . i j> 3\ y *> \??ilr. AND THE LADIES OF liAGHDAD, ic. 133 their heads ? She answered, (Jive them a short respite, until I shallhave inquired of them their histories, hefore ye behead them.—ByAllah, O my mistress, exclaimed the porter, kill me not for the offenceof others: for they have all transgressed and committed an offence,excepting me. Verily our night had been pleasant if we had beenpreserved from these mendicants, whose presence is enough to converta well-peopled city into a heap of ruins!—He then repeated thiscouplet:— How good is it to pardon one able to resist! and how much more so, one who is helpless!For the sake of the friendship that subsisted between us, destroy not one for the crime of another ! On hearing these words of the porter, the lady laughed after heranger. Then approaching the men, she said, Acquaint me with yourhistories, for there remaineth of your lives no more than an ye not persons of honourable and high condition, or governors,41I would hasten your recompense.
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