The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . hen these three men looked at the porter, they sawthat he was intoxicated; and, observing him narrowly, they thoughtthat he was one of their own class, and said, He is a mendicant likeourselves, and will amuse us by his conversation :—but the porter,hearing what they said, arose, and rolled his eyes, and exclaimed tothem, Sit quiet, and abstain from impertinent remarks. Have ye notread the inscription upon the door ?—The ladies, laughing, said to eachother, Between the mendicants and the p
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . hen these three men looked at the porter, they sawthat he was intoxicated; and, observing him narrowly, they thoughtthat he was one of their own class, and said, He is a mendicant likeourselves, and will amuse us by his conversation :—but the porter,hearing what they said, arose, and rolled his eyes, and exclaimed tothem, Sit quiet, and abstain from impertinent remarks. Have ye notread the inscription upon the door ?—The ladies, laughing, said to eachother, Between the mendicants and the porter we shall find- matter foramusement. They then placed before the former some food, and theyate, and then sat to drink. The portress handed to them the wine,and, as the cup was circulating among them, the porter said to them,Brothers, have ye any tale or strange anecdote wherewith to amuse us ?The mendicants, heated by the wine, asked for musical instruments;and the portress brought them a tambourine of the manufacture of El-Mosil, with a lute of El-Erak, and a Persian harp ;26 whereupon they. «Stv^ all arose; and one took the tambourine; another, the lute; and thethird, the harp : and they played upon these instruments, the ladiesaccompanying them with loud songs; and while they were thus divert-ing themselves, a person knocked at the door. The portress, there-fore, went to see who was there; and the cause of the knocking wasthis. The Khaleefeh27 Hsiroon Er-Rasheed had gone forth this night tosec and hear what news he could collect, accompanied by Jaafar28 hisWezeer, and Mesroor29 his executioner. It was his custom to disguisehimself in the attire of a merchant; and this night, as he went throughthe city, he happened to pass, with his attendants, by the house ofthese ladies, and hearing the sounds of the musical instruments, hesaid to Jaafar, I have a desire to enter this house, and to see who isgiving this concert.—They are a party who have become intoxicated,repli
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