The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . I obtainedmy first and only pay this day from none but thee:—and the otherladies said to him, Sit down : thou art welcome. The cateress then arose, and, having tightened her girdle, arrangedthe bottles, and strained the wine, and prepared the table by the poolof the fountain. She made ready all that they required, brought thewine, and sat down with her sisters ; the porter also sitting with them,thinking he was in a dream. And when they had seated themselves,the cateress took a jar of wine
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . I obtainedmy first and only pay this day from none but thee:—and the otherladies said to him, Sit down : thou art welcome. The cateress then arose, and, having tightened her girdle, arrangedthe bottles, and strained the wine, and prepared the table by the poolof the fountain. She made ready all that they required, brought thewine, and sat down with her sisters ; the porter also sitting with them,thinking he was in a dream. And when they had seated themselves,the cateress took a jar of wine, and filled the first cup, and drank it :LiJshe then filled another, and handed it to one of her sisters; and in likemanner she did to her other sister; after which she filled again, andhanded the cup to the porter, who, having taken it from her hand,repeated this verse :— I will drink the wine, and enjoy health; for, verily, this beverage is a remedyfor disease. The wine continued to circulate among them, and the porter, takinghis part in the revels, dancing and singing with them, and enjoying. AND THE LADIKS OF BAGHDAD, \< Vi:, the fragrant odours, began to hug and kiss them, while one slapped-1him, and another pulled him, and the third beat him with sweet-scented flowers, till, at length, the wine made sport with their reason;and they threw off all restraint, indulging their merriment with asmuch freedom as if no man had been Thus they continued until the approach of night, when they saidto the porter, Depart, and shew us the breadth of thy shoulders ;-J—but he replied, Verily the departure of my soul from my body weremore easy to me than my departure from your company; thereforesuffer us to join the night to the day, and then each of us shall returnto his own, or her own, affairs. The cateress, also, again intercededfor him, saying, By my life I conjure you that ye suffer him to passthe night with us, that we may laugh at his drolleries, for he is awitt
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