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The Arabian nights' entertainments (1916)

Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926, ill · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 34

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n the fourth day of his journey, being in want of refresh-ment, he alighted from his horse and, sitting down by a foun-tain, took some biscuits and dates out of his wallet; and, as he atehis dates, he threw the stones about on all sides. When he haddone eating, being a good Mussulman, he washed his… … HE WAS STILL ON HIS KNEES WHEN HE SAW A GENIE APPEAR, WHITE WITH AGE, AND OF ENORMOUS STATURE ARABIAN NIGHTS and spoke to him in a terrible voice, thus: Rise up, that I maykill thee, as thou hast killed my son. The merchant, frightenedat the hideous shape of the giant, answered: How can I haveslain…

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