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Stories for the household (1889)

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 980

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nd Scheherazade is decapitated. Wise, enlightened Sultan, now thou coinest in the form of the school-boy ; Eomans and Greeks, buckled together in the book-strap, bearestthou upon thy back, as Atlas bore the sky. Dont overlook poor Sche-herazade ; dont cut her head off before you have learned your… … IDE SULTAN AND SCHEDEEAZADE. chief, speak kindly of Scheherazades name, speak of her in French,that she may attain a distinction beyond her native tongue. Translatea single verse of her song, as badly as thou mayest, but carry it intothe brilliant saloon, and her sentence of death will be remitted…

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