Now the merchant loved gold dearly, and, looking deeper into the jar, he saw that only the t op had...
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When the caravan started, Ali Cogia, riding a camel-loaded with the goods he thought fit to carry, ...
The Story of Ali Cogia Merchant of Baghdad In the reign of the Caliph Haroun al Raschid there lived...
"There are," answered the Prince, "nine pedestals of massive gold, on eight of them are as m any di...
"I am a stranger," answered the Prince, "and, having heard much of the Lord Mobarec's genero sity, ...
"Dear son, it cost me much toil to procure these eight statues, but though they are wonderfu lly be...
Zeyn led her to the closet, down the marble stairs, and into the chamber where the urns were. She lo...
He began at once to break up the ground, and took up more than half the square stones with which it...
He set out at once for his kingdom, and when he arrived the queen asked him whether he retur ned we...
The queen tried to dissuade him, but in vain. The Sultan begged her to go vern the kingdom in his a...
The queen, his mother, discreet and wise, tried to correct his conduct, and warned him that he woul...
"Madam," answered Zeyn, "Heaven is my witness that more than once I nearly broke my word wit h the ...
"Alas!" said he to himself, "I have taken her from a tender father, to sacrifice her a genie . O, m...
Shall we soon be in the country of the Prince, my husband?" "Madam," answered Mobarec, "it is time ...
They joined their servants, and returned with them to Cairo. (4) When they had rested a few days, ...