If our coming into this island pleases him not, he will appear in the shape of a dreadful monster ;...
2011-09-05
I promised to protect you, and to give you the ninth statue, the most beautiful of all. It was I who...
They joined their servants, and returned with them to Cairo. (4) When they had rested a few days, ...
As soon as the vizier learned the Prince's birth and purpose, he called his daughter, and made he r...
Shall we soon be in the country of the Prince, my husband?" "Madam," answered Mobarec, "it is time ...
"Alas!" said he to himself, "I have taken her from a tender father, to sacrifice her a genie . O, m...
"Madam," answered Zeyn, "Heaven is my witness that more than once I nearly broke my word wit h the ...
The queen, his mother, discreet and wise, tried to correct his conduct, and warned him that he woul...
The queen tried to dissuade him, but in vain. The Sultan begged her to go vern the kingdom in his a...
He set out at once for his kingdom, and when he arrived the queen asked him whether he retur ned we...
He began at once to break up the ground, and took up more than half the square stones with which it...
Zeyn led her to the closet, down the marble stairs, and into the chamber where the urns were. She lo...
"Dear son, it cost me much toil to procure these eight statues, but though they are wonderfu lly be...
"I am a stranger," answered the Prince, "and, having heard much of the Lord Mobarec's genero sity, ...
"There are," answered the Prince, "nine pedestals of massive gold, on eight of them are as m any di...