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Eliza Lee Cabot Follen. Now I will read you a German story called . Caliph Stork . One pleasant afternoon , the Caliph of Bag- dad was sitting comfortably on his sofa : he had slept a little , ( for it was a hot day , ) and looked quite ...
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen. Now I will read you a German story called . Caliph Stork . One pleasant afternoon , the Caliph of Bag- dad was sitting comfortably on his sofa : he had slept a little , ( for it was a hot day , ) and looked quite ...
Page 72
... caliph was very willing to do his grand vizier a favor ; so he sent the black slave to bring the pedler up stairs ... caliph and his vizier rummaged over the whole chest , and the caliph finally bought some pistols for himself and Mansor ...
... caliph was very willing to do his grand vizier a favor ; so he sent the black slave to bring the pedler up stairs ... caliph and his vizier rummaged over the whole chest , and the caliph finally bought some pistols for himself and Mansor ...
Page 73
... caliph saw a little drawer , and asked if there was any thing more in it . The pedler pulled the drawer out , and showed in it a box of blackish powder , and a paper with curious writing on it , which neither the caliph nor Mansor could ...
... caliph saw a little drawer , and asked if there was any thing more in it . The pedler pulled the drawer out , and showed in it a box of blackish powder , and a paper with curious writing on it , which neither the caliph nor Mansor could ...
Page 74
... caliph to him , " they say you are very learned ; now just look into this manu- script , and see whether you can read it ; if you can , I will give you a new dress ; but if you cannot , you shall have twelve boxes on the ear , and ...
... caliph to him , " they say you are very learned ; now just look into this manu- script , and see whether you can read it ; if you can , I will give you a new dress ; but if you cannot , you shall have twelve boxes on the ear , and ...
Page 75
... caliph . Selim began to translate : " O man who find- est this , praise Allah for his goodness . Who- ever snuffs up some of the powder in this box , and at the same time says , ' Mutabor , ' may change himself into any animal , and ...
... caliph . Selim began to translate : " O man who find- est this , praise Allah for his goodness . Who- ever snuffs up some of the powder in this box , and at the same time says , ' Mutabor , ' may change himself into any animal , and ...
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