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Eleven years ago he published ' Indian Nights ' Entertainment , ' a previous collection of stories relating to the ... the separate , stories are compiled from various sources ; in other instances , even in the Love Story of Hir and ...
Eleven years ago he published ' Indian Nights ' Entertainment , ' a previous collection of stories relating to the ... the separate , stories are compiled from various sources ; in other instances , even in the Love Story of Hir and ...
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Yet another Arabic version is the story of Firouz and his wife . The king sees the lady by accident , and sends Firouz to a distant city . He then endeavours to seduce the lady from her allegiance , but she refuses his suitAnd whenas ...
Yet another Arabic version is the story of Firouz and his wife . The king sees the lady by accident , and sends Firouz to a distant city . He then endeavours to seduce the lady from her allegiance , but she refuses his suitAnd whenas ...
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A notable form of the story is to be found in the Decamerone ' of Boccaccio ( G. I. , N. 5 ) , in which the Marchesana ... of her husband on a crusade , with the same intention and the same result as the heroine of the Arabic stories .
A notable form of the story is to be found in the Decamerone ' of Boccaccio ( G. I. , N. 5 ) , in which the Marchesana ... of her husband on a crusade , with the same intention and the same result as the heroine of the Arabic stories .
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