"There was an emperor of Persia named Kosrouschah, who, when he first came to his crown, in order to obtain a knowledge of affairs, took great pleasure in night excursions, attended by a trusty minister. He often walked in disguise through the city, and met with many adventures, one of the most remarkable of which happened to him upon his first ramble, which was not long after his accession to the throne of his father." The «Arabian Nights» or «Tales from one thousand and one nights» are full of wonderful imagery and colour for the imagination.
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Nora Archibald Smith. Arabian Nights (Tales from One Thousand and One Nights)
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PREFACE
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
THE TALKING BIRD, THE SINGING TREE, AND THE GOLDEN WATER
THE STORY OF THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE
THE HISTORY OF THE YOUNG KING OF THE BLACK ISLES
THE STORY OF GULNARE OF THE SEA
THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP
THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB
THE STORY OF THE CITY OF BRASS
THE STORY OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
THE HISTORY OF CODADAD AND HIS BROTHERS
THE STORY OF SINBAD THE VOYAGER
THE FIRST VOYAGE
THE SECOND VOYAGE
THE THIRD VOYAGE
THE FOURTH VOYAGE
THE FIFTH VOYAGE
THE SIXTH VOYAGE
THE SEVENTH AND LAST VOYAGE
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"My good father," replied the princess, "I am sure my precaution will succeed, and am resolved to try the experiment. Nothing remains for me but to know which way I must go, and I conjure you not to deny me that information." The dervish exhorted her again to consider well what she was going to do; but finding her resolute, he took out a bowl, and presenting it to her, said: "Take this bowl, mount your horse again, and when you have thrown it before you, follow it through all its windings, till it stops at the bottom of the mountain; there alight and ascend the hill. Go, you know the rest."
After the princess had thanked the dervish, and taken her leave of him, she mounted her horse, threw the bowl before her, and followed it till it stopped at the foot of the mountain.
