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The Talking Bird

It will be sufficient to break off a branch and carry it to plant in your garden

The Fisherman and the Genie

The smoke ascended to the clouds, and extending itself along the sea and upon the shore formed a great mist

The Young King of the Black Isles

When he came to this part of his narrative the young king could not restrain his tears

Gulnare of the Sea

And she proceeded to burn perfume and repeat spells until the sea foamed and was agitated

Aladdin

At the same time the earth, trembling, opened just before the magician, and uncovered a stone, laid horizontally, with a brass ring fixed into the middle

Prince Agib

And when the boat came to me I found in it a man of brass, with a tablet of lead upon his breast, engraven with names and talismans

Prince Agib

At the approach of evening I opened the first closet and, entering it, found a mansion like paradise

The City of Brass

And when they had ascended that mountain they saw a city than which eyes had not beheld any greater

The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Cassim … was so alarmed at the danger he was in that the more he endeavoured to remember the word Sesame the more his memory was confounded

The History of Codadad and His Brothers

As it drew near we saw ten or twelve armed pirates appear on the deck

Second Voyage of Sinbad

The spot where she left me was encompassed on all sides by mountains that seemed to reach above the clouds, and so steep that there was no possibility of getting out of the valley

Third Voyage of Sinbad

Having finished his repast, he returned to his porch, where he lay and fell asleep, snoring louder than thunder