In common politeness the prince could hardly refuse this request, and the princess set about inventing every kind of amusement for him, and succeeded ...
Meanwhile the Indian had turned the horse in such a direction that, before many hours had passed, it had entered a wood close to the capital of the ki...
The prince looked, and beheld the princess reclining on a sofa with tears in her eyes, singing softly to herself a song bewailing（悲恸） her sad destiny,...
In the reign of Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived in Bagdad a merchant named Ali Cogia, who, having neither wife nor child, contented himself with the mo...
"Oh certainly," said he, "I am only glad I could be of use to you in the matter. Here is the key of my shop; you will find the vase in ...
"Stop a moment!" said the little Cadi, "before we come to oaths, I should like to examine the vase with the olives. Ali Cogia," he...
The Caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, was much pleased with the tale of the blind man and the dervish（托钵僧）, and when it was finished he turned to the young m...
A short time after Amina entered as quietly as she had gone out. She undressed and stole into bed, congratulating herself apparently on the cleverness...
The baker, who had of course been only in joke, was exceedingly surprised at my cleverness, and the woman, who was at last convinced that the man spok...
I was born, Commander of the Faithful, in Bagdad, and was left an orphan while I was yet a very young man, for my parents died within a few days of ea...