As I had promised I prepared to do as I was told, and giving my hand to the lady, I escorted her, by the light of the moon, to the place of which the ...
Persecuted by ill-fortune, and stricken with grief, there seemed to be only one means of safety left to me. I shaved my beard and my eyebrows, and put...
I had been a wood-cutter for more than a year, when one day I wandered further into the forest than I had ever done before, and reached a delicious gr...
"Alas," answered the princess, "I am too weak even to hold the sabre. And supposing that I had the strength, why should I put an innoce...
"Yes, sire," answered the dervish; "if I am not mistaken, it is the illness of the princess which has procured（获得） me this honour."...
"A monkey!" exclaimed the Sultan."Yes, sire," answered the officials. "They were written by a monkey in our presence."&q...
We all remained where we were quaking with anxiety, when the ground opened in front of us and a black and white cat leapt out, its hair standing on en...
When I reached the top I found the brass dome and the statue exactly as the pilot had described, but was too wearied with all I had gone through to do...
Scarcely had I finished when, looking out to sea, I saw the vessel heading for the island, and, feeling that it would be useless for me to protest my ...
Entering one of the doors which was standing open I found myself in a vast hall where forty young ladies, magnificently dressed, and of perfect beauty...