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... Male aus dem Urtext vollstandig u . treu uebersetzt , von G. Weil . 3 Bd . Stuttgart , 1871 , 8vo . The Thousand and One Days : Persian Tales translated into French [ or rather compiled by F. Pétis , de la xiv LIST OF WORKS .
... Male aus dem Urtext vollstandig u . treu uebersetzt , von G. Weil . 3 Bd . Stuttgart , 1871 , 8vo . The Thousand and One Days : Persian Tales translated into French [ or rather compiled by F. Pétis , de la xiv LIST OF WORKS .
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... Persian of Ziyâi Nakhshabi ] zum ersten Male übersetzt von G. Rosen . 2 Thl . Leipzig , 1858 , 8vo . Tales of a Parrot ; done into English from a Persian manuscript intitled , Tooti Namêh , etc. [ By B. Gerrans . ] Vol . 1 only printed ...
... Persian of Ziyâi Nakhshabi ] zum ersten Male übersetzt von G. Rosen . 2 Thl . Leipzig , 1858 , 8vo . Tales of a Parrot ; done into English from a Persian manuscript intitled , Tooti Namêh , etc. [ By B. Gerrans . ] Vol . 1 only printed ...
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... Persia and other Asiatic regions , where the nature of the climate and effeminacy of the in- habitants conspired to ... Persians , imbibed with the utmost avidity the amusing fables of their conquerors . The Milesians , who were a colony ...
... Persia and other Asiatic regions , where the nature of the climate and effeminacy of the in- habitants conspired to ... Persians , imbibed with the utmost avidity the amusing fables of their conquerors . The Milesians , who were a colony ...
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... Persian monarchs . During that period a queen of Ethiopia , called Persina , having viewed at an amorous crisis a statue of Andromeda , gives birth to a daughter of fair complexion . Fearing that her husband might not think the cause ...
... Persian monarchs . During that period a queen of Ethiopia , called Persina , having viewed at an amorous crisis a statue of Andromeda , gives birth to a daughter of fair complexion . Fearing that her husband might not think the cause ...
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... Persia ; and Chariclea being falsely claimed by Nausicles as his mistress , is conducted to his house . Here Calasiris had accidentally fixed his abode [ ii . 21 , v . 33 ] , since his separation from Theagenes and Chariclea ; and was ...
... Persia ; and Chariclea being falsely claimed by Nausicles as his mistress , is conducted to his house . Here Calasiris had accidentally fixed his abode [ ii . 21 , v . 33 ] , since his separation from Theagenes and Chariclea ; and was ...
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