The Portfolio of Entertaining & Instructive Varieties in History, Literature, Fine Arts, Etc. ...Duncombe., 1830 |
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... wife's tail . Upon his remembering this injunction his life depends . If he forget it , the bride will be a widow ere she is a wife . " With this the Spirit departed into the inner part of the cavern . He soon returned , bringing with ...
... wife's tail . Upon his remembering this injunction his life depends . If he forget it , the bride will be a widow ere she is a wife . " With this the Spirit departed into the inner part of the cavern . He soon returned , bringing with ...
Page 133
... wives ? " for no man in Persia who has the courage to wive at all , has the prudence to restrict himself to one wife ; he must have a plurality of wives , or none . " He had , my lord the Cadi , " answered an officer . " How many ...
... wives ? " for no man in Persia who has the courage to wive at all , has the prudence to restrict himself to one wife ; he must have a plurality of wives , or none . " He had , my lord the Cadi , " answered an officer . " How many ...
Page 184
... wife if she let him have his own way , stormed outright if she thwarted him , and , though he was notoriously miserable before his marriage , did nothing but extol the happiness of his bachelor days . He would not let his daugh- ter ...
... wife if she let him have his own way , stormed outright if she thwarted him , and , though he was notoriously miserable before his marriage , did nothing but extol the happiness of his bachelor days . He would not let his daugh- ter ...
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