Vathek: An Arabian Tale. With Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryR. Bentley, 1836 - 396 páginas |
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... excellent husband , his wives , overwhelmed with grief at his deplorable situation , incessantly supplied him with prayers for his health , and water for his thirst . In the mean time the Princess Carathis , whose affliction 10 VATHEK .
... excellent husband , his wives , overwhelmed with grief at his deplorable situation , incessantly supplied him with prayers for his health , and water for his thirst . In the mean time the Princess Carathis , whose affliction 10 VATHEK .
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... Princess Carathis , whose affliction no words can describe , instead of confining herself to sob- bing and tears , was closetted daily with the vizir Moraka- nabad , to find out some cure , or mitigation , of the caliph's disease ...
... Princess Carathis , whose affliction no words can describe , instead of confining herself to sob- bing and tears , was closetted daily with the vizir Moraka- nabad , to find out some cure , or mitigation , of the caliph's disease ...
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... Princess Carathis , who hath passed the night in consulting the planets , informs you , that they portend you evil , and the danger is urgent . Beware , lest this stranger , whom you have so lavishly recompensed for his magical gewgaws ...
... Princess Carathis , who hath passed the night in consulting the planets , informs you , that they portend you evil , and the danger is urgent . Beware , lest this stranger , whom you have so lavishly recompensed for his magical gewgaws ...
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... princess was so far from being influenced by scruples , that she was as wicked as woman could be , which is not saying a little ; for the sex pique themselves on their superiority in every com- petition . The recital of the caliph ...
... princess was so far from being influenced by scruples , that she was as wicked as woman could be , which is not saying a little ; for the sex pique themselves on their superiority in every com- petition . The recital of the caliph ...
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... princess remained in the company of her negresses , who squinted in the most amiable manner from the only eye they had ; and leered , with exquisite delight , at the skulls and skeletons which Carathis had drawn forth from her cabinets ...
... princess remained in the company of her negresses , who squinted in the most amiable manner from the only eye they had ; and leered , with exquisite delight , at the skulls and skeletons which Carathis had drawn forth from her cabinets ...
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Vathek: An Arabian Tale, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory William Beckford Visualização completa - 1868 |
Vathek: An Arabian Tale. With Notes, Critical and Explanatory William Beckford Visualização completa - 1836 |
Vathek: An Arabian Tale, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory William Beckford Visualização completa - 1868 |
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