Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Britishnoun
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I was weaned from the Primer and Spelling-book with the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, and the works of Defoe, Goldsmith, Addison, and Shakespeare.
From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks
Heathendom may have been represented also, for it may be that messengers from the great caliph of Bagdad, the renowned Haroun al Raschid, the hero of the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments," were present in the church.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. by Charles Morris
It was a woman who recited the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments" to the Sultan.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
A most interesting story of the late Rebellion; founded on startling facts. 12mo, cloth, beveled, 352 pages, price 1 50 Arabian Nights' Entertainments.
From The First Little Pet Book with Ten Short Stories in Words of Three and Four Letters by Aunt Fanny
Their adventures form three tales in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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