Laurence Housman

Name: Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac (London 1907) — The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles
Author: Laurence Housman

Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

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“Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac (London 1907) — The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles”, published in 1907, is a work by Laurence Housman. It explores elements such as mausoleum, queen and perfumes.

Quotes from Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (Laurence Housman)

Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ As for the palace it stood no longer removed far away into the desert but upon a hill overlooking the city.
Great was the astonishment of the Vizier and the Sultan's escort which had lain encamped beside the lake to find themselves suddenly transported to the heart of a populous city, with streets and walls and the hum of reawakened life around them; but a greater and more terrible shock than this awaited the queen upon her return to the mausoleum to enjoy the reward of her labours. "Now," she cried, "let my lord arise, since all that he willed is accomplished!" ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ Thus compelled, in great fear and bewilderment and sorely against her will, the queen sped to the chamber in the palace where her husband lay spell-bound. Taking a vessel of water she pronounced over it certain words which caused it instantly to boil as though it had been set on a fire: then throwing the water over him, she cried—
"Spell be loosed, and stone grow warm,
Yield back flesh to the human form." ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ So on the morrow the Sultan lay in close hiding until sounds reached him which told that the whippings had begun; then he arose and went in haste to the mausoleum, where amid rich hangings and perfumes and the illumination of a thousand candles, he found the black slave stretched mute upon a bed awaiting in great feebleness the recovered use of his sawn gullet. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ But, as I learned too late, matters had not so fallen: for though in truth the negro was grievously wounded, being cut through the gullet and speechless, it was not the will of Heaven that he should die; and the queen having by her enchantments kept him in a sort of life, no sooner was the mausoleum finished than she caused him to be secretly conveyed thither, and there night and day tended him, awaiting his full recovery. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ Nay, let me speak frankly to one whose demeanour in affliction has won my heart; I am childless and have no heir. Come with me and be my son, and when I am dead unite our two kingdoms under a single ruler. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ Thus by her wicked machinations the city became a lake, and the islands about it the four hills which you have seen; as for the inhabitants, who were of four classes and creeds, Moslems, Christians, Jews, and Persians, she turned them into fish of four different colours: the white are the Moslems, the red are Persian fire-worshippers, the yellow are Jews, and the blue Christians. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ As for the old fisherman who had been the immediate cause of the young king's deliverance the Sultan loaded him with honours and gave his daughters in marriage to sons of the blood royal, so that they all continued in perfect happiness and contentment to the end of their days. ”

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Laurence Housman, Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (1907)

“ The cup of wine which she gives him each
night contains a sleeping-draught.
queen rose up from my side, and having clothed herself in gorgeous apparel and anointed herself with perfumes, she made her way secretly from the palace, and I with equal secrecy followed her. ”

Laurence Housman

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Quotes from Stories from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman with drawings by Edmund Dulac… (Laurence Housman)

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