harem

• The young woman was dismissed to the pacha's harem, the old woman to curse as much as she pleased, and Hudusi with full permission to doubt any thing but the justice of the pacha VOLUME THREE, CHAPTER TWO Mashallah! —  The Pacha of Many Tales
• It's not for his harem, I presume At this remark the pacha and Mustapha could not help laughing: having recovered his gravity, Mustapha observed, "One would imagine, old carrion that thou art, that the idea of such a punishment as the bastinado had never entered your mind There you are mistaken, Mr Vizier, for I have suffered both the bastinado and the bowstring The bowstring! —  The Pacha of Many Tales
• She is still in our harem, and pooh_," said Mustapha, spitting, as if in abhorrence Right, good vizier--right--recollect, pacha, what I have said. —  The Pacha of Many Tales
• The pacha nodded and the old woman proceeded Once sure of the sultan's affections, I indulged myself in greater liberties--not with him, but with others; for I knew that he would laugh at the tricks I might play upon his dependants, but not be equally pleased with a want of respect towards himself; and other people of the harem were the objects of my caprice and amusement. —  The Pacha of Many Tales
• The description of the harem is so correct-- commanding one day, bastinadoed the next Who can doubt the fact, your sublime highness? —  The Pacha of Many Tales

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