seraglio

• They ordered that she should be removed from her situation; that the Nabob's own mother should be placed at the head of the seraglio, a situation to which she was entitled; and with regard to the rest of the offices, that Mahomed Reza Khân should be employed to fill them Mr. Hastings resisted these propositions with all his might; but they were by that happy momentary majority carried against him, and Mahomed Reza Khân was placed in his former situation. —  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
• We have shown what passed within the walls of the seraglio, and what tyranny was exercised by this woman over the multitude of women there. —  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
• I did not omit this opportunity of learning all that I possibly could of the seraglio, which is so entirely unknown amongst us. —  Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, ;c.; in Different Parts of Europe
• The luscious passion of the seraglio is the only one almost that is gratified here to the full; but it is blended so with the surly spirit of despotism in one of the parties, and with the dejection and anxiety which this spirit produces in the other, that, to one of my way of thinking, it cannot appear otherwise than as a very mixed kind of enjoyment. —  Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, ;c.; in Different Parts of Europe
• Not even let there be exemption of the seraglio--murder lurks close to women at all times. —  Caste

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