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  • Then said the broker to the merchants,455 “How much do ye bid for the union-pearl of the diver and prize-quarry of the fowler?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Allah establish thee, O King of the time and union-pearl of the day and the tide!

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • She was reared with her father and mother in honour and indulgence and learnt rhetoric and penmanship and arithmetic and cavalarice and all manner crafts, such as broidery and sewing and weaving and girdle-making and silk-cord making and damascening gold on silver and silver on gold, brief all the arts both of men and women, till she became the union-pearl of her time and the unique gem of her age and day.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then said the broker to the merchants, [FN#455] "How much do ye bid for the union-pearl of the diver and prize-quarry of the fowler?"

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • She was reared with her father and mother in honour and indulgence and learnt rhetoric and penmanship and arithmetic and cavalarice and all manner crafts, such as broidery and sewing and weaving and girdle-making and silk-cord making and damascening gold on silver and silver on gold, brief all the arts both of men and women, till she became the union-pearl of her time and the unique gem of her age and day.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • On this wise he became the union-pearl of his age and the goodliest of the folk of his time and his day; fair of face and of tongue fluent, carrying himself with a light and graceful gait and glorying in his stature proportionate and amorous graces which were to many a bait: and his cheeks were red and flower-white was his forehead and his side face waxed brown with tender down, even as saith one, describing him,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • 32 O merchants, I have here this union-pearl that hath no price: at what sum shall I cry her?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Allah establish thee, O King of the time and union-pearl of the day and the tide! "

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "Peace be with thee, O Princess of Jinn and men and union-pearl of her age and her time!

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • FN#32] O merchants, I have here this union-pearl that hath no price: at what sum shall I cry her? "

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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