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  • Wazir, what man hath brought thee to grief and whose mischief hath treated thee in way unlief; how happeneth it that I see thee dumb foundered and coming to me thus astounded?

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Wazir, what man hath brought thee to grief and whose mischief hath treated thee in way unlief; how happeneth it that I see thee dumb foundered and coming to me thus astounded? "

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "My tale, indeed, is tale unlief; * 'Twas yonder fawn who play'd the thief!

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "That I left thee my heart to believe is unlief; * For the life that's in it ne'er leaveth; brief,

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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