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Tea at Trianon: Portress of the Holy Mysteries skip to main
Portress of the Holy Mysteries elena maria vidal 2009
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(_Enter the portress with a document_.) _Portress_.
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Portress (Second Lady of Baghdad, vol.i. 179), but here the consequences are not so tragical.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The Caliph marvelled at her adventures and then signed to Ja'afar who said to the second lady, the Portress, "And thou, how camest thou by the welts and wheels upon thy body?"
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The Eldest Lady's Tale lxiv [64] (The Story of the Portress is wanting.) 4.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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T 'whom thus the Portress of Hell-gate replied: --
Paradise Lost John Milton 1641
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-- Low state of the Mechanic Arts. -- The Story of the Portress.
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-- Low state of the Mechanic Arts. -- The Story of the Portress.
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The Caliph marvelled at her adventures and then signed to Ja’afar who said to the second lady, the Portress, “And thou, how camest thou by the welts and wheels upon thy body?”
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"Oh!" cried the Portress, "don't you be afraid; they won't say anything to you; they never speak to any one.
The Brotherhood of Consolation Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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