 | East, Henry William Weber - 1812 - 646 σελίδες
...which I know nothing of. You have guessed it, sir, replied the crier, and will own it, when you come to know, that whoever sits on this piece of tapestry may be transported in an instant whercever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle. At this discourse of the crier,... | |
 | 1832 - 534 σελίδες
...replied the crier, and will own it when you come to know, that whoever sits on this piece of carpeting may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.* 'Tins circumstance has been also brought into Europe, and copied by the Normans. Duke Richard, surnaraed... | |
 | 1842 - 732 σελίδες
...replied the crier, and will own it when you corne to know, that whoever sits on this piece of carpeting may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.* *Tbis circumstance has been also brought into Europe, and copied by the Normans. Duke Richard, surnamed... | |
 | 1844 - 412 σελίδες
...replied the crier, and will own it when you come to know, that whoever sits on this piece of carpeting may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle. At this discourse of the crier, the prince of the VOL. iv. s Indies, considering that the principal... | |
 | 1849 - 612 σελίδες
...the moat extraordinary rarity. HoCesAiN finde a piece of carpet upon which one ' may be trans* ported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.' ' ALT purchase« a tube, which renders visible the most distant objecte or persons, by looking in at... | |
 | 1849 - 668 σελίδες
...the most extraordinary rarity. HOUSSAIN finds a piece of carpet upon which one ' may be trans* ported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.' 1 ALI purchases a tube, which renders visible the most distant objects or persons, by looking in at... | |
 | 1867 - 568 σελίδες
...replied the crier, " and will own it when you come to know, that whoever sits on this piece of carpeting may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle."* * This circumstance baB been also brought luto SuAt this discourse of the crier, the prince of the... | |
 | 1883 - 448 σελίδες
...replied the crier, and will own it when you come to know that whoever sits on this piece of carpeting may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be, without being stopped by any obstacle.* * This circumstance has also been brought into Europe, and copied by the Normans. Duke Richard, surnamed... | |
 | Brian Murphy - 2006 - 334 σελίδες
...fairy Pari Banou that includes a fabric described as a kind of magic portal. "Whoever sits on this tapestry may be transported in an instant wherever he desires to be," promises a roaming salesman in the story set in southern India. In another of the tales, "The City... | |
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Certainly," answered Prince Houssain, "it must have something very extraordinary in it, which I know nothing of." "You have guessed it, sir," replied the crier, "and will own it when you come to know that whoever sits on this piece of tapestry may be... 