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[ i.e., the raised recess at the upper end of an Oriental saloon, and the place of honour, which Lane calls by its Egyptian name "Líwán." See his vol. i. 312 and his M.E. chapt. i.: also my vol. iv. p. 71.]
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[ "Bit o'Musk.">[
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[ "A gin," a snare.]
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[ "A gift," a present. It is instructive to compare Abu al-Hasan with Sancho Panza, sprightly Arab wit with grave Spanish humour.]
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[ i.e., he fell down senseless. The old version has "his head knocked against his knees.">[