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[ Arab. "Haláwah"; see vol. iv. 60.]
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[ Here the vocative particle "Yá" is omitted.]
255 ([return])
[ Lit. "The long-necked (bird)" before noticed with the Rukh (Roc) in vol. v. 122. Here it becomes a Princess, daughter of Bahrám-i-Gúr (Bahram of the Onager, his favourite game), the famous Persian king in the fifth century, a contemporary of Theodosius the younger and Honorius. The "Anká" is evidently the Iranian Símurgh.]
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[ "Chamber" is becoming a dangerous word in English. Roars of laughter from the gods greeted the great actor's declamation, "The bed has not been slept in! Her little chamber is empty!">[
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[ Choice Gift of the breast (or heart).]