Chapter 28 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 28 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p. 296). [FN#264] I have given (vol. i. 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v. Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
Chapter 28 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 is here in full — 341 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “allude” — make a more or less disguised reference to
From this reading “Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.””
plural of “anecdote” — short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
From this reading “Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p.”
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
From this reading “188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.”
the literary culture
From this reading “Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.””
a native or inhabitant of Iran
From this reading “Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.””
plural of “quote” — a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
From this reading “Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.””
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading “188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.”
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From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
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From this reading [FN#264] I have given (vol. i.
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From this reading 296).
-ing form of “allude” — make a more or less disguised reference to
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p.
plural of “anecdote” — short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
From this reading Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p.
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From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
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From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
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From this reading [FN#264] I have given (vol. i.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading [FN#264] I have given (vol. i.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [FN#264] I have given (vol. i.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [FN#264] I have given (vol. i.
the literary culture
From this reading Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Anecdotes, and Letters,” (p.
a native or inhabitant of Iran
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
plural of “quote” — a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Barmakian) quotes some Persian lines alluding to the “supping up.”
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
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From this reading [FN#264] I have given (vol. i.
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
From this reading 188) the vulgar derivation of the name; and D’Herbelot (s. v.
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