Thus was I left to the mercy of the waves, for the rest of the day, and the night that follow ed. B...
2011-09-03
My father was a rich merchant of good fame. He left me a large estate, which I wasted in riotous li...
As soon as I reached Baghdad, I presented myself before the caliph with the letter and gift. When he...
At the upper end sat a comely, venerable gentleman, with a long white beard, and behind him stood a ...
When my bales were opened in his presence, he marveled at what they contained, above all, at the r ...
As soon as I entered the cavern, I lost all light, and the stream carried me I know not whith er. T...
The foot of the mountain was covered with wrecks, with a vast number of human bones, and goods and ...
I made a sign with the linen of my turban, and called to the crew as loud as I could. They heard me,...
I describe all this the more carefully, because I in a few weeks' time was to be the chief ac tor o...
One day the king, to whom I constantly paid court, said: "Sindbad, I love thee. I have one thing to ...
Meanwhile I had much liberty, and scarcely any notice was taken of what I did. Therefore one day, wh...
There we found fruit and spring water, which saved our lives. Early the next morni ng, we explored ...
He contented himself with one, and that the least of them, and, when I urged him to take more, said:...
In this device, I saw the means of my escape. I gathered the largest diamonds I could find, and pu...
The Story of Sindbad the Sailor Th ere lived at Baghdad a poor porter called Hindbad. One day, whe...