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Sindbad the Sailor has scores of adventures in the course of seven voyages. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights] See : Adventurousness Sindbad entombed, by custom, upon his wife’s death, he manages to escape. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights; Magill II, 50] See : Burial Alive Sindbad a roc flies him to the Valley of Diamonds, and an eagle flies him to its nest. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights] See : Flying How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"This vizir," he replied, "told King Sindbad that one ought not believe everything that a mother-in-law says, and told him this story. Lucy had had her far-sighted views in begging Tom to come on Sindbad. Well, William Dobbin had for once forgotten the world, and was away with Sindbad the Sailor in the Valley of Diamonds, or with Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peribanou in that delightful cavern where the Prince found her, and whither we should all like to make a tour; when shrill cries, as of a little fellow weeping, woke up his pleasant reverie; and looking up, he saw Cuff before him, belabouring a little boy. |
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