The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 486
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)

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This phrase, I have said, often occurs: it alludes to the horripilation (Arab. Kush'arírah), horror or gooseflesh which, in Arab as in Hindu fables, is a symptom of great joy. So Boccaccio's "pelo arriciato" v., 8: Germ. Gänsehaut.

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The King shook with pleasure [FN#486] and said to him, "Say more: Allah bless thy days!" So he began:—

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Note 486TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)

Note 486
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON. (continued 2)