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

Note 581
Tale of the Jewish Doctor.

i.e., admiration will be complete.

ITS PLACE IN THE BOOK

…proacheth saith, 'Verily this spot is specialised with all manner of excellence!' And if thou speak of the Night of Nile full,[FN#580] give the rainbow and distribute it![FN#581] And if thou behold The Garden at eventide, with the cool shades sloping far and wide, a marvel thou wouldst see and wouldst incline to Egypt in ecstasy. And wert thou by Cairo's river side,[FN#582] when the sun is sinking and the stream dons mail coat…

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