Oriental tales / translated into English verse, by J. Hoppner.

  • John Hoppner
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Oriental tales / translated into English verse, by J. Hoppner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIMEN OF THE ORIGINAL TALES. THE COWKEEPER AND THE BARBER’S WIFE. [From “ Wilkins’s Translation of the Heetopades of Veeshnoo-Sarma.”] At length travelling about in great distress, I chanced to discover this city, and having wandered about all day, I went to sleep at the house of a cer- tain cowkeeper. This man, too, perceiving the sea- son for the commission of crimes was approaching, prudently quitted the conversation of his friends, and came home, where he found his wife consulting with a procuress. So, having given her a good beating, he made her fast to a post, and went to sleep. About midnight, the same procuress, who was the barber’s K
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