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...b. When I opened my eyes, I thought I had died and gone to paradise and that you were a beautiful houri. Those badmash, have they fled?’ ‘Yes, but ... ... skill revived him. He even thought he had died and gone to heaven and that Helen was a beautiful houri.’ Helen was always embarrassed when her frie... ...owards her and Helen saw that it was the man she had saved from the Thuggees. ‘Ah, the beautiful houri from Paradise!’ exclaimed the man with an im... ...e something very precious and the bargain was your liberty. So brave and beautiful a woman is my houri from Paradise, and I must tell you that I am ... ...hat would be against the teachings of your Koran to take another man’s wife.’ ‘Yes, my beautiful houri, you are right; as a devout Muslim, I would ...

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... succession of beauty at our pleasure, and beyond the grave the black-eyed houris of Paradise.” “Now, by His name that I most reverence in heaven,” sa... ...f the palace of Istakhar seven sisters so beautiful that they seemed seven houris. These seven maidens were the daughters of a sage, who had no treasu... ... the City of Refuge. I am he who shall bear witness, and this is one of my houris.” “Thou liest!” answered the female, interrupting her com- panion, i... ...ing her com- panion, in tones yet shriller than his own; “I am none of thy houris, and thou art no such infidel trash as the Mohammed of whom thou spe... ...rue man, whether this sublime lady of whom thou speakest be other than the houri with whose assis- tance I beheld thee sweeping the chapel at Engaddi?... ... from thy post—ay, trained by the rosy cheek and black eye of one of those houris, to whom you Nazarenes vow rather such service as is due to Allah, t... ...loveliness, and the head would have rolled itself towards the incomparable houris, to kiss with its quivering lips the hem of their vestments. Yonder ... ...s of dishevelled gold! By the tomb of the Prophet, I scarce think that the houri who shall present to me the diamond cup of immortality will deserve s...

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... nearer seven When Julia sate within as pretty a bower As e’er held houri in that heathenish heaven Described by Mahomet, and Anacreon Moor... ...ho won’t take quarter On earth, in Paradise; and when once seen, Those houris, like all other pretty creatures, Do just whate’er they please, ... ..., veteran body, You ‘ll find ten thousand handsome coxcombs bloody. Your houris also have a natural pleasure In lopping off your lately marrie... ...dreary leisure To wish him back a bachelor now and then. And thus your houri (it may be) disputes Of these brief blossoms the immediate fruits... ...te fruits. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Eight” 202 Thus the young khan, with houris in his sight, Thought not upon the charms of four young brides... ... disguise On his soul, like a ceaseless sunrise, dart:— With prophets, houris, angels, saints, descried In one voluptuous blaze,—and then he d... ...nly rapture on his face. The good old khan, who long had ceased to see Houris, or aught except his florid race Who grew like cedars round hi...

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... gies awmous, and keeps frae wine, is sicker to win to Paradise and a’ the houris. I had rather it war my puir Zorah than any strange houri of them a’...

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...’ And he answered, ‘Who thou art, O young perfection, I know not, if not a Houri of Paradise; but thou art like the Princess of Oolb, yet lovelier, oh... ... that Shagpat is shaved! Oh, I have had a dream, a dream! He that is among Houris in Paradise dreameth not a dream like that. And I dreamed— ’tis gone...

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...not to loiter for five minutes over the drawing-room fire talking to these houris—more es- pecially as I seemed to know them intimately by intu- ition...

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... Mahomet in his seraglio, surrounded by women, but not happy. Quartette of Houris (A major). What pompous harmony, what trills as of ecstatic nighting... ...ect! The orchestra and the chorus of female voices express the joys of the Houris, while Mahomet reverts to the melancholy strain of the opening. Wher...

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...., I give you my honour, all the dancers at the opera were as beautiful as Houris. Even in William IV .’s time, when I think of Duvernay prancing in a...

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...oe chase from your memory the black-tressed girls of Palestine, ay, or the houris of old Mahound’s paradise, I am an infidel, and no true son of the c... ...in the gallery!—What is she, Isaac? Thy wife or thy daughter, that Eastern houri that thou lockest under thy arm as thou wouldst thy treasure-casket?”...

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...mpa- nied by twelve slaves, with moon faces and slim waists, lovely as the houris in Paradise. The lady herself, to do her justice, was as great a con... ...help for it but violence, I drew out my pistols, cocked them, and said, “O houris! these pistols contain each two balls: the daughter of Holkar bears ...

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...of a Stanfield di- orama, with a glorious accompaniment of music, spangled houris, warriors, and winding processions, feasting the eyes and the soul w... ...of Magnificence done up, and obliged to coin pewter!Think of the poor dear houris in Para- dise, how sad they must look as the arrivals of the Faithfu... ...egin to doubt about the quality of the victuals. Of nights you may see the houris sitting sadly under them, darn- ing their faded muslins: Ali, Omar, ...

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...am from the palace, beam on humanity, Bright-eyed, in truth, yet soul-less houris Offering pleasure and only pleasure. Thus they, the venal Muses Arab...

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...re than once darkened the brow of that beautiful creature, who held to the houris of Asia by her mother, to Europe by her education, to the tropics by...

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... do all beliefs that are not grossly utilitarian and mate- rial, promising houris and deathless appetite or endless hunt- ing or a cosmic mortgage. Th...

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...e, and T agore is at one with Plato in preferring the Rosalind type to the houri. And with him I venture to think is the clear reason of mankind. The ...

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...ll. Pleasure and pain—bah! What is your theologian’s ecstasy but Mahomet’s houri in the dark? This store which men and women set on pleasure and pain,...

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...nd billiard-rooms and a theatre within,— for the French like to have their Houris, &c., on this side of Paradise, if possible. “Our party of fifty peo...

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...Merveilleuses in ‘flesh-coloured drawers’ with gold circlets; mere dancing Houris of an artificial Mahomet’s-Paradise: much too Mahometan. Montgailla...

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... para- dise, and that is what put such force into your fists. Which of the houris is it? The little one with the wistful eyes, who looked so deadly wh... ...vice of Monsieur and the ballet-master, and during the last three days the houris had been almost danced off their legs with rehearsing it morn- ing, ...

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...ts’ enthusiasm harmonized with his own. Where was the beautiful black-eyed Houri whose appearance in the first charade had caused such delight? She wa...

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...,” he went on in a louder tone—”you that to him are more beautiful than an houri of the seventh Heaven? He is your slave.” “A slave does run away some...

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...inging is, in gleaming orchestras of azure and gold, and where a star eyed Houri comes round with a box for voluntary offerings. So, I pass to my hote...

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...uty! beauty in perfection. What a cloud of sable curls about the face of a houri! What fascinating lips! What glorious black eyes! Y our Byron would h...

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...uch, if I know the Jezebel. Some women are hussies, let ‘em be handsome as houris. And she’s a fire-ship; by heaven, she is! Come, you’re a friend of ...

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...range vi- sions of outlandish things does the very name spirit up! Na- ked houris—cannibal banquets—groves of cocoanut—coral reefs—tattooed chiefs—and...

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...ches in a most improper fashion, making it a Mohammedan paradise where the houris are not women. 41 Beatrix There is more wine drunk there, they say,...

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...a real lady for a mistress, and it is the height of my ambition. Mahomet’s houris are nothing in comparison with what I fancy a woman of fashion must ...

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...ters are not so fresh: the beauties of the seraglio are less animated: the houris of paradise less engaging. Never was so sweet an enjoyment offered t... ...om my heart could not forget. I found myself in the midst of a seraglio of houris of my old acquaintance, for whom the most lively inclination was not...

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...ne little English girl for the Grand T urk’s whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!” The Eastern allusion bit me again. “I’ll not stand y...

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...t and is now a bundle of clothes with a voice in it calling for Judy. That houri, appearing, shakes him up in the usual manner and is charged by the o...

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...ts’ enthusiasm harmonized with his own. Where was the beautiful black-eyed Houri whose appearance in the first charade had caused such delight? She wa...

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...t and is now a bundle of clothes with a voice in it calling for Judy. That houri, appearing, shakes him up in the usual manner and is charged by the o...

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...companied by twelve slaves, with moon faces and slim waists, lovely as the houris in Paradise. 176 Thackeray The lady herself, to do her justice, was... ...help for it but violence, I drew out my pistols, cocked them, and said, “O houris! these pistols contain each two balls: the daughter of Holkar bears ... ... pearl!” yelled the ferocious warrior; “come closer, my pretty black- eyed houri of heathenesse! Hast heard the name of Beltran de Espada y Trabuco?” ...

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...a fiction? No. Go to Simoorie And look at their baby, a twelve-month old Houri, A pert little, Irish-eyed Kathleen Mavournin — She’s always about on...

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...ds at the head of the board, while the other women were all of them youthful houris, pos sessed of incomparable charms. She got it into her head that...

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... with flesh of such birds, as they shall long for: And theirs shall be the Houris, with large dark eyes, like pearls hidden in their shells, In recom... ...And on lofty couches. 90 The Koran Of a rare creation have we created the Houris, And we have made them ever virgins, Dear to their spouses, of equal... ...ses of Muslims. Beidh. 6 It should be remarked that these promises of the Houris of Paradise are almost exclusively to be found in Suras written at a...

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... Where deep thoughts are a duty— Where Love’s a grown up God— Where the Houri glances are Imbued with all the beauty Which we worship in a star. ...

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...ld-skinned people who would return when he wished to his fountains and his houris. I learned upon inquiry that he travelled in various countries with ...

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... of beings either above or apart from the earth—the beauty of the fabulous Houri of the Turk. The hue of the orbs was the most brilliant of black, and...

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...d him to brevity: it began to look starved. Intruding on his vision of the houris couched in the inner cellar to be the reward of valiant men, it anno...

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...Merveilleuses in ‘flesh-coloured drawers’ with gold circlets; mere dancing Houris of an artificial Mahomet’s-Paradise: much too Mahometan. Montgailla...