Excerpt from The Romance of the Harem, Vol. 1 of 3 In order to localise-the different tales, I have endeavoured to adopt to a certain degree the' florid and figurative style of language m which the Orientals so much delight, and so constantly indulge; while I have been careful neither to caricature their habits nor their opinions; but to 'confine myself as closely as possible to the actions and feelings of every-day Turkish life; and to fling off, if I may so express it, all idea of authorship, to identify ...
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Excerpt from The Romance of the Harem, Vol. 1 of 3 In order to localise-the different tales, I have endeavoured to adopt to a certain degree the' florid and figurative style of language m which the Orientals so much delight, and so constantly indulge; while I have been careful neither to caricature their habits nor their opinions; but to 'confine myself as closely as possible to the actions and feelings of every-day Turkish life; and to fling off, if I may so express it, all idea of authorship, to identify myself for the time with the individuals of whom I wrote. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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