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| | The Thief of Bagdad by Achmed Abdullah : Arthur's Classic Novels |
 | | It is mentioned with pride by his own tribe, the Benni Hussaynieh, a raucous-tongued, hard-riding breed of Bedouins, brittle of honor and greedy of gain, of whom -- due to a father, tired of the sterile Arabian sands and eager for the pleasures of bazaar and marketplace -- he was the city-bred descendant. |
 | | Obeying a mad, irresistible impulse, he bent over the little hand. |
 | | For, as he admitted his weakness, his pride died; as his pride died, his humility increased; as his humility increased, his belief in Allah's mercy grew; and as hi |
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