nargileh

Example Sentences

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He kissed the hand of Bishop Nicodemus, but then he sent his own nargileh to the Emir Ahmet Raslan, who was Caimacam of the Druses.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Marvellous matters, no doubt, that had to do with nargileh and magic and scimiters and flying carpets and scarcely imperceptible nods to the executioner who always hovered among the draperies in the background.

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow

This nargileh, whose hue betrays Perique from soft Louisiana, In Egypt once beguiled the days Of Tewfik's dreamy-eyed Sultana.

From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various

If the Pasha of Damascus were to go himself, the Bedouins would unveil his harem while he was smoking his nargileh.'

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Then one of the girls, leaving the apartment for a moment, returned with a nargileh of crystal, set by the most cunning artists of Damascus in a framework of golden filigree crusted with precious stones.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield