serai
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He took his wares back to the serai, and then set off to the Calcutta gate to see what might be seen.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
The next air, "Reine! je serai reine!" gives a fine impression of a woman's intoxicated pride.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod
Why, friend Asadullah," he said; "did I not hear that in that little serai of yours there is much treasure—gotten, moreover, from others besides the Feringhis?
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Then he proceeded quickly to a small serai on the other side of the Chandni Chauk.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
No doubt most of them would be younger sons or elder sons who had not yet succeeded, but ... "j'y serai," murmured Dorothy.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
"Je ne serais pas chez moi"; and much as she prized her comfort, it was not worth the sacrifice.
From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
He rode close beside Sherdil all the way, and when they halted at roadside serais for rest and refreshment, those two ate together and squatted or lay side by side.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Similarly for the repairs of serais a sum of rupees 100 per annum for each serai will be given.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
To settle his undecided mind, you repeat: "Je serais," and you may lay great emphasis on ais, bleating for thirty seconds like a sheep in distress.
From John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced by Max O'Rell
These things are usually carried by travellers on camels, or in carts drawn by oxen; taking likewise tents along with them, to use when they do not find serais.
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