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" The Arabian courtesans, like the Indian women, have little golden bells fastened round their legs, neck, and elbows, to the sound of which they dance before the King. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers, to which little bells are... "
The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the ... - Page 477
by Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1846 - 482 pages
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Indian Antiquities, Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical ...

Thomas Maurice - 1800 - 356 pages
...which they dance before the king; and that the Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their ringers, to which little bells are suspended, as well as in...tresses of their hair, that their superior rank may b£ known, and they themL 1 4 selves, See Comet's Dictionary on the word selves, in passing, receive...
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Oriental Customs: Or, an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, by ..., Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pages
...sound of which they dance before theking. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingi-rs, to which little bells are suspended, as well as in...hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves, in passing, receive the homage due to their exalted station." CALMET'S Dictionary, article...
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Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by ..., Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1807 - 438 pages
...bells fastened round their legs, neck, and elbows, to the sound of which they dance before the king. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their...hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves, in passing, receive the homage due to their exalted station." CALMET'S Dictionary, article...
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Oriental Customs: Or an Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pages
...bells fastened round their legs, neck, and elbows, to the sound of which they dance before tho king. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on, their...hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves, in passing, receive the homage due to their exalted station." CALMET'S Dictionary, article...
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Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by ..., Volume 1

Samuel Burder - 1812 - 442 pages
...bells fastened round their legs, neck, and B2 elbows, to the sound of which they dance before (he king. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their...hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves, in passing, receive the homage due to their exalted station." CALMET'S Dictionary, article...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 14

1816 - 442 pages
...accustomed to have the fringes of their robes adorned with pomegranates and golden bells ; and thai the Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their...hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves in passing receive the homage due to their exalted station. Maurice's Ind. Antiq. V. 5....
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The Classical Journal, Volume 14

1816 - 466 pages
...robes adorned with pomegranates and golden bells ; and thai the Arabian princesses wear golden rin«s on their fingers, to which little bells are suspended,...hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves in passing receive the homage due to their exalted station. Maurice's Ind. Antiq. V. 5....
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Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore - 1817 - 374 pages
...voices."—Maurice's Indian Antiquities. elbows, to (lie sound of which they dance before the King. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their...tresses of their hair, that their superior rank may be kngwn, and they themselves receive in passing the homage due to them."—v. Catmet's Dictionary, art....
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The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus, the Jewish Historian ..., Volume 1

Flavius Josephus - 1823 - 608 pages
...dance hefore the king' The Arahian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers, to which li'tle hells are suspended, as well as in the flowing tresses of their hair, that their superior rank may he known, and they themselves, in passing, receive the homage due to their exalted station. Calmefs...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...bells fastened round their legs, neck and elbows, to the sound of which they dance before the King. The Arabian princesses wear golden rings on their fingers, to which little bells are suspended, as in the flowing tresses of their hair, that their superior rank may be known, and they themselves receive...
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