| 单词 | houri |
| 例句 | “Is she original? Is she piquant? I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk’s whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “The riders came into the hall, disarmed and removed their riding gear, revealing themselves as women more beautiful than the houris of Paradise.” In these medieval Arab tales, a heavy dollop of spice 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Women seem to surround and attend to him as the houris do to the devout immortals in Islam’s paradise. Rachel Cusk’s New Novel Turns Up the Heat at a Private Artist’s Retreat 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z These celestial virgins we commonly call houris, but learned and accurate Mr-Lane terms them hooreeyehs, vividly suggesting that the Muslim saints burst into rapturous and prolonged hoorays on first perceiving them. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z "Chapman!" cried the Beg, scarce able to contain himself for astonishment, "would you deceive me by hiding away from me a houri stolen from heaven?" The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z They unveiled in my tent, and looked more like houris than any women I have seen in the East; and their beauty was enhanced by the sweetness and maidenly modesty of their expression. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z You describe a little Paradise—houris and all; and I beseech you to keep a divan for me there. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Oh! to find oneself in a garden with a flask of wine and a lute are things preferable to Paradise with its houris and its Koocer. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z If you're such an ungrateful beggar that you want to leave Lady Haslemere's paradise and all its lovely houris, save yourself. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Once a whiff of scent, emanating from an houri who passed him in the Finchley Road, brought her memory back to him, but only for a moment. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z At ten houris on Sunday late at een, When Dalila and Bothwell bade good night, Off her finger false she threw ane ring, And said, My Lord, ane token you I plight. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z The pleasant days followed each other like a row of laughing houris.... Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Would that my love for these beautiful idols, that are like houris, might never leave my heart! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The pious follower of the Prophet has dared to raise the winecup to his lips; and in many instances, at the peril of losing his paradise of houris, has given himself up to strong drink. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Oh, you brought that off all right—the houris came! The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z The colour came to her cheeks, and a sparkle to her eye, which made her look like an houri in the rosy morn. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z I do not profess that I at any time played the rôle of a gentle and propitiating houri. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z There are people who through outrageous presumption are sunk in pride; and others who abandon themselves to the houris of celestial palaces. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Yes, he could see, "By the lamp dimly burning," just up there above him, one of the houris he had often read of, often dreamed of, never before seen. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z After the banquet I provided that a company of houris, lovelier than the full moon and graceful as young gazelles, should dance for the delight of thy guests. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z She sank on her chair a seemingly indifferent, indolent houri, as the door flew open and the detectives entered. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z "She may be as beautiful as a houri, but she is a witch, a very Jezebel," the governor stormed. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z They pretend that there exists a Paradise where there are houris, where the Koocer flows, where there is limpid wine, honey and sugar. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The Mahommedan's absolutely material garden of the houris, the Christian semi-material heaven, the Buddhist absolutely immaterial Nirvana, are all outcomes of the people's capability of separating soul from body. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z The bride appeared there more brilliant and more beautiful than the houris. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z His women are beautiful as houris fresh from paradise. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z His creed was very simple: it was that money would buy everything, and he reposed upon his belief with the sweet security of the Mussulman who sees by faith a heaven of houris. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z Yet full the wine pots are, and still untouched, and houris wait for us in fond suspense. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z She was exceedingly lovely, beautiful as the houris that awake the glowing lyre of the Persian bard. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z He always alleged that sleeping gave him a headache, and that having his hair brushed drove it away, particularly if the combing was performed by the soft hands of one of his four houris. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z He is perhaps disappointed in that every Irish cloak does not conceal a face beautiful as a houri's. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z A carriage passes with two houris in it, whose faces leave an impression on your heart, which latter is as susceptible as wax. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z We are assured that there is a Paradise for us peopled with houris, and that we shall find there limpid wine and honey. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The houris, who have been praying over him the whole day, have covered him with garlands of flowers. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z As we walked home "i' the grey o' the morning," I asked Fane who his "houri" was. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Her eyes outshone those of any houri, and her features would defy the genius of a Canova to imitate. The Home Life of Poe Your friend touches a spring, a bell rings in the distance, the door opens, and a houri enters. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z They say that the Garden of Eden is pleasant with houris: I say that the juice of the grape is pleasant. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z They all thought they were looking upon a houri, or some heavenly vision, rather than upon a human being; so that when she opened her lips again to speak, a perfect silence reigned everywhere. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z There's my houri, by all that's glorious! and looking lovelier than ever. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories H. C. chanced to have one in his pocket-book, which he had once put aside for the Madrid houri who married the Russian nobleman. Glories of Spain The next day, I went with my friends to Mrs. F---’s soirée, in the Circus, where, to my surprise and pleasure, I again met this houri, when we soon got into conversation. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z By Jove, in the loose-fitting garments she looked for all the world like an Oriental houri, or some jolly lovely thing like that. The Haunted Pajamas I had the houris to help me, but alas! The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z His talk was of a woman: an houri, if ever there was one, should his talk of her be believed. The Way of the Gods Preferring, accordingly, the white houris promised by the Koran to the winged seraphs of the Christian paradise, many Gauls embraced Mohamedanism with ardor. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess The Paradise of Morphia may begin with houris," said Carfew dryly, "but it ends with horrors—sexless horrors. Shadows of Flames A Novel “We should have seen you before, but we came upon a pair of rural houris in a barouche.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One By their garments, of the colour and splendour of emeralds, by their faces shining like burnished silver, she knew that they were celestial houris, and that her lover was already amongst the blessed. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Her features combined the witchery of a houri with the strength of intellect. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Beautiful as eastern houris, there is a striking and endearing charm about the Cuban ladies, their very motion being replete with a native grace; every limb elastic and supple. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time It is towards the nice, clever, black-eyed, light-figured little houri of that name, in the pleasant years 1807-8-9, and 10, that we own the soft impeachment, or rather make proud profession of our feelings. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 Whether you are beneath the dark tree of Hell, or in the garden of the houris. The Golden Age in Transylvania "Not so fast," said the houri, rising with him. The Ambassador Muhammad created a paradise of houris and musk. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern You see," said the Sultan, "she is more beautiful than any other woman you have ever beheld; fairer than the houris of your dreams! Oriental Women The eternally young houris, from beyond the Bridge of Alsiroth, no longer smile upon those who fall in battle, for battle has now lost its glory. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries The Governor of Maui was James Young, a half-breed, or happa houri, and descended from the English seaman mentioned by Vancouver. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The officer, a frustrated and disappointed sensualist, whose imagination was tantalized but never fed by the fact that he was in the fabled Orient, the abode of lovely Circassians and other houris, nodded agreement. Command Where haze-like creatures with smooth houri forms Stoop thro' the curling clouds and float and smile, While calm as hope in all her dreamy charms Sleeps the enchanted isle. Blooms of the Berry "Allah il Allah," rings it; O my heart, Fall prostrate, for to Mecca we are near, That flashing light is but a sign sent clear From her, your houri, as her curtains part! Sea Poems The houris may hide their white bosoms and their rosy faces, for what are they compared with the earthly angels whose mundane charms intoxicate the hearts of mortals? The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries We raise the voluptuous by the score, Gwynne, houris to beat the band. Ancestors A Novel All sorts of prophets have dreamed of a heaven, and they have imagined all kinds; they have put houris in the Mahometan's paradise, and swords in Valhalla. The Crow's Nest In every case, houris glided to and fro in appropriate native costume, bearing viands calculated to quell, at least for the nonce, harsh thoughts of the combative marketplace. Telempathy His master has four wives, beautiful as houris. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Muhammad imagined that the embraces of seven and seventy houris would make an enraptured Moslem eternally happy. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries She looked dreaming, proud, detached, an houri veiled to allure, to inspire a new race of poets. Ancestors A Novel "I commanded that a houri, lovelier than the full moon, and graceful as a young gazelle, should appear for the delight of thy guests." The Brass Bottle Far from being cast in the approved lean, sickly, bespectacled mold, Everett O'Toole featured jowls wider than Cam's natural shoulders; and his gut threatened to thrust their tiny table into the houris' concourse. Telempathy They sing to him their rhythmic impassioned chants, which show to his entranced vision the radiant smiles of intoxicating houris. The Boys of '98 He had flirted in a lazy fashion, common with young men who find themselves an object to women, and who have only to raise their hand, sultan-like, to bring a host of houris. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The one has dying visions of angels—or may be of devils; the other sees heaven burst open, and the black-eyed houris of paradise beckon him with rosy fingers. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Nay, by the beard of the Prophet, I could do nothing but gaze at the houri till she was out of my sight. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly O naughty little Mahomet! in what Turkish paradise are you now, and where be your painted houris? Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges She is a houri straight from Paradise, and we poor mortals just get a glimpse from beyond the gate, as it were. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand It was what was happening on the other side of this wall—those three lovely women ministering like houris of paradise to that old ruffian. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel And I defy all the houris in Christendom to light a new flame in his heart! All About Coffee Perhaps the houris got tired and snappish, poor things! and used up their artificial smiles on the customers. Somehow Good On the other hand, Anderson, the lady may be as beautiful as the fabulous houri and as devilish as Delilah. Anderson Crow, Detective Each tea house has its bevy of dark-eyed houris, who use every wile and charm known to the sex, to induce you to patronise their several houses. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 He had entered hell in the bowels of the Great Pyramid and then had ascended into paradise, where the houris promised by the Prophet had ministered to him for what seemed an eternity. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Among the twenty or so young ladies at our hotel, were two who would attract the attention and excite the admiration of any assemblage, two sisters from Chicago, beautiful as houris. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton The dark-eyed houri, with her basket of strawberries, was there as usual; and the old lady led us to a seat under the plane trees, commanding a view of Terapia and the Sultan's kiosk. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Lovely houri that thou art—beauteous as the maidens that dwell in the paradise of thy prophet—I am thine. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf The doorway of the perfumed saloon might seem but the portal of a Mahomedan paradise, in which young and beautiful houris are deporting themselves under the guardian eye of the older and less beautiful houris. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) So I wend my way back to the demure Dolores, the houri of my heart, and the next time I'll take a crack at the big guns in Seattle. Free Air As soon as we were again in motion, I began to watch the black Argus to whose guard the fair houris were intrusted. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 No wonder the Turks sigh for paradise, when they believe heaven to be peopled with houris such as these! Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Sensing an houri he hangs the walls with a deep shade of Persian orange, over which flit tropical birds of emerald and azure; strange pomegranates bleed their seeds at regular intervals. The Merry-Go-Round The bedroom adjoining mine was occupied by two of these Californian houris, whose habits were apparently not framed on Lucretian lines. From Paris to New York by Land Never again, unless we are destined to rejoin our houris in heaven, and to saunter over fields of asphodel in another and a greener youth—never again shall those joys be ours! The Bertrams "I'm all for houris and sirens and whatnots——" The foresail swung across and knocked him into the bottom of the boat. The Long Trick The Bulgarians endeavored to win him to the religion of Mohammed, picturing to him in alluring language the charms of their paradise, with its lovely houris. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality His passion for revenge was even more determined than his admiration for the "houri," as he called the maiden. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing To crown the enchantment of the place, to each faithful Moslem is allotted seventy-two houris, resplendent beings, free from every human defect, perpetually renewing their youth and beauty. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy If he had conceived the idea that he had already entered Paradise, the big-whiskered jolly tars, instead of the houris he might have expected to welcome him, must quickly have shown him his mistake. The Three Midshipmen On one side is the bar, at which several persons are standing, drinking with some of the sweet-voiced houris. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. And, presto, there they are! and, oh! ye houris of the South, with what a smile and glance between the azure puffs! Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce My wife was such a houri as he had never seen in a harem. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing Ignoring the houris of the occasion, the polite governor escorted Mrs. Belgrave to the table, and seated her on his right, while the captain of the Guardian-Mother conducted the princess. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The dances go on at intervals till two in the morning, after which the Oriental houri crawls to her home at the same time as the Parisian cab-horse—her companion in arms. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge Virginia, you who have the face of a houri, the form of a sylph, and the heart of an angel, will you be my wife? Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet In the hall of silken standards and of Persia-woven mats There were women fair as houris, there were brave and handsome men; And the fish leaped up to see them from the fountain's silver vats. Stories in Verse "How sweet of you to let me see!" she cried impulsively to the houris and queens and beggar-maids that had given her the brief tribute. Miss Pat at School I could have fancied myself a queen of Sheba or some Eastern houri screened by silken curtains from the vulgar gaze. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 These dances—at twenty cents a turn—are supposed to represent all the languishing allurement of the Oriental houri—I think that is the word. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge It was still daylight, and he would have known that head of hair among the ten thousand houris of heaven. The Lure of the Mask About ten houris—expert, about ten hours.—8, The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) Apprehending some skirmishing between my two jealous houris, I rushed off, followed at a distance by Zouhra and Nazli, who were frightened at the thought of being left alone. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Thus the young khan, with houris in his sight, Thought not upon the charms of four young brides, But bravely rush'd on his first heavenly night. Don Juan He seems to be dreaming of Paradise and houris. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection As for me, I was, I am certain, intended for the sultan’s seraglio, for as a child I was beautiful as a houri. The Pacha of Many Tales It was very like sitting in a bath, and, after the houri, we had to be carried a long way. Southern Arabia My houris are astonished with all they see, and their pleasure is indescribable. French and Oriental Love in a Harem You never saw such eyes in your life: what a houri she is!” Mr. Midshipman Easy Her mother was fair as the houris in Paradise; the daughter of an English officer sent here on a mission by that great man Lord Clive. The Young Rajah My heart is burnt as roast meat at the recollection of the women of the country; who are, indeed, as he hath described, houris to the sight. The Pacha of Many Tales “I little expected to find two such houris in this out-of-the-way spot,” observed the major, as he was throwing off his uniform. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Under the influence of our civilized surroundings, the ideas of my houris are undergoing a gradual transformation. French and Oriental Love in a Harem I must either stay aboard and do duty for Cherry, or never set eyes on these houris again, or knock under to one or the other.” The Three Lieutenants Instead of shaving men's heads, he is now seated between two houris, drinking milk and eating honey. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan An old woman, full of lamentation, led us to the sick couch, where lay a creature, beautiful in shape as a houri. The Pacha of Many Tales Those of thy followers who survive the battle will have this land for an inheritance; for those who fall, a mansion in paradise is prepared, and immortal houris await their coming.’ The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 My poor houris, dreading some fatal drama of the usual Turkish character, had indeed passed through a cruel time of distress and anguish. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Won't there be plenty of houris there, with all their beauty and virtue, but without their extravagance and wilfulness? Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But we hear, doctor, that your Paradise has begun here on earth, and that you have got your houris already. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan He was dreaming, perchance, of the rosy bowers and the dark-eyed houris of Paradise. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series "Besides, she might be a houri from heaven," said Lancelot; "but a houri in a patched print-frock——" He shuddered, and struck a match. Merely Mary Ann It was indeed Mohammed, who attracted some attention as he walked with my houris into their famous box. French and Oriental Love in a Harem The fair Rosalie stood in the midst of all this splendor, in a dress of yellow silk, trimmed with purple flowers, gorgeous as a houri of Paradise, and, like them, prepared to receive her elect. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The infidel will never cease roasting, whilst the true believer will be eternally seated next to his houri in the seventh heaven! The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan A very different set from the smiling, graceful houris of the evening before. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City "I don't know exactly what houris from heaven are, but I have a kind of feeling any sort of frock would be out of harmony——!" Merely Mary Ann But I was soon reassured when I saw the amiable satisfaction which prevailed among my houris. French and Oriental Love in a Harem He is charmed by the beauty of the stout, black-haired, red-cheeked Bohemian girls, and hopes that enough of them will emigrate to the United States to improve the fading pulchritude of our own houris. A Book of Prefaces I awake—I see—I understand; thou art not a houri after all, but that same Ayisha I have loved in secret all these burning days! The Lion of Petra She was not a "funded houri," but a poor yatow, a "forked head" or slave girl, whom he purchased on a lucky day, and, smitten with her charms, made her his wife. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma The Angel of the Gaci was loved by a houri, who appeared to him and danced on the firm sand of his desert. The Golden Silence Add to this that, with the aid of love, my houris have learnt French, with all the marvellous facility and linguistic instinct of the Asiatic races. French and Oriental Love in a Harem His pictures are hymns to Venus, and his women, saints and sinners alike, are houris of an erotic paradise. The Age of the Reformation I awake and find a houri with her hand in mine! The Lion of Petra "Miriam is as beautiful as a houri, as fair as the light of a sun-lit day after a black night of tempest, and as sweet in disposition as Rachel, the favoured of our father Jacob." The Mark of the Beast Thou hast loved, and I made thee understand something of what I feel for this girl, whose beauty, as thou hast seen, is that of the houris in Paradise. The Golden Silence However, I sometimes go there of a morning, for a bath; I am teaching my houris to swim. French and Oriental Love in a Harem The smoke hung lazily, drifting into vague patterns and then began to coalesce into a green houri without costume. The Sky Is Falling We hope that houri melted entirely away in the window; but we certainly did not stay to see. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Your presence like a benison to me Wakes my sick soul to dreamful ecstasy, I fancy that some old Arabian night Saw you my houri and my heart's delight. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar In his early youth he remembered to have seen, somewhere in Greece, such a houri as was this Madame Goesler. Phineas Finn The Irish Member My houris are making progress, and their education is improving. French and Oriental Love in a Harem The stars in the profound splendours of the sky stared at him like the naked eyes of houris. Visionaries Some one of these matrimonially inclined houris the colonel would have to select; if he refused, then should Ramabai do the selecting. The Adventures of Kathlyn Really, to satisfy the passions and sensuality of these Africans, women should be like the houris of Paradise, and never grow old. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government On the opposite bank, covering a large space, a fair was holding its revelry; a small pandemonium; shows were lighted up with flaring gas, and houris in spangles danced and threw out their fascinations. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 I must add, however, that while rising to purer conceptions of truth, my houris retained too much of their native instincts not to get their heads turned somewhat by the novelty of their situation. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Because you are free for a moment; because you are not treated quite as a pariah because that black-eyed houri down at the shanty smiles at you? In the Roaring Fifties She was as fair and beautiful as an houri of Sa'adi. The Adventures of Kathlyn "Besides, she might be a houri from heaven," said Lancelot; "but a houri in a patched print frock—" He shuddered and struck a match. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes And your grandfather's grandson knows that I am only an houri from America!... The Palace of Darkened Windows Certainly, I was obliged to admit that such a trial was not without its dangers; but then, was not Kondjé-Gul already aware that the marital yoke which my houris still believed in was only imaginary? French and Oriental Love in a Harem "She was beautiful—beautiful as an houri!" said Mr. Paul Linmere, speaking slowly, half unconsciously, it seemed, his thoughts aloud. The Fatal Glove There was nothing left now but to greet her upon her arrival, this golden houri from the verses of Sa'adi. The Adventures of Kathlyn "I don't know exactly what houris from heaven are, but I have a kind of feeling any sort of frock would be out of harmony—!" The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes "But does one houri make a paradise?" she bantered, while the beating, hurrying heart of her went faster and faster till she thought his ears would hear it. The Palace of Darkened Windows I sat down to table, therefore, with my houris; and this meal, in which everything was new to them, became a veritable feast. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Yes, she is beautiful as the fabled houris of the Mussulman's paradise. The Baronet's Bride Some disappointed houri was returning whence she had come. The Adventures of Kathlyn May the light of Allah shine upon thee in thy wisdom, may the houris of paradise make thy couch one of delight when thou art gathered to thy forefathers! Desert Love "My grandfather would call you an houri from paradise," he told her, the warmth of admiration deepening in his eyes. The Palace of Darkened Windows I must do my houris the justice to say that they do not show themselves unveiled; still I will leave you to imagine the agitation which they cause among the whole regimental staff. French and Oriental Love in a Harem His angels are genii disimprisoned from the perfumed chalices of flowers, houris of an erotic paradise, elemental spirits of nature wantoning in Eden in her prime. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series My queen, my bride that was to be, the golden houri! The Adventures of Kathlyn They lay, to all intents and purposes, at the feet of their houris, as Samson lay shorn at the feet of Delilah. Flames He uttered a timid little chuckle, and at that moment an innumerable host of houris began a ballet d’action illustrative of a series of events in the career of the Prophet. In the Wrong Paradise At the news of such a great event my houris screamed with joy. French and Oriental Love in a Harem An old woman full of lamentation, led us to the sick couch, where lay a creature, beautiful in shape as a houri. The Pacha of Many Tales This houri of Sa'adi would not pause to note the difference in writing; the vitalness of the subject would enchain her thoughts. The Adventures of Kathlyn Suddenly the woman in the hospital and this riotous houri were definitely merged into one composite figure of a mindless greed and viciousness. The Dark House His Turkish women are not all houris, but they bear the stamp of close study. Promenades of an Impressionist When they saw her, my houris rose up rather frightened, but she soon set them at ease with a kind word, and then conversation began. French and Oriental Love in a Harem As for me, I was, I am certain, intended for the sultan's seraglio, for as a child I was beautiful as a houri. The Pacha of Many Tales This was no longer Sa'adi's houri but the young woman who had mastered the lion in the railway train. The Adventures of Kathlyn Some come at certain seasons only, others perch here till they change in a night from houri to hag. The Conqueror A black houri was set to fan me. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Now, as a few days of sunshine had favoured us with very mild weather, my houris did not fail to go and stroll about the lawns. French and Oriental Love in a Harem My heart is burnt as roast meat at the recollection of the women of the country; who are, indeed, as he hath described houris to the sight. The Pacha of Many Tales The task of the black guards who accompany these houris is anything but a sinecure, and "nods and becks and wreathed smiles" are freely bestowed on the male passers-by in spite of etiquette and eunuchs. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 A pint, or a pint and a half, of my blood, would earn for him Paradise, with sharab, houris, and all the rest of it. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series That woman saved him; she cultivated him; she excited him in solitude, in liberty, and in love, as the houris of the East through pleasure raise up martyrs in their young votaries. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty It was evident that there would be great excitement among my houris. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Would men of race, tempted by the loveliness of this great gold-haired houri sleeping on the Pacific, come from old and new Spain and dream away a life of pleasure? The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California It was only in church, and in their own houses, that I had an opportunity of fairly seeing these houris. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy An untutored savage of Central Africa, or of the wilds of Australia may be bored; so are many of the ignorant houris of Oriental harems and zenanas. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) Poor old Tristram don't look as if he had had a taste of paradise with his houri, for his week, does he? The Reason Why As to my houris of El-Nouzha, I need hardly tell you that the coming journey has been the subject of a most extraordinary enthusiasm on their part. French and Oriental Love in a Harem "Don't you know that if she is as fair as a lily, beautiful as a houri, and chaste as ice, that still she is a negro?" Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted "May the houris make soft your bed in the Paradise of the Prophet!" jabbered Najib, in a frenzy of gratitude, as he hugged the treasured gift to his breast. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 I give you my word, the houris that the Montagu saw in the Hammam at Stamboul were nothing to her!' The Castle Inn It was Von Blitz who told the leading men of the island that their wives—the Persians, the Circassians, the Egyptians and the Turkish houris—were in love with the tall stranger. The Man from Brodney's His angels are genii disimprisoned from the chalices of flowers, houris of an erotic Paradise, elemental sprites of nature wantoning in Eden in her prime. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Again she sang of love, reclinging there like an houri fit to grace the paradise of her Prophet; and the giant monk became a puppet in her hands. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories The girl with the golden hair did not stay at home, but, putting on her golden dress so that she became from head to foot a gleaming houri, she went after them. Armenian Literature Chitra in Rabindranath Tagore's play, for example, tried both aspects of the woman's life, and Tagore is at one with Plato in preferring the Rosalind type to the houri. What is Coming? Well, that poor Doctor Potter, who was my Mahomet on that occasion, and led me to victory in your parlor, and was the indirect means of my getting my houri,—I have heard from him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Talk of that kind rests on no sounder basis than the old assertions about the houris and the happy hunting-grounds, and it brings no surer consolation. Essays in Rebellion And do you doubt your power," he went on in a louder tone—"you that to him are more beautiful than an houri of the seventh Heaven? An Outcast of the Islands But I had to fit the East into the picture, so I made her young and gave her a touch of the languid houri in a veil. Greenmantle "For they are all," said she, "and each in her own way, houris for beauty." Frivolous Cupid In short, this was the houri of my vision, materialized. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu What is your theologian's ecstasy but Mahomet's houri in the dark? The Island of Doctor Moreau You can sup with the most delicious houris or with all the street-walkers, in your poems, without ever leaving your fireside or having seen any greater beauty than the nose of your hall-porter. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings "And is—she is frankly an animal—exquisitely preserved, damnably selfish, completely devoid of intellect, sugar manners, the senses of a harem houri—and the tenacity of a rat." The Price of Things I haven't even seen the unfortunate houri, because the Turk has shut her up in their cabin and pretends she's seasick. It Happened in Egypt The girl was gone, even as I told myself that she was an houri, and that I, though a Christian, had been consigned by some error to the paradise of Mohammed. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu It is perhaps as well, for it would be a sore trial to have to give up Christian women and pork, for their garlic-breathing houris and accursed kybobs of sheep's flesh.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Had she been as beautiful as a houri, though, I don't imagine I should have been less frightened!' Home Again He supped, too, with these houris—and felt himself a man of the world. Three Weeks The pious Darfur Mussulmans, on their way to Mecca, observed this favoured spot, and fancied it realized, minus the houris, some of the inferior Paradises of Mohammed. Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Then he beckoned to the slender girl and said to her, "O houri of Paradise, feed thou our ears with sweet sounds." The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Behold my cousin, how she seems a maid of Paradise, A houri come, by Rizwan's grace, to visit us below! The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II She seemed as it were the full moon, when it shines out on the fourteenth night, or one of the houris of Paradise, glory be to Him who made her so splendidly fair! The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Had he not dined at every restaurant in London, and supped with houris who adored crême de menthe? Three Weeks At least a prince of a dark and desirable country, a king over a gold-skinned people who would return when he wished to his fountains and his houris. The Enormous Room As souls in Hell dream Paradise, He suffered yet forgot it there Beneath Rommaneh's houri eyes. Poems He had therefore spent an uncommonly respectable week, and the Norfolk Street houri would have been au désespoir, but that she had other Charleys to her bow. The Three Clerks Here is a houri, neatly dressed, evidently long waiting for him especially, and eager to serve him. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 It was a great sight to see Mr. Frederick Bayham engaged in the waltz or the quadrille with some of the elderly houris at the Colonel's parties. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family He fills the mind with thoughts of uncut rubies, diamond-studded swords, Arab chargers, veiled houris, and the very best Persian sherbet. If I May The nymphs of spring would have seemed coarse and vulgar in comparison with these young houris, who retained, in this French garden, the pure and vivid colouring of a Persian miniature. Swann's Way One week he would consort mainly with the houri of the Norfolk Street beer-shop, and the next he would be on his good behaviour, and live as respectably as circumstances permitted him to do. The Three Clerks We have come to offer you rivers of champagne, cigars of abnormal length, and the lips of the fairest houris in London. The Profiteers Everybody says she is as beautiful as a houri. A Romance of the Republic "Upon my word, miss," cried our young gentleman, "you compel me to confess that I find myself in the society of one vastly more to my inclination than that of any houri of my acquaintance." Stolen Treasure Your ethereal form, beautiful as an houri, has, with its subtle fascination, enthralled and steeped in bliss my innermost soul, lifting me as it were into a purer, a holier existence. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 He belonged to no club, and his circle of friends, except in the houri and navvy line, was very limited. The Three Clerks Observing that everybody was bent on spoiling this popular little houri by emphatic admiration, I made myself conspicuous by a peculiarly British stony indifference. The Secrets of the German War Office Evelyn Verne was a beauty—beautiful as an houri, imperial as Cleopatra, but merciless as a De Medicis. Marguerite Verne "And do you indeed have houris in England?" exclaimed the young lady. Stolen Treasure "Well, thou wilt know her at sight; for in grace and beauty I think she must be a daughter of the houri this moment giving immortal drink to the beloved of Allah, even the Prophet." The Prince of India — Volume 02 His dream was a life of cheap sensuality, a beautiful existence full of houris, of repose on divans, of victuals and intoxication. Theresa Raquin The religion of Mohammed made converts in numbers like unto the sands of the desert, because they were promised a Paradise peopled by dark- eyed houris. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers He looked in for a moment, but the sight of hard-faced houris revolving cheek to cheek with men in overalls and boots was nothing new. Flowing Gold An average Englishwoman would look like an houri amongst them; and their customs were beastly, to use the mildest term. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II Mahommed replied: "Thou hast felt his hand already, but go—I commend thee to thy houris." The Prince of India — Volume 02 The thought that this high-spirited, positive, strong-minded American girl might crave better and more important work than that of an Eastern houri or a Queen Scheherezade, never occurred to him. From Jest to Earnest Of the pure and lofty morality of the Bible she had as little idea as a Persian houri, and rugged Roman virtue could not develop in the social atmosphere in which the Allens lived. What Can She Do? Now Thyrsis had set out with mighty battlements reared about him; and not all the houris and the courtesans of all the ages could have found a way to breach them. Love's Pilgrimage How can you be insensate enough to descend to labour with an houri like that around? The Valley of the Giants His poems do not tell of a rough and vigorous life, but of luxury and softness; of tyrants and slaves, of beautiful houris and dreadful villains. English Literature for Boys and Girls Look—fishermen—houris—how many houris?—seen 'em grin!—soldiers of fortune—merchants—sailors—by gad, there's Sindbad himself!—and say! The Ivory Trail They can regard her as a Mohammedan ward or a houri or a Princess of Babylon, just as they choose. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The natives appear far less friendly to-day, and no young houris have visited us. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Never once did he look in the direction of the houri peering through the sliding panel. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women My Lady Granville came late, dressed like Imoinda, and handsomer than one of the houris - the Prince asked her why she would not dance? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 "When satiated with earthly felicity, may you be received in paradise by seventy dark-eyed houris—'" Robinson. It Is Never Too Late to Mend She's English and she came from a harem in Syria, and she is as beautiful as the houris she believes in and is unfortunately precluded from joining. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The common house-fly swarmed about us in thousands of decillions, and though we were attended by houris, I at least did not consider myself in Paradise. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, The dark-skinned houri sprang up, rose to her full height, her eyes blazing, and facing her tormentor, cried: "You blackguard"—a true statement—"do you know who I am?" The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women On the stage she is queenly—in private, soft, voluptuous and winning as a houri. After the Storm Paul waved the dreaded houris away as though they were midges. The Fortunate Youth So do all beliefs that are not grossly utilitarian and material, promising houris and deathless appetite or endless hunting or a cosmic mortgage. First and Last Things Nor had any one heard the exclamation of delight that burst from the lips of the elector, as in Lucretia he recognized his houri. Prince Eugene and His Times Yourself, my houri, when you consent to receive me alone. Joseph II. and His Court "Who was yearning only for his charming houri in order to be entirely in paradise," said Thugut, interrupting her. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times He must have known, no less than Musset, the attractions of many a paradis artificiel, with its bright visions, its houris, its offers of oblivion of pain. Alfred Tennyson So she improvised this couplet, "A houri, by whose charms my heart is moved to sore distress: * Nor wand of tree nor sun nor moon her rivals I confess!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 My houri—she whose love has made of Venice a Mussulman's paradise to me. Prince Eugene and His Times O my houri, alone with you in the boat, what care I for the world, for magnificence and renown? Mohammed Ali and His House Happy he who falls fighting in the cause of the Prophet! he will at once be transported to the paradise of the faithful and surrounded by immortal houris. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada So he die saying Hip, hip, hurrah! for houri and green field of Prophet and to hell with Asika and Bonsa, Big and Little! A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa Don't you remember those houris dancing before him and the other officers at the great Otaheite ball? Roundabout Papers And then he whispered in her ear: "By Jupiter, Miss Ida, you look like a houri just from Paradise to-night." A Face Illumined That is to say, Butheita, you make of the houri of paradise an ordinary human being. Mohammed Ali and His House The crescent moon hung again over the apex of the Great Pyramid, like a silver cutting from the rosy nail of a houri. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques She has spent quite a fortune in decorating Les Touches in a most improper fashion, making it a Mohammedan paradise where the houris are not women. Beatrix Think of the poor dear houris in Paradise, how sad they must look as the arrivals of the Faithful become less and less frequent every day. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo Yet the houris have an effect on their sultan. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story I thought you were a woman like all other women, and yet you are beautiful and fair and pure, like a houri of paradise. Mohammed Ali and His House Intruding on his vision of the houris couched in the inner cellar to be the reward of valiant men, it annoyed him. The Egoist She answered to one's conception of Mahomet's houris, assuming that the conception is not of a fat person. The Golden Fleece, a romance "The figure of a houri," remarked Smith-Oldwick, "with the face of an imbecile." Tarzan the Untamed Thou liest!" answered the female, interrupting her companion, in tones yet shriller than his own; "I am none of thy houris, and thou art no such infidel trash as the Mohammed of whom thou speakest. The Talisman O good moon, messenger of the prophet, with your brilliancy you light up the countenance of my houri. Mohammed Ali and His House "One only wants a cushion and half a dozen houris to complete it." A Voyage to Arcturus For one clerk who succumbs to the houris of the pave, there are five hundred who succumb to lack of means, the warnings of the sex hygienists, and their own depressing consciences. In Defense of Women I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk’s whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!” Jane Eyre I believe she herself was a houri without them. The Pool in the Desert Yes—beautiful are these women, as are the houris in paradise, and enviable is he to whom they belong. Mohammed Ali and His House And beyond his star-gazing, in his far-imagined heavens, Valkyrie or houri, man has fain made place for her, for he could see no heaven without her. The Jacket (Star-Rover) What a cloud of sable curls about the face of a houri! The Professor That houri, appearing, shakes him up in the usual manner and is charged by the old gentleman to remain near him. Bleak House |
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