"The falling waters filled his soul with dejection, and his tears trickled down the jasmines he had caught from Nouronihar, and placed in his inflamed bosom."
An Arabian Tale, From an Unpublished Manuscript [Vathek]
2 entries in ESTC (1786, 1791).<br>
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First published anonymously as <u>An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory</u> (London: J. Johnson,  1786). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T62055">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3310960212&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from William Beckford, <u>Vathek: Translated from the original French</u>, 3rd edition (London: Printed for W. Clarke 1816).