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keep_n so_o much_o at_o a_o distance_n from_o the_o metropolis_n of_o his_o empire_n where_o he_o do_v not_o think_v himself_o secure_a chap._n xvii_o of_o the_o woman_n apartment_n the_o principal_a head_n the_o impossibility_n of_o have_v a_o full_a knowledge_n of_o the_o woman_n apartment_n in_o the_o seraglio_n the_o commerce_n between_o the_o jewesses_n and_o the_o sultaness_n the_o doleful_a story_n of_o two_o famous_a wrestler_n the_o great_a severity_n of_o the_o sultan-amurath_n how_o to_o distinguish_v between_o what_o be_v true_a and_o what_o fabulous_a in_o reference_n to_o the_o sultaness_n a_o strange_a story_n of_o a_o old_a woman_n polygamy_n prejudicial_a to_o the_o propagation_n of_o child_n the_o great_a secrecy_n of_o the_o grand_a seignor_n amour_n imake_v a_o chapter_n by_o itself_o of_o the_o apartment_n of_o the_o woman_n