"Lichi" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... grew upon one branch, and gave a mango to each of the queens to eat. In a short time the king's heart was filled with joy as he heard that the seven queens were pregnant.—In Miss Stokes' "Indian Fairy Tales,' p. 91, Raja Barbal receives from an ascetic 160 lichi fruits, one of which he is to give to each of his 160 wives, who would have each a son.— Similar instances occur in Steel and Temple's "Wide Awake Stories," from the Panjab and Kashmir, pp. 47 and 290, and in Natesa ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton |
