After him, one of the three calenders directing his speech to Zobeide, as the principal of the three ladies, began thus: The History of the First Calender.
I have had a long journey, but at last I arrived this evening, and met these my brother calenders at the gate, being strangers as well as myself.
Amene understanding her sister's meaning, rose from her seat, carried away the dishes, the flasks and cups, together with the instruments which the calenders had played upon.
Go, bring those ladies and the calenders at the same time; make haste, and remember that I impatiently expect your return.
Zobeide having heard this statement, seemed to hesitate what to say, which the calenders perceiving, prayed her to grant the same favour to the three Moussol merchants as she had done to them.
The third calender having finished this relation of his adventures, Zobeide addressed him and his fellow calenders thus: "Go wherever you think proper, you are at liberty.
When the calenders were seated, the ladies served them with meat; and Safie, being highly pleased with them, did not let them want for wine.
Zobeide, having heard this discourse, seemed to hesitate as to what she should say; which the calenders perceiving, prayed her to grant the same favour to the three Moussol merchants as she had done to them.
One of the calenders made a sign for the porter to come near, and asked him whether he knew why those two black bitches had been whipped, and why Amine's bosom was so scarred?
I have had a long journey; but at last arrived this evening in this city, where I met these my brother calenders at the gate, being strangers as well as myself.
The caliph endeavoured to prevail with thecalenders to speak first; but they excused themselves, and at last they agreed that the porter should be the man.
The third calender having finished this relation of his adventures, Zobeide addressed her speech to him and his fellow-calenders thus: Go wherever you think fit; you are all three at liberty.
When the calenders were set at table, the ladies served them with meat; and Safie, being most pleased with them, did not let them want for drink.
The vizier Giafar took the three calenders along with him; the porter went to his quarters, and the caliph and Mesrour returned to the palace.
But for somuch as in some calenders of ours it is reduced againe to the daie of euerie change, it shall suffice to saie no more therof.
This proceeded from three merchants of Moussol, men of good appearance, who begged the same favour which the calenders had obtained before.
When Zobeide and Safie had run to help their sister, one of the calenders could not forbear saying, "We had better have slept in the streets than have come hither to behold such spectacles.
The vizier Jaaffier took the three calenders along with him; the porter went to his quarters, and the caliph and Mesrour returned to the palace.
The third calender having finished this relation of his adventures, Zobeide addressed him and his fellow-calenders thus: "Go wherever you think proper; you are at liberty.
The caliph endeavored to persuade the calenders to speak first, but they excused themselves.
When the calenders had finished their repast, they signified to the ladies that they wished to entertain them with a concert of music, if they had any instruments in the house, and would cause them to be brought.
Having done this, she requested the threecalenders to sit on a sofa on one side, and the caliph and his company on the other.
Zobeide, rising from her seat between thecalenders and the caliph, moved very gravely toward the porter.
Most writing-paper machines have no calenders at all as the surface is obtained on special machinery such as platers and sheet calenders after the paper comes from the drying loft.
Among other defects arising on the calenders are little scarlike depressions in the paper, made by small scraps of paper which have become lodged on a calender roll and are embossed into the web at each revolution of the roll.
In running through the calenders the damper portion will take a higher finish.
The paper is run through the calenders in the web.
The press rolls and calenders are used to the fullest extent.
After the paper passes over the drying cylinders of the machine it is passed through the calenders in the usual way, but the surface of the paper is damped by means of a fine water spray just before it enters the calender rolls.
Illustration: Calenders Heated Internally by Steam, for Spreading India Rubber into Sheets or upon Cloth, called the "Chaffee Machine.
After some time the Calenders got up and performed some curious dances, which delighted the rest of the company.
My lord," answered all the Calenders together, "we came here for the first time an hour before you.
The Calenders and the Caliph looked at each other, and whispered together, unheard by Zobeida and Sadie, who were tending their fainting sister.
The ladies replied with words of welcome, and they were all about to seat themselves when the eyes of the Calenders fell on the porter, whose dress was not so very unlike their own, though he still wore all the hair that nature had given him.
I have had a long journey, but arrived this evening in the city, where I met my brother Calenders at the gate, being strangers like myself.
When the Calenders had satisfied their hunger, they offered to play to their hostesses, if there were any instruments in the house.
Meanwhile Zobeida had turned to the three Calenders and inquired if, as they were all blind, they were brothers.
Zobeida then got up from her seat between the Calenders and the Caliph and walked slowly across to where the porter stood with the dogs.
Having done this she begged the Calenders to sit on a sofa on one side of the room, and the Caliph and his friends to place themselves opposite.
The three Calendersbowed low on entering, and thanked the ladies for their kindness and hospitality.
While the vizir, Giafar, was talking to the ladies the Caliph was occupied in wondering who they could be, and why the three Calenders had each lost his right eye.
These various improvements in the Alsace machine may be easily adapted to the ordinary calenders of almost every construction.
The numerous accidents which have happened to the hands of workmen engaged in calenders should direct the attention towards its effective contrivance for preventing such misfortunes.
The paper passes and repasses through these calenders until the requisite degree of smoothness and polish has been acquired.
These calenders are used for giving to the paper a smooth and even surface, and are also employed in the smoothing and finishing of cloth.
Supercalendering" is effected by passing the web through a stack of rolls which are similar to the machine calenders already described.
Calenders heated internally by Steam, for spreading India Rubber into Sheets or upon Cloth, called the "Chaffee Machine.
I promised Three Royal Calenders that I would restore them to their thrones, and, by Allah!
Then one of the Calenders added, "O Prince of the Faithful, we also hear and obey, with equal willingness and equal joy.
The Khalifeh added his approval to that of Ja'far on this point, and the three Calenders were admitted.
The Calenders unbent to the play; the ladies sprang into animation; even the porter was rolled from a couch to give place to the Khalifeh, who sat himself thereon in royal state.
Calenders will approach thee as if thou wert in sober truth the Khalifeh.
Here we have Three Royal Calenders suppliant to the Khalifeh--on whom be peace!
Then she renewed the perfumes in the censers and made the Calenders sit down on a sofa by the dais and the Khalif and his companions on a sofa at the other end; after which she called to the porter, saying, 'How dull and slothful thou art!
And, as it chanced, we were all Calendersand each blind of the right eye.
Then they sat down to carouse; whilst the Khalif looked at the three Calenders and marvelled for that they were all blind of the right eye, and gazed upon the ladies and was amazed at their beauty and goodliness.
But the Khalif lifted his head and cried out angrily, 'I have not patience to wait till then: let the Calenders ask them.
The Khalif wondered at her story, and ordered it and those of her sister and the Calenders to be recorded in the archives of his reign and laid up in the royal treasury.
Presently we were joined by these three Calenders and later on by three respectable merchants from Tiberias, all of whom we admitted to our company on certain conditions, which they infringed.
Then I shaved my beard and eyebrows and renouncing the world, became a Calender and wandered about God's earth, till by His blessing, I arrived at Baghdad in safety this evening and met with these two otherCalenders standing bewildered.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "calenders" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
