Harem guard of old

Usage examples of eunuch.

Once a eunuch surgeon to the harem of Sultan Mehomet, the viceroy of Egypt, Masri had served Amir Bedawi, Lionel Templeton faithfully from the day Lionel had freed him.

Of course, she succeeded in squeezing out only the thin, pale areolar lymph that almost any corpulent woman or even a fat eunuch can express from her or his breast.

In the end she promised a great reward to my keeper for the custody of me one night, who for gaine of a little money accorded to her desire, and when I had supped in a Parler with my Master, we departed away and went into our Chamber, where we found the faire Matron, who had tarried a great space for our comming : I am not able to recite unto you how all things were prepared : there were foure Eunuches that lay on a bed of downe on the ground with Boulsters accordingly for us to lye on, the Coverlet was of cloth of Gold, and the pillowes soft and tender, whereon the delicate Matron had accustomed to lay her head.

The eunuch came to me, informed me that his master was out, but that he would be delighted to hear of my having taken a walk in the garden.

I could not see who led the mad dash, for it seemed they all went at once, unarmed Furies in ragged attire, running wild for the festal hall, and most of the eunuchs with them.

Romans abhorred eunuchs, flagellatory rites, and what was considered religious barbarism.

Junior eunuch in attendance on Old Hai, murdered and subsequently impersonated by Trinket.

Ceda Kuru Qan, First Eunuch Nifadas, Preda Unnutal Hebaz and perhaps First Concubine Nisall.

Yoonistan, and his wines of Ferangistan, his eunuchs of Egypt, and his carpets of Bokhara, and his great sealed boxes bursting with unbeaten gold, and his beads of amethyst, and his bracelets of sapphire, all this and all his women, his chosen flower-like women, are yours for lust and loot and lechery, my children--all save her of whom I warned you--a woman who was mine, and who shall sit unveiled with me on the throne of all the Caliphs.

First Eunuch Nifadas was positioned to the right of the throne, holding the Lether crown on a blood-red pillow.

We were brought in manacled and hooded, and the only one who sees us is a mute eunuch who is absolutely loyal to Oary the Usurper.

Lalyahe shrieked orders for counterattack, but the eunuchs and priestesses only parted ranks before the tight phalanx of knife-and-club-armed raiding party.

Dicky scarcely heard what the Arab said, for the quick conviction he had had that Sowerby was alive was based on the fact, suddenly remembered, that Selamlik Pasha had only returned from the Fayoum this very morning, and that therefore he could not as yet have had any share in the fate of Sowerby, but had probably been sent for by the Chief Eunuch.

Shall I go to the Khedive and say that this night Mustapha Bey, eldest and chosen son of Selamlik Pasha, the darling of his fat heart, was seized by the Chief Eunuch, the gentle Mizraim, in the harem of his Highness?

The eunuch suspected some kind of Janissary plot, but the seraskier had prudently decided to keep his terms vague.