The apartment was strewn with rugs, and its furniture was a curious mixture of the color of the East and the utility of the West-a French dressing stand beside a stove of American make, a Bosnian marriage chest, a table which might have come out of the Ringstrasse, a brass tray for burning charcoal, a carved teakwood stand upon which stood a Nargileh, a box of cigars, some cigarettes, and two coffee cups still containing the residue of the last draught.
"The Secret Witness"
George Gibbs
I'd let you smoke a Nargileh, if you wanted to, surrounded by rolls of blue prints.
"Fanny Herself"
Edna Ferber
Presently he opened his lips and began to sing: The love of women is like a date that is golden in the sun, That is golden- The love of women is like a gazelle that comes to drink- To drink at the water springs- The love of women is like the Nargileh, and like the dust of the keef That is mingled with tobacco and with honey.
"The Garden Of Allah"
Robert Hichens