The Howadji in SyriaA travel memoir of an author dazzled by the sights and people of Syria. He describes the beauty of the scenery and the good, noble qualities of the people. |
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... Pomegranate by the same relentless poets . Mine was an immense and formidable brute . He was called by a name which seemed to me , naturally enough , to sound like Boobie , a name which the commander interpreted to be one of the titles ...
... Pomegranate by the same relentless poets . Mine was an immense and formidable brute . He was called by a name which seemed to me , naturally enough , to sound like Boobie , a name which the commander interpreted to be one of the titles ...
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... Pomegranate , and , after a prolonged salaam , inquired into our history . . " Two opulent strangers , " retorted the com- mander in the full glory of the golden sleeve ; " two great American Moguls going to gladden Jerusalem with their ...
... Pomegranate , and , after a prolonged salaam , inquired into our history . . " Two opulent strangers , " retorted the com- mander in the full glory of the golden sleeve ; " two great American Moguls going to gladden Jerusalem with their ...
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... - nity and safety . He had fallen far behind , and his camel , Pomegranate , perceived upon starting , that the caravan was vanishing before him , and that only a hasty flight would bring him again among his 96 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
... - nity and safety . He had fallen far behind , and his camel , Pomegranate , perceived upon starting , that the caravan was vanishing before him , and that only a hasty flight would bring him again among his 96 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
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... Pomegranate shook the halter from his head by an ingenious movement , and set forward upon the full trot , with a total disregard of Mohammed's digest- ive functions . on . He , as if an earthquake heaved the mountain upon which his ...
... Pomegranate shook the halter from his head by an ingenious movement , and set forward upon the full trot , with a total disregard of Mohammed's digest- ive functions . on . He , as if an earthquake heaved the mountain upon which his ...
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... pomegranate , and orange , and date- trees , mimosas , and acacias , in its swell , and among them wound quiet lanes hedged by prickly pear and aloe . Grain waved softly from the distance , and out of the luxurious green , rose the ...
... pomegranate , and orange , and date- trees , mimosas , and acacias , in its swell , and among them wound quiet lanes hedged by prickly pear and aloe . Grain waved softly from the distance , and out of the luxurious green , rose the ...
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