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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... flash through the rents in the matting above . There is no noise but the hushed murmuring of a crowd , sometimes the sharp oath of a donkey - driver , or the clear , vibrating call of the muezzin . As we move slowly through the bazaar ...
... flash through the rents in the matting above . There is no noise but the hushed murmuring of a crowd , sometimes the sharp oath of a donkey - driver , or the clear , vibrating call of the muezzin . As we move slowly through the bazaar ...
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... tell the old tales . The splendors of the Caliphat flash , a boreal brilliance , over an unreal past ; and Islam wanes and withers in its sunny mosques . Thus oriental life is an echo and a ghost . 12 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
... tell the old tales . The splendors of the Caliphat flash , a boreal brilliance , over an unreal past ; and Islam wanes and withers in its sunny mosques . Thus oriental life is an echo and a ghost . 12 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
Page 104
... flash at midnight . But the fierce tumult died away into some stealthy old fellow trying to steal a chicken . These things you remember , and wish the Arabs would ride up . You are vexed to pass unscathed across the wilderness , when ...
... flash at midnight . But the fierce tumult died away into some stealthy old fellow trying to steal a chicken . These things you remember , and wish the Arabs would ride up . You are vexed to pass unscathed across the wilderness , when ...
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... flash that lightened through them I knew the cloud of dust was rising , and that the foe were riding up . When , then , I turned and saw the seven Arabs with spears and matchlocks coming slowly toward us , my first emotion was of ...
... flash that lightened through them I knew the cloud of dust was rising , and that the foe were riding up . When , then , I turned and saw the seven Arabs with spears and matchlocks coming slowly toward us , my first emotion was of ...
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... flash more brilliantly — although one day that smiling will be scorn , and that flash the fire of hate . Of course , cowards are always valiant against the weak , and a European woman is a very unpleasant phenomenon to the orientals ...
... flash more brilliantly — although one day that smiling will be scorn , and that flash the fire of hate . Of course , cowards are always valiant against the weak , and a European woman is a very unpleasant phenomenon to the orientals ...
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