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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... splendor of the Syrian capital , as seen from a distance ; but , architecturally , Cairo is the triumph of the Arabian genius . It woos the eye and admiration of the stranger with more than Muslim propriety . Damascus is a dream of ...
... splendor of the Syrian capital , as seen from a distance ; but , architecturally , Cairo is the triumph of the Arabian genius . It woos the eye and admiration of the stranger with more than Muslim propriety . Damascus is a dream of ...
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... splendor . The wares are often clumsy , inconvenient , and unshapely . The coarsest linen is embroidered with the finest gold . It is a banquet of the crude elements of beauty , un- refined by taste . It is the pure pigment unworked ...
... splendor . The wares are often clumsy , inconvenient , and unshapely . The coarsest linen is embroidered with the finest gold . It is a banquet of the crude elements of beauty , un- refined by taste . It is the pure pigment unworked ...
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... splendor and opulence , to discover that our musings are the same as in the crest of a primeval pine , or on the solitary mound of a prairie ? " The camels are ready- " " Yes , commander , and so are the Howadji . " The sun was nearing ...
... splendor and opulence , to discover that our musings are the same as in the crest of a primeval pine , or on the solitary mound of a prairie ? " The camels are ready- " " Yes , commander , and so are the Howadji . " The sun was nearing ...
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... splendor in its history , and has seen other sights than solitary trains of camels and a white - bearded old shekh can- tering upon a donkey . Turning your back upon the west and the palms , and looking eastward , you recall that ...
... splendor in its history , and has seen other sights than solitary trains of camels and a white - bearded old shekh can- tering upon a donkey . Turning your back upon the west and the palms , and looking eastward , you recall that ...
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... splendor of his scorn , and wither and consume these audacious citizens who had come out against him with blue cotton umbrellas ! In that moment , excited as I was by the con- sciousness of being out of sight of land upon the desert , I ...
... splendor of his scorn , and wither and consume these audacious citizens who had come out against him with blue cotton umbrellas ! In that moment , excited as I was by the con- sciousness of being out of sight of land upon the desert , I ...
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Arabian Arabs Armenian Baalbec bazaar beautiful Bedoueen blue cafés Cairo camels caravan chibouque Christian church commander court Damascus dark Dead Sea desert desolation dome donkey door dream East eastern Egypt eyes faith fancy feel figure flash flowers forever gardens gate genius glory Golden Sleeve grace green heart hills holy horizon horses houris Howadji hushed Jerusalem Jordan Khadra land landscape Lebanon Leisurlie look luxury MacWhirter marble Mehemet Mehemet Ali melancholy minarets mind morning mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains muezzin Muslim Nablous night odor olive oriental Pacha Palestine palms Paradise passed paused picturesque pilgrims plain pleasant poet Pomegranate Prophet remember rode romance Rome rose sand Saracens shadow shekh Shiraz silence singing smile smoke solitary splendor stream suddenly sweet Syrian Täib temple tent thought tomb trees twilight vague valley walls warm wilderness wind wonder