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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... stream over which the other camels gallantly passed , the beasts that bore her palanquin tottered and stumbled , then fell mired upon the marge of the stream , and the bulky pa- lanquin , rolling like a foundering ship , gradually ...
... stream over which the other camels gallantly passed , the beasts that bore her palanquin tottered and stumbled , then fell mired upon the marge of the stream , and the bulky pa- lanquin , rolling like a foundering ship , gradually ...
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... through your memory -the sound of streams gurgling under the village bridge at evening , and the laughter of boys bathing there - yourself a boy , yourself plunging in the deep , dark coolness - and so , wearied and MIRAGE . 71.
... through your memory -the sound of streams gurgling under the village bridge at evening , and the laughter of boys bathing there - yourself a boy , yourself plunging in the deep , dark coolness - and so , wearied and MIRAGE . 71.
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... streams of French and Eng- lish skill into the agriculture , manufactures , and military discipline of Egypt . His great aim for years had been to make Egypt independent - to revive the ancient richness of the Nile valley , and to take ...
... streams of French and Eng- lish skill into the agriculture , manufactures , and military discipline of Egypt . His great aim for years had been to make Egypt independent - to revive the ancient richness of the Nile valley , and to take ...
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... stream of conquest swept northward , overflowing Damascus as it passed . The war was no longer a quarrel of two pachas , it was a question of life or death for the Turkish Empire . Vainly the Sultan's choicest generals struggled to stem ...
... stream of conquest swept northward , overflowing Damascus as it passed . The war was no longer a quarrel of two pachas , it was a question of life or death for the Turkish Empire . Vainly the Sultan's choicest generals struggled to stem ...
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... barbaric splendor and Grecian elegance , gleams athwart the past . Fascinated by that splendor , as by auroral fires streaming through the sky - recognizing the forms of its law , its society , and its speech 160 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
... barbaric splendor and Grecian elegance , gleams athwart the past . Fascinated by that splendor , as by auroral fires streaming through the sky - recognizing the forms of its law , its society , and its speech 160 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
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