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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... twilight for day , of leafless trees , and of bitter and blasting winds , were like ice in the sher- bet of the oriental scene my eyes were draining . Beneath the balcony was the rounded fullness of acacia groves , and , glancing along ...
... twilight for day , of leafless trees , and of bitter and blasting winds , were like ice in the sher- bet of the oriental scene my eyes were draining . Beneath the balcony was the rounded fullness of acacia groves , and , glancing along ...
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... twilight our treas- ures follow us to the hotel . We discover that we have procured oriental gar- ments that we cannot wear , which are probably second - hand , and impart a peculiar odor , making us wonder how the plague smells . We ...
... twilight our treas- ures follow us to the hotel . We discover that we have procured oriental gar- ments that we cannot wear , which are probably second - hand , and impart a peculiar odor , making us wonder how the plague smells . We ...
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... twilight of tradition— which seizes the manly and noble among young men , and drags them to the mountains and the prairies -that is the spirit , which , like the camel , on the first morning , will raise its head and scent the wild ...
... twilight of tradition— which seizes the manly and noble among young men , and drags them to the mountains and the prairies -that is the spirit , which , like the camel , on the first morning , will raise its head and scent the wild ...
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... twilight of reverie pass the stately forms of noble thoughts , and the night is perfumed with hopes that love the future . -Like a night of meditation after a busy day , is the desert journey after our busy life . And still , as in ...
... twilight of reverie pass the stately forms of noble thoughts , and the night is perfumed with hopes that love the future . -Like a night of meditation after a busy day , is the desert journey after our busy life . And still , as in ...
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... twilight groves of meditation in which all men love to walk ? I fear no more than the gardener , who is putting in young saplings to - day , under which , in a century , his descendents shall play . -Or Michael Angelo ? But history ...
... twilight groves of meditation in which all men love to walk ? I fear no more than the gardener , who is putting in young saplings to - day , under which , in a century , his descendents shall play . -Or Michael Angelo ? But history ...
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