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... , Nord - und südliches Gelände Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände . " GOETHE . NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , Nos . 329 AND 331 PEARL STREET , ( FRANKLIN SQUARE . ) 1852 . ها 524273 Entered , according to Act of Congress , in.
... , Nord - und südliches Gelände Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände . " GOETHE . NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , Nos . 329 AND 331 PEARL STREET , ( FRANKLIN SQUARE . ) 1852 . ها 524273 Entered , according to Act of Congress , in.
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... , Nord - und südliches Gelände Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände . " GOETHE . NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , Nos . 329 AND 331 PEARL STREET , ( FRANKLIN SQUARE . ) 1852 . ها 524273 Entered , according to Act of Congress , in.
... , Nord - und südliches Gelände Ruht im Frieden seiner Hände . " GOETHE . NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , Nos . 329 AND 331 PEARL STREET , ( FRANKLIN SQUARE . ) 1852 . ها 524273 Entered , according to Act of Congress , in.
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George William Curtis. agreed that to the eye of the stranger in its streets Cairo was unsurpassed . " But Ispahan ? " I ... streets of Cairo are as much thronged as the quays of Naples . Through the narrow ways swarms a motley multitude ...
George William Curtis. agreed that to the eye of the stranger in its streets Cairo was unsurpassed . " But Ispahan ? " I ... streets of Cairo are as much thronged as the quays of Naples . Through the narrow ways swarms a motley multitude ...
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... street which a carriage almost chokes , become frenzied . The conceited camels groping through the crowd , are jammed ... streets of sea - ports and assert the sea . For the slow , soft tread of the camel , his long , swaying movement ...
... street which a carriage almost chokes , become frenzied . The conceited camels groping through the crowd , are jammed ... streets of sea - ports and assert the sea . For the slow , soft tread of the camel , his long , swaying movement ...
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... Peace be upon thee , O Prophet of God , O Comely of Countenance ! " You pass on to the bazaars . No aspect of life in any city is so exciting to the imagination as the oriental bazaars . They are narrow streets 16 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
... Peace be upon thee , O Prophet of God , O Comely of Countenance ! " You pass on to the bazaars . No aspect of life in any city is so exciting to the imagination as the oriental bazaars . They are narrow streets 16 THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA .
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75 cents 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 ELIAS LOOMIS eyes faith fancy feel flashing flowers forever gardens gate genius glory Golden Sleeve grace Greek green heart hills holy horizon horses Howadji hushed JACOB ABBOTT Jerusalem Khadra land landscape Lebanon Leisurlie look luxury MacWhirter marble Mecca melancholy minarets mind Mohammad Alee morning mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains Muezzin Muslin night odor olive oriental Pacha palms Paradise passed paused picturesque pilgrims plain poet Pomegranate Prophet remember romance Rome rose ruined sand Saracens shadow Shekh sherbet Shiraz silence singing smile smoke splendor stream suddenly sweet Syrian Täib temple tent thought tomb trees vague valley vols walls warm wind wonder
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