Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63)Macmillan and Company, 1865 |
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... less clear and less to the point . than Arabs in their statements , I obtained the requisite eluci- dation of his case . The malady , though painful , was fortu- nately one admitting of simple and efficacious treatment , so that I was ...
... less clear and less to the point . than Arabs in their statements , I obtained the requisite eluci- dation of his case . The malady , though painful , was fortu- nately one admitting of simple and efficacious treatment , so that I was ...
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... less fresh and less correctly prepared than they might have been on the bonny banks of Yare . On inquiry , I was informed that these delicacies formed a regular item of importation from Ḥaşa , and that the fishery itself belonged to ...
... less fresh and less correctly prepared than they might have been on the bonny banks of Yare . On inquiry , I was informed that these delicacies formed a regular item of importation from Ḥaşa , and that the fishery itself belonged to ...
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... less than four hundred entitled to this " bad eminence . " Lastly , some cut the knot after their fashion by declaring that God alone knows how to distinguish between mortal and venial , and that his Will is the only basis and measure ...
... less than four hundred entitled to this " bad eminence . " Lastly , some cut the knot after their fashion by declaring that God alone knows how to distinguish between mortal and venial , and that his Will is the only basis and measure ...
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... less than admit me into Paradise and there provide me with ' the flesh of birds exactly what men relish ' ( the words are from the Coran ) , shady 66 trees , rivers of nectar , and goblets of wine CHAP . X ] I I WAHHABEE PATIENTS.
... less than admit me into Paradise and there provide me with ' the flesh of birds exactly what men relish ' ( the words are from the Coran ) , shady 66 trees , rivers of nectar , and goblets of wine CHAP . X ] I I WAHHABEE PATIENTS.
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... less the result of Divine decree and irresistible impulse than theft or murder . Here again a summary , if not a satisfactory answer , might be supplied by " God has willed it so . " And who shall deny the right of the Autocrat to place ...
... less the result of Divine decree and irresistible impulse than theft or murder . Here again a summary , if not a satisfactory answer , might be supplied by " God has willed it so . " And who shall deny the right of the Autocrat to place ...
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Aared Abd-Allah Aboo-'Eysa Ajman Alee already amid Arab Arabia Bagdad Bahreyn Barakat Basha Başrah Bedaa Bedouins Biadeeyah boat camels captain Carmathian castle chief cloth coast companions Coran Crown 8vo Dahna danger Derey'eeyah desert Djebel Djebel-Akhdar Dowasir dromedaries East eastern Egypt Egyptian Fcap Feyşul friends harbour Ḥaşa heard Hence Hofhoof honour Ibraheem Basha inhabitants Islam island Kaseem Katar Kateef Khalid Koweyt land least less Linja Mahboob Mahometan Mascat Mecca Menamah merchants Mesandum Mohammed morning mosque mountain native negro Nejdean Nejed night Omān Omanee Oneyzah Ormuz palace passed perhaps Persian Gulf population present province reached readers remained Riad round Sa'eed Sa'ood sailors Second Edition Sedeyr SERMONS Sharjah ship Shiya'ee Shomer shore side Sohar Sonnees Sultan Sultan of Oman Syria Thoweynee tion took Toweyk town Turkee village vols Wadi Wahhabee walls Yemamah Yemen Yoosef
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