The Thistle and the Cedar of LebanonJ. Madden, 1854 - 400 páginas |
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Abbas Pasha acquaintance Adana Aleppo amongst Antioch Arabic Armenians arraki arrival attention beautiful Beyrout Bicton blessing called Christian coffee Constantinople consuls creed Damascus delight divan Druses East Egypt Emir endeavour England English European eyes faith father favour flowers fruits gardens gentlemen girl Greek hand head heart Holy honour hope hospitality Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants izars Jinn kind labour ladies land Lattakia Lebanon London Lord Loustannau Mahommedans Malta Maronites married merchants missionaries Moslem Mount Lebanon mountains mulberry narghili native neighbours never night occupied once Orthodox Eastern Church Pasha passed patriarch peasant piastres poor portion possessed present priest Prince received religious residence respect Roman Catholics round Sheikh shew Shuay-fât Sidon silk stranger Sultan Syria Tersous Thistle of Lebanon tion town travellers Turkey Turkish Turks Tuthun village whilst whole wife women worms young Yusuf
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Página i - The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
Página 234 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Página 3 - Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, With all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, With all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Página 12 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Página 244 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Página 185 - And the LORD shall smite Egypt : he shall smite and heal it : and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them.
Página 262 - O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger ! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation : I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Página 8 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Página 400 - The Revelations of an Orderly, Being an Attempt to Expose the Abuses of Administration by the Revelation of Every-day Occurrences in the Mofussil Courts of India. By PANCHKOUREE KHAN. The Author is one of the Magistrates of Benares, of more than twenty years