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... Mehemet Ali ; but nearly all my knowledge of the people , except in regard of their mere costume and outward appearance , is drawn from books and despatches . To these last I have the honour to refer you . * I received hospitable ...
... Mehemet Ali ; but nearly all my knowledge of the people , except in regard of their mere costume and outward appearance , is drawn from books and despatches . To these last I have the honour to refer you . * I received hospitable ...
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... Mehemet Ali and his fierce lieutenant was not the law . More than once had the Pasha of Egypt commanded that Ibrahim should have the Albanians delivered up to him ; but this white woman of the mountain ( grown classical , not by books ...
... Mehemet Ali and his fierce lieutenant was not the law . More than once had the Pasha of Egypt commanded that Ibrahim should have the Albanians delivered up to him ; but this white woman of the mountain ( grown classical , not by books ...
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... Mehemet Ali , that Bethlehem was freed from the hateful laws of Asiatic decorum . The Mussul- mans of the village had taken an active part in the movement , and when Ibrahim had quelled it , his wrath was still so hot , that he put to ...
... Mehemet Ali , that Bethlehem was freed from the hateful laws of Asiatic decorum . The Mussul- mans of the village had taken an active part in the movement , and when Ibrahim had quelled it , his wrath was still so hot , that he put to ...
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... Mehemet Ali's destruction of the Mamelukes , a closely similar act , and attended with the like brilliant success * ) ; but even if the story be false as a mere fact , it is perfectly true as an illustration , -it is a true exposition ...
... Mehemet Ali's destruction of the Mamelukes , a closely similar act , and attended with the like brilliant success * ) ; but even if the story be false as a mere fact , it is perfectly true as an illustration , -it is a true exposition ...
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... Mehemet Ali's suc- cess in crushing the insurrection of the Mahometan population had utterly beaten down the head of Islam , and extinguished , for the time at least , those virtues and vices which spring from the Ma- hometan faith ...
... Mehemet Ali's suc- cess in crushing the insurrection of the Mahometan population had utterly beaten down the head of Islam , and extinguished , for the time at least , those virtues and vices which spring from the Ma- hometan faith ...
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