 | 1829 - 478 sider
...nor even whisper, diverts the attention of the congregation. Not a sound but the voice of the I mans is heard during prayers in the great mosque at Mekka;...nothing more than a laugh or a slight reprimand." (p. 150.) On some occasions the whole square and the colonnades of the temple are illuminated by thousands... | |
 | 1829 - 860 sider
...diverts the attention of the congregation. Not a sound but the voice of the imam is heard during {travers in the great mosque at .Mekka, which at other times...almost publicly; and my indignation has often been «cited, on witnessing abominations which called forth from other passing spectators nothing more than... | |
 | 1829 - 398 sider
...the other. In these respects the temple of Mekka resembles the other great mosques of the East. Bat the holy kaaba is rendered the scene of such indecencies...nothing more than a laugh or a slight reprimand." (p. 150.) On some occasions the whole square and the colonnades of the temple are illuminated by thousands... | |
 | 1829 - 576 sider
...these respects the temple of Mekka resemhles the other great mosques of the East. But the holy kaaha is rendered the scene of such Indecencies and criminal acts, as cannot with propriety he more particularly noticed. They are not only practised here with im. punity, hut, it may he said,... | |
 | 1830 - 562 sider
...appear that the sanctity of the place has contributed much to the morality of the inhabitants. Even ' the holy kaaba is rendered the scene of such indecencies...cannot with propriety be more particularly noticed. The temple itself, the very sanctuary of the Mahommedan religion, is almost publicly and daily contaminated... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1830 - 574 sider
...appear that the sanctity of the place has contributed much to the morality of the inhabitants. Even ' the holy kaaba is rendered the scene of such indecencies and criminal acts, as cannot with propriety be nlore particularly noticed. The temple itself, the very sanctuary of die Mahommedan religion, is almost... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 616 sider
...Burckbordt (qv), in his Travels in Arabia, says " The holy kaaba is the scene of such indecencies, as cannot, with propriety, be more particularly noticed. They are not only practised with impunity, but it may be said publicly ; and my indignation has often been excited at what drew... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 sider
...Burckbardt (qv), in his Travels in Arabia, says " The holy kaaba is the eceue of such indecencies, as cannot, with propriety, be more particularly noticed. They are not only practised with impunity, but it may be said publicly ; and my indignation has often been excited at what drew... | |
 | 1838 - 534 sider
...these respects the temple of Mekka resembles the other great mosques of the Hast. But the holy Kaabu is rendered the scene of such indecencies and criminal...particularly noticed. They are not only practised there with impunity, but it may be said almost publicly ; and my indignation has often been excited... | |
 | Thomas Patrick Hughes - 1885 - 794 sider
...these respects, the temple of Makkah resembles the other great mosques of the East. But the holy Ka'bah is rendered the scene of such indecencies and criminal acts, as cannot 5vith propriety be more particularly noticed. They are not only practised here with impunity, but,... | |
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But the holy kaaba is rendered the scene of such indecencies and criminal acts, as cannot with propriety be more particularly noticed. They are not only practised here with impunity, but, it may be said, almost publicly ; and my indignation has often... 
