Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Volum 1

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Tylston and Edwards, 1893
 

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Side 147 - And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Side 213 - Est in secessu longo locus : insula portum Efficit objectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto Frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
Side 192 - — goodly ashen staves six feet long, thick as a man's wrist, well greased, and tried in many a rough bout. He shouted to us " Defend yourselves if you don't wish to be the meat of the Maghrabis ! " and to the enemy " Dogs and sons of dogs ! now shall you see what the children of the Arab are," — " I am Omar of Daghistan ! " "I am Abdullah the son of Joseph ! "
Side 150 - In the desert, spirituous liquors excite only disgust. There is a keen enjoyment in a mere animal existence.
Side 14 - Master in the mystic craft. I was therefore sufficiently well acquainted with the tenets and practices of these Oriental Freemasons. No character in the Moslem world is so proper for disguise as that of the Darwaysh.
Side 44 - Prophet, and in nothing else," was his sturdy creed ; he rejected alchemy, jinnis and magicians, and truly he had a most unoriental distaste for tales of wonder. When I entered the Wakalah, he constituted himself my cicerone, and especially guarded me against the cheating of tradesmen. By his advice I laid aside the Darwaysh's gown, the large blue pantaloons, and the short shirt ; in fact all connection with Persia and the Persians. " If you persist in being an 'Ajami...
Side 25 - ... wax, buttons, and other such articles. These things were most useful in lands where tailors abound not; besides which, the sight of a man darning his coat or patching his slippers teems with pleasing ideas of humility. A dagger, a brass inkstand and penholder stuck in the belt, and a mighty rosary, which on occasion might have been converted into a weapon of offense, completed my equipment.
Side 21 - I tried a dozen other promiscuous sources of information, — policemen, grooms, scribes, donkey-boys, and idlers in general. At length, wearied of patience, I offered a soldier some pinches of tobacco and promised him an Oriental sixpence if he would manage the business for me. The man was interested by the tobacco and the pence; he took my hand, and inquiring the while he went along, led me from place to place till, mounting a grand staircase, I stood in the presence of Abbas Effendi, the governor's...
Side 321 - Mahmil or emblem of royalty, the new Kiswah (or " garment ") when required for the tomb. It is put on by the eunuchs, who enter the baldaquin by its Northern gate at night time, and there is a superstitious story amongst the people that they guard their eyes with veils against the supernatural splendours which pour from the VOL.
Side 16 - I presume to be a composition of what phrenologists call inhabitiveness and locality equally and largely developed. After a long and toilsome march, weary of the way, he drops into the nearest place of rest to become the most domestic of men. For a while he smokes the pipe of permanence...

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