Arabs in Tent & Town: An Intimate Account of the Family Life of the Arabs of Syria, Their Manner of Living in Desert & Town, Their Hospitality, Customs & Mental AttitudeSeeley, 1924 - 325 páginas |
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... less than two years ' duration . It has been thought worth while to give them a permanent form , partly because they record conditions which , under present circumstances , must shortly cease to exist ; and partly , because few of those ...
... less than two years ' duration . It has been thought worth while to give them a permanent form , partly because they record conditions which , under present circumstances , must shortly cease to exist ; and partly , because few of those ...
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... less conservative and more Europeanised Turks , but , in Palestine , divorce and polygamy were confined mainly to the Jews . I have seen a Rabbi , holding a high position , tottering into his grave , like David under the same ...
... less conservative and more Europeanised Turks , but , in Palestine , divorce and polygamy were confined mainly to the Jews . I have seen a Rabbi , holding a high position , tottering into his grave , like David under the same ...
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... less so in fact . Cases of brutality on the part of a man towards his wife are a hundred times commoner among the lower classes of this country than they are in Turkey . I once , but once only , saw such a case during my travels in the ...
... less so in fact . Cases of brutality on the part of a man towards his wife are a hundred times commoner among the lower classes of this country than they are in Turkey . I once , but once only , saw such a case during my travels in the ...
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... less censorious than Christians would have been under the same circumstances , were nevertheless much alive to all questions of female morality , and were ill pleased to remark that the grass - widow was frequently in her neighbour's ...
... less censorious than Christians would have been under the same circumstances , were nevertheless much alive to all questions of female morality , and were ill pleased to remark that the grass - widow was frequently in her neighbour's ...
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... less or one stone more you will lose your head . It must resemble it exactly , and you must come at once , and begin work to - morrow . In three months it must be finished . " So the next day he came , and brought three hundred stone ...
... less or one stone more you will lose your head . It must resemble it exactly , and you must come at once , and begin work to - morrow . In three months it must be finished . " So the next day he came , and brought three hundred stone ...
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Ain Karim Alia Allah animals Arabs Armenian asked beasts beautiful bedawy bedu Beirut Bethlehem birds blessing bread brother brought called camel child Christian Church coffee Constantinople Damascus desert district donkey dress drink East Egypt especially European eyes father fellah fellaha fellaheen flowers fruit garden German girl gold ground guest hand Hareem heard Holy horse hospitality husband Jaffa Jerusalem Jews Jordan Kerak kharoub King known Koran lady land Lazarist leaves Lebanon less living locusts looked married Mosque mother Mount of Olives Muslim neighbour never night olive tree oriental Palestine pilgrims plant poor Prophet rain regarded religious remember Russian salt seen Shech sheep Silwan Solomon stone story Sultan Syria tells tent things told tourist town tribe Turkish village vine wife woman women young
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Página 214 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Página 214 - He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Página 255 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 176 - It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing, and life for evermore.
Página 255 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Página 255 - They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Página 70 - And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Página 120 - Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
Página 135 - And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
Página 246 - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them : wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God ? Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.