The Unchanging East, Band 1

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L. C. Page, 1900
 

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Seite 224 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Seite 59 - Mother, may I go out to swim?" "Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb But don't go near the water.
Seite 209 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Seite 92 - And the tunes that mean so much to you alone — Common tunes that make you choke and blow your nose, Vulgar tunes that bring the laugh that brings the groan — I can rip your very heartstrings out with those...
Seite 107 - Smith is something like arguing that the plays were not written by Shakespeare, but by another man of the same name.
Seite 152 - The rock has been cut so smooth, and fitted so exactly, that it is impossible to insert the blade of a penknife between them.
Seite 52 - Silence like a poultice came to heal the blows of sound.
Seite 158 - In the meantime, a great community is growing up there, composed at this time of twelve thousand souls — persons from all parts of the world, from Asia, as well as from Europe and America — and which, till this time, have been preserved in order by compact among themselves. Great efforts have been made to preserve order — most meritorious efforts, which have evinced their anxiety to maintain their own reputation and that of the country to which they belong. Their efforts have been...
Seite 86 - Malta, one of the very first things I would do would be to melt up about six thousand of their church bells.
Seite 40 - For miles and miles along the coast not a house or a human being was to be seen, and yet the land is said to be fertile and the climate a dream of delight.

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