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... Christ- endom , but quickly again he marched on with the steps of a man - not frightened exactly , but sternly prepared for death , or the Koran , or even for plural wives . The Moslem quarter of a city is lonely and deso- late ; you go ...
... Christ- endom , but quickly again he marched on with the steps of a man - not frightened exactly , but sternly prepared for death , or the Koran , or even for plural wives . The Moslem quarter of a city is lonely and deso- late ; you go ...
Page 18
... Christians in former times - a strut so comically pompous , that any close imita- tion of it , even in the broadest farce , would be looked upon as a very rough over - acting of the character . It is occasioned in part by dress and ...
... Christians in former times - a strut so comically pompous , that any close imita- tion of it , even in the broadest farce , would be looked upon as a very rough over - acting of the character . It is occasioned in part by dress and ...
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... Christians . Such was the condition of the little troop , which fifteen days before had filed away so gaily from the gates of Belgrade . A couple of fevers and a north - easterly storm had thoroughly spoiled our looks . The interest of ...
... Christians . Such was the condition of the little troop , which fifteen days before had filed away so gaily from the gates of Belgrade . A couple of fevers and a north - easterly storm had thoroughly spoiled our looks . The interest of ...
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... giving the plague to a Christian had newly lit upon the earth . Methley began to rally very soon after we had reached Constantinople , but there seemed at first to be no chance of his regaining strength enough for 42 Eothen .
... giving the plague to a Christian had newly lit upon the earth . Methley began to rally very soon after we had reached Constantinople , but there seemed at first to be no chance of his regaining strength enough for 42 Eothen .
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... moment a sad spectacle of ruin , and when he regained his legs , his wrath with the mule was sure to be very amusing . He always addressed the beast in language , implying that he , a Christian Lady Hester Stanhope . 103.
... moment a sad spectacle of ruin , and when he regained his legs , his wrath with the mule was sure to be very amusing . He always addressed the beast in language , implying that he , a Christian Lady Hester Stanhope . 103.
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