The Veil: A Romance of TunisiaF.A. Stokes Company, 1909 - 385 էջ |
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Algiers Allah Annunziata Arab Bastiagnini beautiful Bedouin bendirs beside blood breath burnous Cadi café Caltanisetta cardo cariddu carriage Carthage Cassilis child Ciccio Scarfi coffee Colombel Conradin courtyard cousin cried dance dancer dark dead djinn door dress El-Hathera eyes face father French Gafsa gave Gioconda Giovanni girl haik hand head heard heart hour Ismael Kairouan khalkhal kissed laughed light lips listened looked lover Mabrouka Madame marabout Medina quarter monsieur morning mosque Nedjma negro never night papa perfume Rashid replied returned Riccardo asked rose Rospigni Salvatore San Calogero seemed Sfax shoulders Si Ismael Sicilian Sidi silence sleep smiled souks sound speak spoke stood street Taieb talk tell thee thing Thou art thought to-night took Tunis turned veil voice waited walked wall woman women young Yussef zaouia
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Էջ 372 - Thee (alone) do we worship, and of Thee (alone) do we ask Aid. "Guide us to the Path that is straight "The Path of those for whom thy Love is great, not those on whom is Hate, nor they that deviate. "Amen!
Էջ 371 - I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I testify that thou art his servant, and his prophet, and his faithful follower, and best creature.
Էջ 278 - God is Great! There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his Prophet!
Էջ 235 - There was a meeting of the directors of the company ; at which, in accordance with the dead man's written wishes, Riccardo was formally appointed general manager in his uncle's stead.
Էջ 3 - Comtesse d'Hannay, his cousin on the mother's side, took him up — she made no secret of the fact that she was in love with him — and he had a reputation for being witty in seven languages. When I met him in Algiers, he was received everywhere. He didn't mix much with the Arabs, however.
Էջ 324 - She kept his hands in hers, and drew him down beside her on the divan.
Էջ 343 - Italy, there are always two or three gathered together in the name of prayer.