Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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Էջ 68
... kind of drunkenness to witness . Instead of the stolid look of the wine- bibber , the opium - smoker is known by a staring and over - wrought appearance about the eyes , and a nervous working of the mouth and lips , that has a fearful ...
... kind of drunkenness to witness . Instead of the stolid look of the wine- bibber , the opium - smoker is known by a staring and over - wrought appearance about the eyes , and a nervous working of the mouth and lips , that has a fearful ...
Էջ 70
... kind of chant , one party answering the other , as is done by choristers in high - church services - a very tedious affair , suggesting a queer notion of amuse- ment , accoording to our European standard . A little further on was ...
... kind of chant , one party answering the other , as is done by choristers in high - church services - a very tedious affair , suggesting a queer notion of amuse- ment , accoording to our European standard . A little further on was ...
Էջ 73
... kind of cry the while , eminently disconcerting to a nervous rider . Once on his knees one naturally endeavours to untangle oneself from among his legs ; but not at all , there is another sinking to be effected , which ends in his lying ...
... kind of cry the while , eminently disconcerting to a nervous rider . Once on his knees one naturally endeavours to untangle oneself from among his legs ; but not at all , there is another sinking to be effected , which ends in his lying ...
Էջ 76
... kind , as indeed are all Arab apartments . Mats were stretched on the ground , upon which we were motioned to be seated , and were immediately supplied with dates and camel's OUR RECEPTION . 77 milk , the latter a most.
... kind , as indeed are all Arab apartments . Mats were stretched on the ground , upon which we were motioned to be seated , and were immediately supplied with dates and camel's OUR RECEPTION . 77 milk , the latter a most.
Էջ 86
... out on a Manchester cotton gown , such as would be worn by our housemaids , though to the Oulad Nayls it is the same kind of luxury as satin and velvet are to our own ladies . CHAPTER XV . COTTON IN THE SAHARA . E had.
... out on a Manchester cotton gown , such as would be worn by our housemaids , though to the Oulad Nayls it is the same kind of luxury as satin and velvet are to our own ladies . CHAPTER XV . COTTON IN THE SAHARA . E had.
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Էջ 280 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted: it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.