Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla, with comments by J.T. Thomson |
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... amongst his countrymen , had he not earned the designation of Padre , or Father , by his close connection with the Protestant missionaries . In physiognomy he was a This has the same weight as " Your obedient humble servant " at the end ...
... amongst his countrymen , had he not earned the designation of Padre , or Father , by his close connection with the Protestant missionaries . In physiognomy he was a This has the same weight as " Your obedient humble servant " at the end ...
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... amongst experts and artists existed as are found in other parts of the world , and not a whit less detraction . It will be noticed , also , that while he extols learning he decries wealth . This is a common practice amongst moralists ...
... amongst experts and artists existed as are found in other parts of the world , and not a whit less detraction . It will be noticed , also , that while he extols learning he decries wealth . This is a common practice amongst moralists ...
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... Amongst the numerous modes of punishment so practically de- scribed , we have the " Chinese squeezer , " an apparatus made with five pieces of cane , which are tied together at one end , but the other ends have a line passed through ...
... Amongst the numerous modes of punishment so practically de- scribed , we have the " Chinese squeezer , " an apparatus made with five pieces of cane , which are tied together at one end , but the other ends have a line passed through ...
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... Amongst a people sunk in apathy and ignorance , Abdulla had a right to be proud of himself . Had the Arab priest had his own way , he would have confined Abdulla's acquisitions to crying out texts from the Koran without his knowing the ...
... Amongst a people sunk in apathy and ignorance , Abdulla had a right to be proud of himself . Had the Arab priest had his own way , he would have confined Abdulla's acquisitions to crying out texts from the Koran without his knowing the ...
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... amongst which were of some having been slapped in the face by Satan himself , calling for their death's blood , or bringing on them numerous kinds of diseases . Thus the panic amongst the workmen increased the more and more . These no ...
... amongst which were of some having been slapped in the face by Satan himself , calling for their death's blood , or bringing on them numerous kinds of diseases . Thus the panic amongst the workmen increased the more and more . These no ...
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