The Monthly Review, Or, Literary JournalR. Griffiths, 1817 |
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... chiefs of families . Mr. Ephinstone observes : To an old man of the tribe of Meeankhail , I was urging the superiority of a quiet life under a powerful monarch , to the discord , the alarms , the bloodshed attending the present ...
... chiefs of families . Mr. Ephinstone observes : To an old man of the tribe of Meeankhail , I was urging the superiority of a quiet life under a powerful monarch , to the discord , the alarms , the bloodshed attending the present ...
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... chief of the tribe , and ruled over thirty thousand Khuttuks ; he also enumerates his horses , hawks , and hounds , proclaims the praise of his own hospitality , and reproaches some of his kindred , who had gone into the service of ...
... chief of the tribe , and ruled over thirty thousand Khuttuks ; he also enumerates his horses , hawks , and hounds , proclaims the praise of his own hospitality , and reproaches some of his kindred , who had gone into the service of ...
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... chief of Zemzem , who is the only person that is at all lusty , and two or three eunuchs , a little less thin than the others . It appears even impossible that these skeletons , or shadows , should be able to stand so long as they do ...
... chief of Zemzem , who is the only person that is at all lusty , and two or three eunuchs , a little less thin than the others . It appears even impossible that these skeletons , or shadows , should be able to stand so long as they do ...
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... chief of the well of Zemzem , who fortunately proved well dis- posed to our traveller ; a point of primary consequence on the part of so dignified and dangerous a functionary . He is a young man , about twenty - two or twenty - four ...
... chief of the well of Zemzem , who fortunately proved well dis- posed to our traveller ; a point of primary consequence on the part of so dignified and dangerous a functionary . He is a young man , about twenty - two or twenty - four ...
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sacred water presented by the chief of the well , this man is arbiter of the lives of every one , and has already sacrificed many victims . From time immemorial , the Sultan Scherifs of Mecca have had a poisoner at their court ; and it ...
sacred water presented by the chief of the well , this man is arbiter of the lives of every one , and has already sacrificed many victims . From time immemorial , the Sultan Scherifs of Mecca have had a poisoner at their court ; and it ...
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