The Quarterly Review, 102. köideWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1857 |
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Page 385
... Arabs will ever again appear as a conquering race . Their organization , their mode of warfare , and their resources , are not such as to render them now formidable to civilized nations . In the beginning of this century they made an ...
... Arabs will ever again appear as a conquering race . Their organization , their mode of warfare , and their resources , are not such as to render them now formidable to civilized nations . In the beginning of this century they made an ...
Page 389
... Arabs frequently fired wantonly at them . It was not uncommon to see a man throw off his cloak , perform a few antics , and then deliberately discharge his long rifle at the crew . Sometimes a party of Arabs , having a load to carry ...
... Arabs frequently fired wantonly at them . It was not uncommon to see a man throw off his cloak , perform a few antics , and then deliberately discharge his long rifle at the crew . Sometimes a party of Arabs , having a load to carry ...
Page 390
... Arabs , who levy black - mail or plunder them according to their humour . The boats used for ordinary purposes are precisely such as Herodotus described as employed in his day - mere circular baskets of reeds coated with pitch and ...
... Arabs , who levy black - mail or plunder them according to their humour . The boats used for ordinary purposes are precisely such as Herodotus described as employed in his day - mere circular baskets of reeds coated with pitch and ...
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