The Quarterly Review, 223. köideJohn Murray, 1915 |
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Page 69
... Arab idealism and still derives its sustenance from Arab faith . I have had occasion to test the vitality of the Pan - Islamic tree , to see its flowers and to speculate upon its possible fruits , during the Tripolitan war . The Arab ...
... Arab idealism and still derives its sustenance from Arab faith . I have had occasion to test the vitality of the Pan - Islamic tree , to see its flowers and to speculate upon its possible fruits , during the Tripolitan war . The Arab ...
Page 70
... Arab camp outside Tripoli he had just arrived on foot from Alexandria , having covered the distance in ninety- four days , which included stoppages at all the Turco- Arab camps on the way . At each place he halted for a few days , not ...
... Arab camp outside Tripoli he had just arrived on foot from Alexandria , having covered the distance in ninety- four days , which included stoppages at all the Turco- Arab camps on the way . At each place he halted for a few days , not ...
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... Arab resistance in Tripoli was not the religion of the invaders , but their poverty and their inability to do much more for the Arabs than their Turkish rulers had done for them . I am not concerned here to judge the soundness of the ...
... Arab resistance in Tripoli was not the religion of the invaders , but their poverty and their inability to do much more for the Arabs than their Turkish rulers had done for them . I am not concerned here to judge the soundness of the ...
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... Arab's heart , as well as to his head . I have found in Tunis a camaraderie between alien rulers and native subjects which , after some experience of Anglo- India and Anglo - Egypt , struck me as a most exhilarating novelty . This sound ...
... Arab's heart , as well as to his head . I have found in Tunis a camaraderie between alien rulers and native subjects which , after some experience of Anglo- India and Anglo - Egypt , struck me as a most exhilarating novelty . This sound ...
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... Arab as sharply as the extreme type of Teuton is marked off from the extreme type of Latin . There can be , and there is , no sympathy between the stolid , taciturn , slow - moving Turk and the impulsive , talkative , nimble Arab . The ...
... Arab as sharply as the extreme type of Teuton is marked off from the extreme type of Latin . There can be , and there is , no sympathy between the stolid , taciturn , slow - moving Turk and the impulsive , talkative , nimble Arab . The ...
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