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Page 126
... administration . Had merely the tribute to the Porte been specified , the internal state of the island would not have been dis- turbed . As it was , the general revenue , supplying means for a local organization to the small Prince- dom ...
... administration . Had merely the tribute to the Porte been specified , the internal state of the island would not have been dis- turbed . As it was , the general revenue , supplying means for a local organization to the small Prince- dom ...
Page 144
... administration , even when the Pasha or Governor could speak Arabic . " I think he might have claimed more than a descent from the Assyrian , but of this hereafter . For the gratification which I had derived from this exposition , I ...
... administration , even when the Pasha or Governor could speak Arabic . " I think he might have claimed more than a descent from the Assyrian , but of this hereafter . For the gratification which I had derived from this exposition , I ...
Page 157
... administration of Government was nothing but the Government of the country , that is , the administration of justice , the divergency of these two branches did not exist . There was neither conflict in their operations , nor ...
... administration of Government was nothing but the Government of the country , that is , the administration of justice , the divergency of these two branches did not exist . There was neither conflict in their operations , nor ...
Page 160
... ; the community is absolutely in possession of its own administration . This branch , which occupies two - thirds of their time , includes , 1. Finance and superintendance of public servants ; 2. Sale 160 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
... ; the community is absolutely in possession of its own administration . This branch , which occupies two - thirds of their time , includes , 1. Finance and superintendance of public servants ; 2. Sale 160 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
Page 163
David Urquhart. entertaining of any proposal proceeding from parties beyond the pale of the administration . There are about thirty minor Megilis established throughout the province , who in like manner , con- trol the representatives of ...
David Urquhart. entertaining of any proposal proceeding from parties beyond the pale of the administration . There are about thirty minor Megilis established throughout the province , who in like manner , con- trol the representatives of ...
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Page 42 - ... having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister. Such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her constitutional right of dismissing that Minister. She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have the...
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Page 103 - I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches : so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
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Page 42 - Royal sanction. 2. Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister. Such an act she must consider as failure in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Page 111 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 94 - Thou art the anointed Cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Page 104 - To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.
Page 104 - Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature ; and his top was among the thick boughs.