The Lebanon: (Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary, Volume 2T. C. Newby, 1860 - Ethnology |
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... own government , not to say a foreign one . I then told them the Sultan's answer ; which they took with satisfaction , but without any excitement . One observing that the Sultan's was a good go- vernment MARONITE CONVENTS . 21 III.
... own government , not to say a foreign one . I then told them the Sultan's answer ; which they took with satisfaction , but without any excitement . One observing that the Sultan's was a good go- vernment MARONITE CONVENTS . 21 III.
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... foreign part of the ques- tion , if not in the same terms , in the same sense as Tamar Bey , and summed up in these words : " Our former troubles came from Cairo , our present ones from Beyrout . " On the subject of the system of ...
... foreign part of the ques- tion , if not in the same terms , in the same sense as Tamar Bey , and summed up in these words : " Our former troubles came from Cairo , our present ones from Beyrout . " On the subject of the system of ...
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... Foreign Minister , sign this or jump out of the window . " The Porte , being an independent government , was responsible for its own acts , whether in treating with a foreign power or dealing with its own people 38 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
... Foreign Minister , sign this or jump out of the window . " The Porte , being an independent government , was responsible for its own acts , whether in treating with a foreign power or dealing with its own people 38 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
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(Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary David Urquhart. with a foreign power or dealing with its own people . He inquired what the new duties were ; and held up his hands in amazement ... foreign affairs , THE CAIMACAN OF THE MARONITES . 39.
(Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary David Urquhart. with a foreign power or dealing with its own people . He inquired what the new duties were ; and held up his hands in amazement ... foreign affairs , THE CAIMACAN OF THE MARONITES . 39.
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... foreign affairs , every thing was at the mercy of one man . It was answered me that what I said was incredible . I referred them to the commercial treaty . They asked if the Foreign minister had not to explain what he did to the Queen ...
... foreign affairs , every thing was at the mercy of one man . It was answered me that what I said was incredible . I referred them to the commercial treaty . They asked if the Foreign minister had not to explain what he did to the Queen ...
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