The Lebanon: (Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary, Volume 2T. C. Newby, 1860 - Ethnology |
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... head , the rest for their few mulberry grounds and vineyards ; mulberries , to produce an oke of silk , here about 60 , are charged four or five piastres ; they pay besides two paras the piastre ( 5 per cent . ) for collection to the ...
... head , the rest for their few mulberry grounds and vineyards ; mulberries , to produce an oke of silk , here about 60 , are charged four or five piastres ; they pay besides two paras the piastre ( 5 per cent . ) for collection to the ...
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... head , the green of its ostrich - like plumes , came forth from the yellow and brown the seared leaf of the oak , the figure of the stone , were distinct as day in the whispering light , and by the docile and transmitting air . Then the ...
... head , the green of its ostrich - like plumes , came forth from the yellow and brown the seared leaf of the oak , the figure of the stone , were distinct as day in the whispering light , and by the docile and transmitting air . Then the ...
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... heads of a dozen cedars on his disc , as the blazon of Lebanon on a shield , he rose all up into his heavens , dispelling and over- powering by his presence the beauty which had been evoked by his approach . At this moment , that is ...
... heads of a dozen cedars on his disc , as the blazon of Lebanon on a shield , he rose all up into his heavens , dispelling and over- powering by his presence the beauty which had been evoked by his approach . At this moment , that is ...
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... head is more bushy , and when in groups forms much more of a canopy . The palms rejoice in lowly plains , where it is unre- lieved and ungrouped ; they garnish no crests , climb no precipices , crown no knolls . The pine , contrast- ing ...
... head is more bushy , and when in groups forms much more of a canopy . The palms rejoice in lowly plains , where it is unre- lieved and ungrouped ; they garnish no crests , climb no precipices , crown no knolls . The pine , contrast- ing ...
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... head - quarters while visiting the country , and said he could better provide for me in a warmer situation in a few days , when he should descend to his residence on the beach . He sent me his two eldest grandchildren , ( he has four ) ...
... head - quarters while visiting the country , and said he could better provide for me in a warmer situation in a few days , when he should descend to his residence on the beach . He sent me his two eldest grandchildren , ( he has four ) ...
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