The Lebanon: (Mount Souria) : a History and a Diary, Volume 2T. C. Newby, 1860 - Ethnology |
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... glazed or not . The Abbot was ill in bed ; but his place was filled by a far more intelligent person , of engaging manners and easy conversation . The rest of the fraternity were kind , lively , and much 4 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
... glazed or not . The Abbot was ill in bed ; but his place was filled by a far more intelligent person , of engaging manners and easy conversation . The rest of the fraternity were kind , lively , and much 4 DIARY IN THE LEBANON .
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... manners , which prevented their good - nature and kindness from de- generating into vulgarity . I was shewn everything in the monastery by its whole inhabitants ; the church , which was only 120 years old ; a chapel , of date unknown ...
... manners , which prevented their good - nature and kindness from de- generating into vulgarity . I was shewn everything in the monastery by its whole inhabitants ; the church , which was only 120 years old ; a chapel , of date unknown ...
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... manner of eating was commented on , as a sign of very great humility . This time however I was dispensed from having to reply ; for the Abbot's deputy rebuked the speaker for inferring that any one should be humble by reason of eating ...
... manner of eating was commented on , as a sign of very great humility . This time however I was dispensed from having to reply ; for the Abbot's deputy rebuked the speaker for inferring that any one should be humble by reason of eating ...
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... manner which I had not before seen ; he used fine brass knitting needles , each made into a crotchet at one end , and he took the loop off the other needle with the crotchet , as we do off the finger . He worked expeditiously , and said ...
... manner which I had not before seen ; he used fine brass knitting needles , each made into a crotchet at one end , and he took the loop off the other needle with the crotchet , as we do off the finger . He worked expeditiously , and said ...
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... manners : as it is I cannot change . ” visit was short ; the crowds in the corridor and around the seraï , the horses of strangers waiting for audience , and of messengers for orders , picketted or tied to stones and stumps ; and the ...
... manners : as it is I cannot change . ” visit was short ; the crowds in the corridor and around the seraï , the horses of strangers waiting for audience , and of messengers for orders , picketted or tied to stones and stumps ; and the ...
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