 Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs withdrew the screen they had hastily constructed, and disclosed an enormous human head sculptured in full out of the alabaster of the country. They had uncovered the upper part...  The United States Democratic Review - Page 3581849Full view - About this book
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...seen me, as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong... | |
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...seen me, as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst A wad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...of the alabaster of the country. They had uncovered tlie upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that,... | |
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...seen me as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong... | |
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...seen me, as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong... | |
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...seen me as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst A wad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. 1 saw at once that the head must belong... | |
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...seen me as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must belong... | |
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...seen me as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst Awad advanced and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of a figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the bead must belong... | |
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...seen me, as I approached, standing near a heap of baskets and cloaks. Whilst Awad advanced, and asked for a present to celebrate the occasion, the Arabs...the country. They had uncovered the upper part of the figure, the remainder of which was still buried in the earth. I saw at once that the head must... | |
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