The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... CHILD III . THE STAR · IV . MYSTIC TONES · V. FILIAL OBEDIENCE • VI . FEAST AND SACRAMENT VII . THE LAST SCENE • 3 12 · · 31 • 4I · 47 · • • 56 · 72 PART II . THE ORIENTAL MANNER OF SPEECH I. DAILY LANGUAGE II . IMPRECATIONS III . LOVE ...
... CHILD III . THE STAR · IV . MYSTIC TONES · V. FILIAL OBEDIENCE • VI . FEAST AND SACRAMENT VII . THE LAST SCENE • 3 12 · · 31 • 4I · 47 · • • 56 · 72 PART II . THE ORIENTAL MANNER OF SPEECH I. DAILY LANGUAGE II . IMPRECATIONS III . LOVE ...
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... race its rich distinctiveness , are bound to elude your grasp . There is so much in the life of a people which a stranger to that people must receive by way of unconscious absorption . Like a little child [ 7 ] SON OF THE EAST.
... race its rich distinctiveness , are bound to elude your grasp . There is so much in the life of a people which a stranger to that people must receive by way of unconscious absorption . Like a little child [ 7 ] SON OF THE EAST.
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Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. by way of unconscious absorption . Like a little child , he must learn so many things by invol untary imitation . An outside observer , though wise , is only a photographer . He deals with ex- ternals . He can be ...
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. by way of unconscious absorption . Like a little child , he must learn so many things by invol untary imitation . An outside observer , though wise , is only a photographer . He deals with ex- ternals . He can be ...
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... American thought , the deeper I penetrate the Amer- ican spirit , the more enlightened my associa- tions become with American fathers , mothers , - and children in the joys and sorrows of life , [ 9 ] SON OF THE EAST.
... American thought , the deeper I penetrate the Amer- ican spirit , the more enlightened my associa- tions become with American fathers , mothers , - and children in the joys and sorrows of life , [ 9 ] SON OF THE EAST.
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Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. and children in the joys and sorrows of life , the more fully do I realize how extremely difficult , if not impossible , it is for one to interpret suc- cessfully the life of an alien people before one has ...
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. and children in the joys and sorrows of life , the more fully do I realize how extremely difficult , if not impossible , it is for one to interpret suc- cessfully the life of an alien people before one has ...
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