 | Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 480 pages
...on their march from Antioch, whom he calls Assassins ; they were under a chief, Sheik el Djebel — literally the Old Man of the Mountain— nor does...; or the rarer beauty of fair eyes and coal-black hair or eye-brows ; but exposure to the sun, and the labours they perform, soon wear them out. The... | |
 | Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 482 pages
...DESCRIPTION OF THE 1UCE. 845 But little change ever takes place among the manners and customs of the Bast. In the much disputed letter to the Duke of Austria,...; or the rarer beauty of fair eyes and coal-black hair or eye-brows ; but exposure to the sun, and the labours they perform, soon wear them out. The... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1851 - 682 pages
...little known, that any information with regard to them will not fail to be interesting to the reader. " They are a fine, large race, with more bone and muscle...young, are handsome, often fair with light hair and jetblack eyes ; or the rarer beauty of fair eyes and coal-black hair or eyebrows ; but exposure to... | |
 | Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 742 pages
...would address to an inferior : however, to lay before tho reader more proof, I must require time ; lot us pass on to their personal appearance. ' They are...is generally found among Orientals ; browner than tho Osmanloe, but lighter, fairer than the Arab ; brown hair is not by any means uncommon. The women,... | |
 | 1852 - 454 pages
...they boasted before the Mamelukes attacked them. Of the physique of the people he speaks thus : — They are a fine, large race, with more bone and muscle...with light hair and jet black eyes ; or the rarer beanty of fair eyes and coal-black hair or eyebrows ; but exposure to the sun, and the labours they... | |
 | Samuel Lyde - 1860 - 350 pages
...appearance, I cannot do better than quote some words of Mr. Walpole, on account of their accuracy. " They are a fine large race, with more bone and muscle...young, are handsome, often fair, with light hair and jetblack eyes; or the rarer beauty of fair eyes and coalblack hair or eyebrows." * Their arms consist... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1862 - 528 pages
...perhaps, they may claim their right, their name—a byword and reproach among ns all. " The Ansayrii are a fine large race, with more bone and muscle than is generally found in orientals ; browner than the Osmauli, but lighter, fairer than the Arab ; brown hair is not by any... | |
 | Wynfrid Laurence Henry Duckworth - 1904 - 318 pages
...342) indeed suggests that they are referred to even by Pliny, and adds a note as to their physical appearance, "They are a fine large race with more...than the Osmanlee but lighter, fairer than the Arab." Walpole moreover recognises that their numbers have been recruited from very various ethnical sources.... | |
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Ansayrii alone, of all sects not Christians, use this date, and are ignorant of the Turkish date; nor would the address be wrong, being such as a chief would address to an inferior : however, to lay before the reader more proof, I must require time; let... 