 | 1879 - 474 pages
...Arabs, O lady," said the old donkey-driver, " call that man ' a brother of girls ' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." The English phrase, "a thorough gentleman," or even " splendid," seems almost unmeaning beside " a... | |
 | 1858 - 734 pages
...if he had sisters. " The Arabs, 0 Lady ! call that man ' a brother of girls ' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength, and courage, to fight for their protection." Omar suggested " a thorough gentleman " as the equivalent of Aboo Hasan's title. European galimatias... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1887 - 628 pages
...sisters. " The Arabs, 0 lady," was the reply, "call that man 'a brother of girls' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." Even polygamy is, according to Lady Duff Gordon, often merely consideration for the necessities of... | |
 | Lady Lucie Duff Gordon - 1865 - 396 pages
...if he had sisters. " The Arabs, O Lady ! call that man a ' brother of girls,' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." Omar suggested a " thorough gentleman " as the equivalent of Aboo Hasan's title. European galimatias... | |
 | Lucie Gordon (lady Duff-) - 1865 - 394 pages
...if he had sisters. " The Arabs, O Lady ! call that man a ' brother of girls,' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." Omar suggested a " thorough gentleman " as the equivalent of Aboo Hasan's title. European galimatias... | |
 | Lady Lucie Duff Gordon - 1866 - 408 pages
...if he had sisters. " The Arabs, O Lady ! call that man a ' brother of girls,' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." Omar suggested a " thorough gentleman " as the equivalent of Aboo Hasan's title. European galimatias... | |
 | Sidney H. Morse, Joseph B. Marvin - 1866 - 560 pages
...if he had sisters. ' The Arabs, O Lady ! call that man a 'brother of girls,' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection.' " ARAB MANNERS. " I heard a curious illustration of Arab manners to-day. I met Hasan, the janisary... | |
 | 1871 - 678 pages
...if he had sisters.' ' The Arabs, O Lady ! call that man a " brother of girls " to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters and...strength and courage to fight for their protection.' Omar suggested a thorough gentleman as the equivalent of Abou Hassan's title. European galimatias about... | |
 | 1887 - 992 pages
...sisters. " The Arabs, О lady," was the reply, "call that man 'a brother of girls ' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." Even polygamy is, according to Lady Duff Gordon, often merely consideration for the necessities of... | |
 | Gertrude Townshend Mayer - 1894 - 360 pages
...sisters. "The Arabs, O lady," was the reply, "call that man ' a brother of girls' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and...strength and courage to fight for their protection." Even polygamy is, according to Lady Duff Gordon, often merely consideration for the necessities of... | |
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brother of girls,' to whom God has given a clean heart to love all women as his sisters, and strength and courage to fight for their protection. 
