 | John Malcolm - 1827 - 328 pages
...whole country ! ' ' Are you sure ? ' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...how men could live in a country where there were no date-trees !" This anecdote was told me as I was jogging on the road, alongside my friend Blue-beard,... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...whole country!' ' Are you sure ?' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...how men could live in a country where there were no date-trees !" Sketches of Persia. HYMN, »FING AN ADAPTATION OF THE LOBD's PRAYER TO A LA TBK STAGE... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 pages
...whole country ! ' ' Are you sure ? ' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...how men could live in a country where there were no date-trees ! " — Sketches of Persia. season eight months of the year. Thus the plantain, the cocoa,... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...whole country !' ' Are you sure?' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...how men could live in a country where there were no date-trees." — Sketches of Pertia. A MONKEY TRICK. A VESSEL that sailed between Whitehaven and Jamaica,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 344 pages
...whole country !' ' Are you sure?' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...how men could live in a country where there were no date-trees !" — Sketches ofPeriia. F fruit-tree furnish, in the countries where they grow, the staff,... | |
 | Sir John Malcolm - 1845 - 334 pages
...whole country V ' Are you sure ?' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...could live in a country where there were no date trees !" This anecdote was told me as I was jogging on the road, alongside my friend Blue-beard, on our first... | |
 | sir John Malcolm - 1845 - 318 pages
...whole country !' ' Are you sure ?' was the general exclamation. ' Positive,' said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...not envy, that now filled their breasts ; and they want away, wondering how men could live in a country where there were no date trees !" This anecdote... | |
 | 1846 - 222 pages
....date-tree in the whole country !" " Are you sure?" they all cried. " Positive," said the old nurse ; " I looked for nothing else all the time I was there, but I looked in vain." Then all her hearers pitied the English, and went away wondering how men could live in a country where... | |
 | Tartar tribes - 1848 - 204 pages
...the country ! ' ' Are you sure ?' was the general exclamation. ' Positive!" said the old nurse ; ' I looked for nothing else all the time I was there,...I looked in vain.' " This information produced an instant change of feeling among the Arabs ; it was pity, not envy, that now filled their hearts ; and... | |
 | 1853 - 394 pages
...country !" " Are you sure ?" was the general exclamation. " Positive !" said the old nurse; " for I looked for nothing else all the time I was there ; but I looked in vain." The Arabs in a moment became cheerful, and they separated, pitying the English, and rejoicing in the... | |
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... They were departing with this sentiment, when the woman happened to say, ' England certainly wants one thing.' ' What is that ? ' said the Arabs eagerly. ' There is not a single date-tree in the whole country ! ' ' Are you sure ? ' was the general... 
