The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 32
By Hele^i Gevers. (24j ARAB MKRCHANT. II. THE HOSPITABLE ARAB. In the po-pular mind theArab is distin-guished mainlyfor his thievishpropensity andhis proneness todeal recklesslywith the truth.It is a commonsaying that if onetrusts to the hon-esty of a Bedwyhe will steal thevery hair fromones head.… … A BEDWY. [25] 26 THE BRIGHT SIDE OF HUMANITY. propensity for exaggeration, it should be remembered that theArabic, like all other Oriental languages, abounds with theboldest metaphors, and that much of the Arabs exaggerationis, as Bayard Taylor has expressed it, the splendid amplifica-tion of a…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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