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26th
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From this reading We remained at Dayr el Kamar until the 26th of August.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Aga
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Aleppo
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
animals
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Anti-Lebanon
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
apartments
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
attempts
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
August
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From this reading We remained at Dayr el Kamar until the 26th of August.
Ayûn
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
B
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Barûk
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
bastinado
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Bered
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Beshýr
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Beshýr's
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Bkâ
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
bouton
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
brothers
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Btedýn
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
business
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Butrus
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Chalky
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Chokadar
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Christi
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
CitadelnounUS /ˈsɪt.ə.del/
A fortress protecting a city, metaphorically representing the invincible inner sanctuary of the rational mind.
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
CourtyardnounUS /ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Cure
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Cury
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Damascus
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Danger
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
day
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
Dayr
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Demâs
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Departure
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Disdar
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Distant
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
distributed
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
doing
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
dress
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
drinking
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
Drûzes
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During this time Lady Hester paid a visit to the Emir at his palace at Btedýn.
eat
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
eating
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
Ejectment
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
el
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Emir
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
entry
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
es
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
escort
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
European
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Ewely
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
family
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Garden
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Gebel
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Genýn
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
go
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
goes
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Great
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From this reading Great preparations were made for her reception.
harým
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Haym's
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Great preparations were made for her reception.
Hester
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Hester's
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Horns
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
hospitality
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
house
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Jub
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Kamar
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Khalwa
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Lady
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Lebanon
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Letanus
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Libertinism
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
made
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From this reading Great preparations were made for her reception.
manner
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Marûn
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
meat
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Mercenary
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Mount
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Mr
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Mukhtâra
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
oilnounUS /ɔɪl/
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Okal
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
paid
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From this reading During this time Lady Hester paid a visit to the Emir at his palace at Btedýn.
Palace
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Palma
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Pierre
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
place
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
plain
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
preparations
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From this reading Great preparations were made for her reception.
Presents
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
punished
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
rabid
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
raw
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
reception
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From this reading Great preparations were made for her reception.
remained
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From this reading We remained at Dayr el Kamar until the 26th of August.
Rivalship
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
River
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Rocky
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Salhéah
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Sedition
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
see
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
seen
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
sent
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Sepulchres
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Shaykh
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
sherbet
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
Siege
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Simple
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
smoking
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
soil
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Springs
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
strangled
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
summit
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
taken
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
there
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading During this time Lady Hester paid a visit to the Emir at his palace at Btedýn.
time
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From this reading During this time Lady Hester paid a visit to the Emir at his palace at Btedýn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
travelling
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Turkish
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading We remained at Dayr el Kamar until the 26th of August.
unveiled
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
up
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
View
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
viewing
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
Village
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
visit
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From this reading During this time Lady Hester paid a visit to the Emir at his palace at Btedýn.
Vultures
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
walls
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We remained at Dayr el Kamar until the 26th of August.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Great preparations were made for her reception.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
whole
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From this reading When there, the whole day was taken up in viewing the apartments, drinking sherbet, smoking, and eating.
wife
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
woman
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
Women
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
worship
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From this reading Dayr el Kamar--Palace of Btedýn--The Shaykh Beshýr--Mukhtâra--The Shaykh Beshýr’s wife--His palace--- Rivalship of the Shaykh Beshýr and Emir Beshýr--Horns worn by the Women--Mercenary hospitality of the Emir--Drûzes eat raw meat--Butrus or Pierre--Mr. B. attempts to see a Khalwa or place of worship of the Drûzes--Shaykh el Okal--Cure for rabid animals--Libertinism punished with the bastinado--Mr. B. goes to Aleppo--Aleppo bouton--Departure for Damascus--Presents distributed--The Cury Marûn--Sedition at Damascus--Siege of the Citadel--Disdar Aga strangled--River Ewely--Village of El Barûk--Ayûn el Bered--Chokadar sent to escort Lady Hester--Turkish harým travelling--View from the summit of Mount Lebanon--River Letanus and plain of the Bkâ--Palma Christi oil--Jub Genýn--Gebel es Shaykh--Anti-Lebanon--Springs--Sepulchres--Vultures--Village of Demâs--Chalky soil--Rocky plain--Distant view of Damascus--Garden walls--Salhéah--Damascus--Courtyard of the palace--Haym’s brothers--Simple manner of doing business--Ejectment of a family from their house--European dress not seen at Damascus--Danger for a woman to go unveiled--Lady Hester’s entry into Damascus.
