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TO HEIGHTS OF LEARNING BRED |
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ARAB WITCHERY UNVEILED |
Learned in both civil and ecclesiastical law, the Mullah is an influential
personage among all Mahomedan peoples. In Irak he beats the drum
ecclesiastic to less martial purpose than some of his brethren have
done elsewhere
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Her languorous eyes, pencilled brows, and the half-smile that just lifts
a corner of her mocking mouth are eloquent of the torrid East
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TRIBAL STAMP OF DEBUTANTE |
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YOUNG ATAYAL "ELIGIBLE" |
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Like a fine blue veil the tattooing stretches almost from ear to ear.
A woman grown, she may now seek a husband, for each year is leap-year
in the Atayal country
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Having reached manhood's estate, deeply indented tattoo marks adorn
brow and chin, while the rattan cap and bamboo ear-plugs give him an
appearance not unpicturesque
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