| 单词 | Levantine |
| 例句 | Did the ghosts of Levantine girls haunt those cursory checkups, suggested by the fragility of my collarbone, or the birdcall of my small, congested lungs? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There are two great identical snakes on a Levantine libation vase of around 2000 B.C., coiled around each other in a double helix, representing the original generation of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The NYC-based eatery’s Arak Mojito is made with Elite Arak – a branded Levantine spirit, but you can use any kosher arak that you can get your hands on. 8 cocktails to mix for each night of Hanukkah 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Americans are familiar with Middle Eastern food generally, but while there’s certainly overlap between Syrian food and other Levantine cuisines, they are far from identical. In praise of refugee chefs: They came from Syria, but they represent an American ideal 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Such uses veer from the spice’s traditional role in Levantine cuisine, often as a finishing touch on plates of hummus, sizzling spears of kebabs or blended with red bell peppers in muhammara. The Long Journey of the Aleppo Pepper 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Some savory dishes that can be made with Cherokee Purples include Fattoush, a Levantine salad with pieces of pita bread, mixed greens, radish and other fresh veggies, or a simple "no cook" tomato sauce. An expert guide to summer tomatoes, from Beefsteak to Roma and Cherokee Purple 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The food of the Galilee, which sits inside Israel and includes cities like Nazareth, closely resembles Levantine cuisine, with its tabbouleh and kibbeh. A Writer Describes Palestinian Cuisine, and the World Around It 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Through the story of Leon’s attachments and resentments, his failings and his gifts, his daughter traced the tragic dissolution of an entire family, indeed, in some ways, of the whole universe of Levantine Jews. Books of The Times: The Arrogant Years ? By Lucette Lagnado ? Review 2011-09-08T22:27:21Z Toum, which literally translates to "garlic" in Arabic, is a Levantine condiment made by whipping together raw garlic and oil with a good amount of lemon juice. 30 Yotam Ottolenghi recipes big on flavor, low on effort 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z And on Saturday nights these days, the Lebanese restaurant Le Sajj is transformed into one of the best places in the city to see dabke, a traditional Levantine line dance. | Bay Ridge: At Le Sajj in Bay Ridge, a Smoky and Joyous Tribute to Lebanon 2012-10-27T05:22:25Z Many dishes sounded familiar when the waitress read them aloud: falafel, for example, and fattoush, a traditional Levantine salad. A Crash Course in Armenian History 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Gulf or Levantine influences were almost entirely absent from the Arab consciousness. Egypt has returned from the cultural backwaters 2011-02-24T16:19:39Z Mr. Reeves chose the University of Jordan in Amman, where he learned the Levantine dialect spoken in the Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon. More Students Choose a Junior-Year Abroad in the Mideast 2010-08-06T22:00:00Z It was called beef tartare and was essentially a Levantine kibbe nayeh, chopped by hand, stirred with bulgur and white onions, and seasoned so simply and confidently with cinnamon that I can taste it now. Goodbye New Zealand, Hello World 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Circassians arrived as slaves, Levantine Arabs and Western Europeans as businesspeople. Egypt Spars With Dutch Museum Over Ancient History 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z For the flavorings, we took inspiration from kebab hindi, which, despite its name, is a Levantine, not Indian, dish. Spicy ground beef kebabs with tomato-sumac sauce: Try the broiler for an open-fire feel 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z This collaboration — between generations, between cultures, between Washington-area chefs and a retired couple whose palates are hardwired to the subtleties of Levantine cooking — has led to something different on the plate. Review | Yasmine is a kebab house inside Union Market, and so much more 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The drink, which turns milky white when mixed with water and ice, pairs perfectly with Levantine cuisine, particularly mezze and grilled meats. In the holy land, a Christmas spirit is reborn 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z This heat and serve-style menu features more than 30 different items, such as sides, mezze, salads, grains, Levantine desserts and more. These Seattle-area restaurants are open (or serve to-go feasts) on Christmas Day 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Their efforts — at researching Levantine foodways and then pushing ever so gently against their boundaries — have culminated in a flatbread that borrows from street food traditions without being subservient to them. Z&Z Manoushe is a family-run bakery dedicated to a taste of home 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Spoken Arabic changes regionally, with the Berber-infused Arabic of North Africa, the rapid-fire Egyptian heard in movies and television comedies, the soft Levantine drawl and the guttural dialect of the Gulf Arabs. Flashes of Arab unity at World Cup after years of discontent 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z The owners have spent considerable time researching kebab houses — storefronts, incidentally, that often embrace a wide world of Levantine street foods, not just skewers. Review | Yasmine is a kebab house inside Union Market, and so much more 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “The people of the Southern Arc are mostly coming from Levantine, Anatolian, and Caucasus components,” Lazaridis says. ‘Phenomenal’ ancient DNA data set provides clues to origin of farming and early languages 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z To them, it’s all part of the exotic Levantine experience, along with the country’s souks, bazaars, mosques, castles and restaurants. Opinion | Influencers are whitewashing Syria’s regime, with help from sponsors 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s like a Levantine quesadilla, but to the uninitiated, it’s more like finding a new best friend. Z&Z Manoushe is a family-run bakery dedicated to a taste of home 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Shush’s mukhtar — the Levantine village equivalent of a mayor — was known to be perspicacious and wise, and he had brought a paved road and an electricity generator to the village, if not — yet — running water. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z It has grown wild for centuries, and agrarian Levantine, Sephardic and Orthodox Christian communities around the Mediterranean, the Arabian Sea and North Africa cook with it. Quince evokes mystery and magic as heat turns the fruit from woody to luscious 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z While sesame oil, paste, and seeds are all common ingredients in Levantine cuisine today, the plant is native to South Asia. Philistines had a taste for far-flung foods, fossilized tooth plaque reveals 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z Analyzing the chemistry of Egyptian and Levantine beach sand would be a logical way of confirming these findings, Dr. Barfod said. The Romans Called it ‘Alexandrian Glass.’ Where Was It Really From? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The flavors that Issa craved every morning are the same ones found on za’atar manoushe, the classic Levantine flatbread topped with olive oil and a generous dusting of the namesake spice blend. Z&Z Manoushe is a family-run bakery dedicated to a taste of home 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Beirut long ago lost its claim to be the Levantine equivalent of Paris. The Lebanese economy in freefall – a photo essay 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z “As long as the country is not really functioning, every dollar that is put into the system is swallowed,” said Albert Leteyf, a partner at Levantine Consultants. ‘It feels like a failed state’: Lebanon's crisis deepens as it awaits bailout 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Albi, offering a fresh perspective on traditional Levantine cuisine, opened this month. If you don’t like D.C.’s Navy Yard, just wait. It’s changing by the hour. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The young woman’s ordeal, as gruelling and unfair as it appeared in their eyes, had galvanised a much deeper fury – one that runs deep in the fabric of a society more Levantine than European. UK teenager’s conviction touches a nerve with angry Cypriot women 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The pipeline would run from Israel's Levantine Basin offshore gas reserves to Cyprus, the Greek island of Crete and the Greek mainland. World Digest: Jan. 2, 2019 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The pipeline would run from Israel’s Levantine Basin offshore gas reserves to Cyprus, the Greek island of Crete and the Greek mainland. Greece, Israel, Cyprus sign deal for EastMed gas pipeline 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z As now designed, the pipeline would run from Israel’s Levantine Basin offshore gas reserves to Cyprus, Crete and the Greek mainland. Leaders of Greece, Israel, Cyprus to sign gas pipeline deal 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z As now planned, the pipeline will run across the Mediterranean, from Israel’s Levantine Basin offshore gas reserves, to the Greek island of Crete and the Greek mainland, and to Italy. Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign pipeline deal on Jan. 2 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z As now planned, the pipeline will run across the Mediterranean, from Israel’s Levantine Basin offshore gas reserves, to the Greek island of Crete and the Greek mainland, and to Italy. Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign pipeline deal on Jan. 2 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z “That is Iran’s anchor in the Mediterranean and the Levantine world. Without Syria, the Iranian project to export the revolution would likely face collapse.” Syrian opposition leader warns Iranian activity inside Syria has reached unprecedented dangerous level 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Over the years, many Syrians, Palestinians, Jordanians and Lebanese here have melded their Levantine accents into a generic one and passed it along to their children. Immigrants are reviving Paterson, N.J., from its difficult past 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Still, his Levantine philosophy maintains that karma is a force that takes time. Tom Barrack, a Trump ally with fingers in many pies 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Just 200 year later, however, the DNA of three adults, presumably Philistines, fully matched that of local Levantine people. Biblical Philistines—archenemies of ancient Israelites—hailed from Europe, DNA reveals 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Fatteh is the Levantine version of tharid, made with layers of toasted or fried pita, boiled meat, chickpeas and garlicky yogurt, garnished generously with whole toasted pine nuts. Feasting and fasting: The meaning of the rituals of Ramadan 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Gaza, now ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas, is on the route between Egypt and ancient Levantine civilizations. Heavy rain unearths ancient graves in backyard in Gaza 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z While the child speaks primarily in English, he also uses some Arabic words, which he pronounces with what sounds like a native Levantine accent. Islamic State's latest video features what it says is a child of a U.S. soldier 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z That house was a shrine to the old Levantine world of which Aleppo — with its polyglot traders, its mix of Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam — had been the center. Aleppo After the Fall 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z As president of New York production company Levantine Films, she produced the acclaimed space-race drama “Hidden Figures,” which is nominated for three Academy Awards including best picture. How I Made It: 'Hidden Figures' producer Donna Gigliotti started as Martin Scorsese's assistant during 'Raging Bull' 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “Kurdish fighters fought and died for a city the U.S. is now requesting they evacuate,” said Michael Horowitz, a senior analyst at the Levantine Group security consultancy, referring to Manbij. U.S. is trapped between its allies’ ambitions in Syria 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z When medieval mapmakers sketched the known world, the city they put at the center was a Levantine hub as important for merchants as for believers. Fall arts preview: Mexican modernism, Monet, and a new Smithsonian museum 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z He also said the move upholds dictates of Osama bin Laden and was necessary "to protect the Levantine Jihad." Syria Nusra Front leader claims to cut ties with al-Qaida 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z He also said the move upholds dictates of Osama bin Laden and was necessary “to protect the Levantine Jihad.” Syria Nusra Front leader claims to cut ties with al-Qaida 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z "We are a melting-pot nation, with many people of Levantine, Persian, Egyptian and even Indian ties, if not by blood then by marriage." Kuwait mosque hit by IS suicide bomb reopens as fears remain 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z “We are a melting-pot nation, with many people of Levantine, Persian, Egyptian and even Indian ties, if not by blood then by marriage.” Kuwait mosque hit by IS suicide bomb reopens as fears remain 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z More than half of the sixty-four Iranian fighters killed in April were Afghan auxiliaries, according to the Levantine Group. Iran’s Grim News from Syria 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Daniel Nisman of the Levantine Group, a geopolitical risk analysis company based in Tel Aviv, said the most recent arrests suggested the first plot to carry out an Islamic State-inspired attack in Israel. Israel Holds 5 Palestinian Citizens Suspected of Supporting ISIS 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It illustrated a series of common oaths in the Levantine vernacular, equivalent to quaint expressions like “to hang someone out to dry.” The Fate of a Joke in Lebanon 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z “The fact is that Egypt’s military really only controls a fraction of the country’s vast territory,” Daniel Nisman, a security analyst at the political risk firm the Levantine Group, said on Twitter. Egyptian forces fire on tourist convoy, killing 12, officials say 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Funny, frank and admittedly vain, she inhabited a privileged spot on the Aleppo social circuit and enjoyed entertaining European friends with whom she shared shots of whiskey and arak, the anise-flavored Levantine spirit. On Greek island, migrants find paradise quickly turns to purgatory 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Since last September, another three hundred fighters have died in Syria, according to the latest month-by-month tally published by the Levantine Group, an independent Middle East risk-assessment firm. Iran’s Grim News from Syria 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z At an elevation of almost 3,000 feet, the town is spared the worst of the Levantine summer heat. Armenians in Lebanon keep their culture, memory of heroic 1915 battle alive 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Daniel Nisman, president of the Tel-Aviv-based geopolitical risk consultancy The Levantine Group, says that the decision to issue tenders and construct settlement units are “based on tactical, internal considerations” within the Israeli government. Israeli Settlement Tenders Reach 10-Year High 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Daniel Nisman, president of geopolitical risk consultancy The Levantine Group argues that the neglection of these Palestinian communities is fostering criminality and terrorism. West Bank Gun Battle Exposes Growing Resentment Towards Palestinian Authority 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Levantine instability was largely contained to Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, while Israel’s other neighbors largely abided by a tacit agreement to limit threats emanating from their territories. Saudi Arabia Faces Challenges in the New Year 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Now, he is playing far smaller venues in North America, recently in Los Angeles at the Levantine Cultural Center. Egypt singer who led 2011 protesters in song finds audience has thinned 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z But despite the bloody conflict and the threat of Islamic extremists, he is determined to produce world-class wines, and to help preserve a Levantine cosmopolitanism imperiled by decades of war. AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Daniel Nisman, a security analyst for the Levantine Group in Tel Aviv, said Israel was willing to engage with most Palestinian demands. Gaza: hopes rise of end to war as Hamas 'optimistic' of deal with Israel 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z According to Greek myth, the great hero saw that his dog’s mouth was stained purple after chewing shells on the Levantine shore. Dye Me a River: How a Revolutionary Textile Coloring Compound Tainted a Waterway [Excerpt] 2013-03-22T14:15:00.380Z Some nine hundred years ago, a motley band of Frankish, German and Italian soldiers and mercenaries turned up on Levantine soil under the Papal banner of the First Crusade. State of War: Castles and Medieval Fortresses in Syria 2012-08-09T03:05:15Z The militia have been under the command of a Levantine Frenchman, who was not responsible to the Governor, and who does not appear to have had a single qualification for his office. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Tokatlian's was thronged with Levantines whispering from mouth to mouth the current lies of the day. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z There are now in Buenos Aires nearly 150 Turkish firms—Levantines of every denomination, Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z No hotch-potch here of dog Latin and Levantine Greek, but plain straight English, cool and fresh in the mouth. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z These children are all Greeks or Levantines; but as the language of the Order is French, they speak French fluently. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z On the one hand they led to the establishment of emporia in the East—for instance, Acre, and after the fall of Acre Famagusta, both in their day great centres of Levantine trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z It is strange to observe how, when trade becomes active in any seaport, or upon the railway lines, the Osmanli retires and disappears, while Greeks, Armenians, and Levantines thrive in his place. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Soil chemistry analysis found that a four-horned altar thought to be a traditional Levantine device for burning incense was not used for burning at all. Archaeologists Use Modern Tools to Reconstruct Ancient Life 2012-01-09T23:24:27Z Alfred E. Smith, The New York Times noted that “Wall Street financiers rubbed elbows with Nordic, Slav and Levantine neighbors in colorful crowds which packed Washington Street.” City Room: Trying to Save Remnants of Arab Life in Lower Manhattan 2012-01-02T04:47:25Z Of course, in America it is impossible to secure the real Levantine donkey. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z He was a man of twenty-eight or thirty years, tall, slender, pale-faced and black-eyed, his beard also black, silky, and abundant; a Levantine type, like his wife—but delicate and fragile, at least in appearance. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Blasco Ib��ez is a Levantine touched with a suggestion of Cyprus, of Alexandria, with an adaptability and mobility of temperament which have endowed him with a faculty of literary improvisation which is extraordinary. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z Her happy geographical position near the Straits of Gibraltar made her the meeting-place for the Mohammedan and Christian religions—of Levantine civilisation with Teutonic barbarism and liberty. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Christian Levantines were employed in its construction and it was decorated in part with Venetian mirrors, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z No longer does Blanche Ingram declare, 'An English hero of the road would be the next best thing to an Italian bandit, and that could only be surpassed by a Levantine pirate.' Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Upon the passage, the Lutheran prisoners, with some Levantine sailors, rose upon the Spaniards, killed the commander, and carried the vessel into Denmark. The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 2011-09-24T02:00:14.187Z Our country, originally settled almost exclusively by Nordics, was toward the close of the nineteenth century invaded by hordes of immigrant Alpines and Mediterraneans, not to mention Asiatic elements like Levantines and Jews. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z The Levantine trade of the Italian cities in the age of the Crusades counted among its participators many churches and priests also. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Translate a passage from Levantine Arabic into English and you get a dollar. Turkish Delight 2011-07-20T22:00:00Z For these Levantine sailors hate dusty inland cities and the dry air of the Great West. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Translate a passage from Levantine Arabic into English and you’ll get a dollar. Amazon Mechanical Turk Will Hook You Up With Porn Jobs That Pay Pennies 2011-06-17T17:10:04Z But migration also bastardized the Roman world with Levantine mongrels, drowned the West Indies under a black tide, and is filling our own land with the sweepings of the European east and south. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z "Then the Levantine does not entirely disapprove of our Hesperian city?" The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z He’s not really Levantine, an identity whose borders hug the Mediterranean coast. Can Turkey Unify the Arabs? 2011-05-28T23:20:32Z This more than Flaubert was something not to be got from modern atheistic French "Art for Art's sake," nor from modern Levantine nonentity of character. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Twice we were conducted by a Turkish officer, a kindly old thing, to a bench facing this place of joys, and were allowed to watch the Levantine society that gathered there. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z An astute, dissolute and ambitious man, half French and half Levantine, he began his government by a policy of conciliation and impartial justice which won him great popularity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The Levantine Greeks who have made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem are also accustomed to use the same title, and their “Haji Michaeli” or “Haji Yanco” is as common a mode of address as “Haji Ali.” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z In this p. 114deplorable condition he was found by M. Catafago, a wealthy Levantine merchant, who relieved his wants and took him into his house. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z They depicted me as the Lebanese who had come to Cairo to spread civil war, some sort of Levantine Mata Hari. Witness: Unlike Iraq, Egyptians do regime change their way 2011-02-12T19:55:43Z We found, too, that the French had managed to establish the custom of taking in a newspaper, “The Hilal,” a German edited, Levantine rag, which did, at any rate, publish the German communiqués. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z They were Levantine types, but of Levantines who had taken root in Paris. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Even more remarkable changes were effected, towards the end of, or since, the glacial epoch, over the region now occupied by the Levantine Mediterranean and the �gean Sea. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions 2010-12-20T17:12:31.233Z Rumours circulated of opaque accounting methods and boardroom rows, of a company too dependent on its jumped-up parvenu Levantine boss. How Polly Peck went from hero to villain in the City 2010-08-26T20:09:00Z The Levantine merchants trading with the port of Rhodes had familiarized Athenian households with a most excellent description of cabbage. A Cursory History of Swearing These people, generally of Levantine origin, had the aptitude for commerce which has at all times been a characteristic of their race. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius As the local anti-Semites are largely Spaniards and Levantine riff-raff, the agitation has not the peculiar nationalist bias which characterizes continental anti-Semitism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" "Levantine, I declare!" cried the widow, dipping into the box, and drawing forth a rich silk. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 You—a Levantine dancing girl—a common painted thing of the public footlights—a creature of brasserie and cabaret! The Moonlit Way One, a repulsive individual, Greek or Levantine, patronised one of Betty's tables every day. A Bed of Roses Among the population are Dalmatians, Maltese, Levantines, and others; but the Greeks are the dominant race. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu It was conceivable to him that he might suffer a fate similar to Brown's—perhaps behind that hideous curtain which the Levantine and the cross-legged figure seemed to guard. The Gray Mask Only the Turks, of whom there were a good many, captured during the Levantine wars, strong, grave, sturdy men, were better treated than he. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Syrians and Levantines are numerous, and there is a colony of Persians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" There are besides, the Levantine Christians, who are under the protection of one or other of the European powers. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant This sort of traffic had in the Channel a dialect of its own, a vocabulary of contraband technicalities now forgotten, and which was to the Spanish what the "Levantine" is to the Italian. Toilers of the Sea While he bargained with the Levantine his confidence in this eccentric explanation increased. The Gray Mask Henceforward their Levantine commerce dwindled, and in the west the Athenians extended their rivalry even into the Corinthian Gulf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" He was aware, in spite of a life spent exclusively in southern England and among one small exclusive caste of English people, that this Levantine might have a view of his own. Command The young Levantine came and sat by me on the divan, and was much amused at my blundering attempts at conversation in Arabic, of which I then knew scarcely a dozen words. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant There was something numbing in the spectacle of her attempt to present herself as already a painted shadow in the purlieus of a Levantine city. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The sharp face of the Levantine twitched with hatred and fright. The Gray Mask In Levantine waters connexions grew up with the great marts of Chalcis and Miletus, with the rulers of Lydia, Phrygia, Cyprus and Egypt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" A slight shudder passed over him in spite of himself at the thought of an English woman in a Levantine's arms. Command On one occasion I accompanied an English traveller, who had many acquaintances at Cairo, to the house of a Levantine in the vicinity of the Coptic quarter. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant It captured my imagination in spite of my distaste for the man, this conception he had evoked of himself pursuing his way through the unnameable wickedness of Levantine cities, yet bearing within an inviolable chastity. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Then the curtain moved stealthily at one end, disclosing a dark face of a Levantine cast. The Gray Mask On a small desert island she remained for four-and-twenty hours without food or shelter, until happily discovered by some Levantine fishermen, who conveyed her to Rhodes. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century And Evanthia, if she reflected at all, imagined Mrs. Dainopoulos was of the same opinion since she had married a Levantine. Command Suffice it that for some weeks we were laid aside, and local Levantine talent invoked to make good the disaster. Aliens There were russia-leather boxes whose frayed edges still bore traces of exquisite gold-tooling and which, on being opened, bore within, delicately printed on their satin lining, the strange names of oriental and Levantine jewellers. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The Levantine and the man in the fez were sinister opponents. The Gray Mask They are always troublesome—not to say dangerous—at night; and are especially irritated by Europeans, whom they will single out among a crowd of Levantines. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. He knew that the delicate and precarious position of the Allies in Saloniki rendered it necessary to wink at a good deal of adventurous trading in which the local Levantine merchants were past-masters. Command Against this sober background, the multi-coloured garments of the numerous strangers from over-seas were set off sharply: those of the Levantines, Persians, Poles, and others, who congregated in this international mart. Rembrandt's Amsterdam If —— grow in the Levantine island of ——, at least ——and —— are to be found there. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated We learnt to know Levantine and Egyptian mentality better than ever. With Manchesters in the East Especially when born in Mexico of a Levantine father. The Crimson Tide A Novel He saw the earliest streams pouring into Venice at the commencement of the thirteenth century, German merchants, then Levantines, helping to build up the commercial capital of the fifteenth century. Dreamers of the Ghetto The Garbosa, luffing slightly, shot round a promontory, and the city itself, in all the splendor of a Levantine port, was before them. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore The beverage itself is singularly aromatic and refreshing, a real tonic, and very different from the black mud sucked by the Levantine, or the watery roast-bean preparations of France. All About Coffee The Greeks had a most difficult part, even for Levantine diplomacy, to play. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers By carrying the survey along the Levantine coast, connection can be established with Struve's system, and the magnificent amplitude of 105° will be given to the conjoined African and European arcs. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Levantine, in the Levant, or eastern part of the Mediterranean. The History of London The narrative, too, is full of incident, and abounds in vivid pictures of Turkish and Levantine life interspersed with well-told tales. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 We will acknowledge the Empress of India as our suzerain, and secure for her the Levantine coast. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Yet it did not sufficiently impress our Levantine Vice-Consul there for him to report it, though the German Consul's remarkable activity to get the stuff landed might have given him the hint. Pan-Islam A Levantine small craft of great sheer, carrying a sail with an enormous sprit, so called. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Why should not the lad entrust a kitten to one of his master's skippers with instructions to sell it for him in any Levantine port at which the vessel might touch? The History of London I was fortunate enough to engage a very superior German artist; and hope to renew my acquaintance with this and many other Levantine scenes, by the arrival of his performances. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 For the benignant clime of California has such effect; the soft breezes of the South Sea fanning as fair cheeks as were ever kissed by Tuscan, or Levantine wind. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea But the day of sails had come, and the really effective strength of the Armada lay in the tall galleons of the six "armadas" or squadrons of Portugal, the Spanish provinces, and the Levantine traders. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Beliani smiled and spread wide his hands with the deprecatory gesture of the Levantine. A Son of the Immortals They appropriated what was left of the Levantine trade in the Mediterranean, and contested the Portuguese monopoly in the East Indies and the Spanish in the West. A History of Sea Power But Sonnino, a descendant of rancorous Levantines and obstinate Scots, went recklessly ahead; it made you think that he was one of those unhappy people whom the gods have settled to destroy. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 “If you are so terribly alarmed at the sight of a common Levantine coaster, you had better go below again.” Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek The French publicist Louis Bertrand paints positively nauseating pictures of the poorer quarters of the great Levantine towns like Cairo, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. The New World of Islam A couple of Turks, a Bulgarian, a sprinkling of Russians and Levantines, and a crowd of Teutons, either German or Austrian, made up the company. A Son of the Immortals In all important Levantine cities there was a Venetian quarter, Venetians had special trading privileges, and many seaports and islands came directly under Venetian rule. A History of Sea Power These statistics being on the language basis, include Germans, Greeks, Levantines, etc., as Italian-speaking, among the Italians. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 And so the overcrowded docks filled up with waiting vessels, while Lascars and Levantine Greeks, Cingalese and Chinamen, jostled one another in the cafés. No Man's Land Mademoiselle Verbena in the house of this great and respectable novelist was one of them; for she was a Levantine, born at Port Said of a Suez Canal father and a Suez Canal mother. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 The situation was further aggravated by a serious riot in Alexandria on 11th June, arising primarily from a quarrel between the natives and the lower class of Greeks and Levantines. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign It is therefore with unfeigned pleasure that we are able to supplement this jejune summary with some absolutely authentic details supplied us by a Levantine detective of unimpeachable veracity who shadowed the party. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 The Boadicea made a quick passage, and was boarded on her arrival by swarms of Levantine gentlemen, each clamouring for first place to get her in hand to charter. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Even before Venice had captured the Levantine trade, Pisa had close relations with the East. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals A tragic expression came into the Levantine's face. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 This began again with renewed vigor when the establishment of the empire guaranteed the safety of the seas and when the Levantine traffic attained a development previously unknown. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism He had not meant to do anything of the sort, but the mere windy buffet of his big hand toppled the little Levantine on to the floor. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography She wore the "pants" in theory as well as in practice and was the undisputed leader of the "four hundred" in Cairo, being the headliner in the Levantine book of Who's Who? A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel The interest of the Levantine terms for the mandrake lies in the fact that they have the same significance as the word for pearl, i.e. "giver of life". The Evolution of the Dragon As he spoke a slight change stole over the Levantine's face. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 Thus every one of the Levantine countries—and that is what we meant to show in this brief recapitulation—had enriched Roman paganism with new beliefs that were frequently destined to outlive it. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Merchants came from all ports, especially the Jews and Levantines, who, since the beginning of time, have been the trade-rovers of the sea. Plotting in Pirate Seas The bark was in the open roadstead, cargo all ready, Levantine pilot on board. The Wind Bloweth Levantine trade began to open to England after the conquest of Gibraltar and Minorca. Beginnings of the American People In the second place, Adolphus, in consequence of the Levantine's absence, had totally lost his grasp, always uncertain, upon the irregular verbs. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 The Levantine was amazed, absolutely stupefied by the work. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Jews and Levantines were stripped to the skin and sent packing. Plotting in Pirate Seas But the reason of our little success, is, that we very rarely have them sent us ripe; which should be gather’d late in Autumn, and brought us from some more Levantine parts than Italy. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees The enormous profits that the Levantines make are a well-known and recognized thing over yonder; they are the ransom of the savages whom we introduce to western comforts. The Nabob, Volume 1 In his loneliness the sight even of a Levantine whom he knew solaced his yearning heart. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 The word "poverty" conveyed absolutely no meaning to the Levantine. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) And somewhat Levantine, too, are the ladies who sit upon the plush benches along the wall and take Russian cigarettes with their kirschenwasser. Europe After 8:15 We will acknowledge the Empress of India as our suzerain, and secure for her the Levantine coast. Tancred Or, The New Crusade They were three stout, heavy, apathetic boys, of eleven, nine, and seven years, with the Levantine's sallow complexion and premature bloated appearance, and their father's velvety, kindly eyes. The Nabob, Volume 1 Coming to later times, he was led to confide to the tenderhearted Levantine the fact that he hoped to increase his stock of knowledge while in Africa. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 The Levantines disappeared one after another, each leaving an immense void in her place. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Do you sense the romance, the exotic diablerie, the suggestion of Levantine mystery? Europe After 8:15 Among the crew there were two slaves who rowed very badly, and to whose bare shoulders the Levantine captain would now and then apply blows from a bull's pizzle. Candide Not at any price would the Levantine take the pearls with arsenical base, to give tone to her system. The Nabob, Volume 1 Tears came at once into the Levantine's eyes. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 France was represented thus by a Levantine Slav. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Last of all began an immigration of Levantines, of Syrians, Armenians, and other inhabitants of Asiatic Turkey. Applied Eugenics Upon the first proposal made by Candide, however, the Levantine captain had already tacked about, and made the crew ply their oars quicker than a bird cleaves the air. Candide "And in that case you may have to wait a long while, for his Levantine looks to be in excellent health." The Nabob, Volume 1 But let it not be forgotten that he had fallen under the influence of a Levantine. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 Italy, too, selected a Levantine, Aliotti, to carry out her schemes at Durazzo. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle They were not so badly off, according to Levantine notions. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Pasha, Levantine resident in Paris executed for treason. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War I occupied at that time a semi-official position which forced me to exhibit great reserve in my visits to that luxurious and hospitable Levantine. The Nabob, Volume 1 There were about 50,000 printed books, almost all well-bound; and it was thought that the choicest Levantine moroccos had been secured for the Minister by an article in a treaty with the Sultan. The Great Book-Collectors France was now represented by a Levantine Pole. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle The labor and expense were increased by the singular use of alphabets in the Levantine regions. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. In the Levantine quarter, the cracking of pistols and the shouts of men showed that the work of massacre was proceeding there. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman The men began to talk in some foreign tongue, Spanish or Portuguese or a Levantine jargon, perhaps, and searched assiduously along the edges of the forest. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis Another library was afterwards founded at Venice by members of the Pinelli family engaged in the Levantine trade. The Great Book-Collectors The Portuguese kingdom in particular, under Affonso V., had been keeping up a regular crusade in Marocco, and was willing and eager to spend men and treasure in a great Levantine enterprise. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. The steamer anchors in mid-stream, and is quickly surrounded by gaily painted shore boats, whose swarthy occupants—half native, half Levantine—clamber on board, and clamour and wrangle for the possession of your baggage. Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt But it seems that Levantines are and will be Levantines to the end of time. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government Or, to be quite comprehensive, a draggled person with a Bulgarian, a Levantine or a Japanese smile, who no longer possessed a carriage, to whom the able-bodied seamen represented the whole port. Hilda A Story of Calcutta The little Levantine was surprised, as those Simian eyebrows of his revealed. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Mr. Thayer’s underling has been doing Levantine rogueries, selling the American protégé’s claims to the Egyptian Government, and I witnessed a curious phase of Eastern life. Letters from Egypt Before the war the Royal Rumanian mail steamer Carol I was as trim and luxuriously fitted a vessel as one could have found in Levantine waters. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean Below the falls is a mill worked by a Levantine, who appears to drive a flourishing trade, grinding corn for Sebenico, Zara, and many other places on the coast. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels Justice, however, compels me to say, that the British Consul sometimes remembered too vividly that he was also a merchant, and a Levantine merchant to boot. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government "Thinks he knows something," muttered the little Levantine, his brown face thoughtful. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs She is Levantine, and, I believe, half Arab herself, but hates the life here, and hates the Muslims. Letters from Egypt The Padova was just such a cargo tub as one might expect to find plying between Levantine ports. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean I felt as if I had been his intimate friend for years, for he had not one atom of Levantine "humbug" in his composition. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Good-byes were cordially exchanged and the "Hallena" steamed south to Palermo, en route to Athens and other Levantine cities, while the Harrises took the express for Rome. The Harris-Ingram Experiment He was a typical Levantine, Semitic, even Simian, small-featured, and dark. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs "There is a Levantine Greek high up in the councils of the Germans." The Summons A look of injured piety came over the old rascal's face, who was playing a game of Levantine jugglery, subtle and crafty. Looking Seaward Again On the other side is a mosque, and dead old garden walls, with walnut trees and Levantine roofs peeping up behind them. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Sometimes in the settlement of knotty questions they used their own peculiar persuasiveness, and if that was not convincing, they indicated the possibility of physical force—which was usually effectual, especially with Levantines. Windjammers and Sea Tramps It was notorious that the jockey would throw over the Heir to the Throne himself at the last moment to ride for the little Levantine. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs His main function, as he and his Government saw it, was to prevent a descent from Southern France upon Neapolitan or Levantine territory. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Under peremptory compulsion, the Levantine was rushed on deck, informed that he had miscalculated with whom he had to deal, and that any one who attempted to carry out his threat would be fired upon. Looking Seaward Again The same villainous old Levantine stood in the doorway, perhaps the fez that he wore was the same fez. The Inheritors The Levantine is first and always a bargainer. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making The little Levantine hailed from New York, Hamburg, and London—especially the first two. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs His visit to Constantinople and Palestine in 1898 inaugurated a Levantine policy destined to have momentous results. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) This eloquent pronouncement of patriotism, with comic gesture added, excited the fiery dissent of the critical Levantine. Looking Seaward Again His old tough political straightforwardness withered at the touch of Levantine trickery; his subjects could no longer expect a square deal from him. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 My mother was an Englishwoman and my father was a Levantine—half Jew, half Greek. Nightfall It was, of course, with the Walers that the little Levantine came nearest his desire. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Having set sail they quickly arrived at Fabiana, where mustering their hands to see who was missing, they found that they had lost four Levantine soldiers whom they esteemed their best men. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes Already the Levantine was here, lithe and supple, black of eye, ready of tongue, quick with his dagger; and the Italian, passionate and eager; and the Spaniard, the Fleming, the Frenchman, and the Dutchman. As We Are and As We May Be H'm!" he mused, "and that ship must be Greek or Levantine by its rig. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts I have good reason to remember her former peculiarity, as she accidentally knocks a bottle of wine over into my soup-plate while gesticulating to a couple of Levantines across the table. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The landlord, one of the hybrid Levantines in whose blood that of a dozen races flowed, was as alarmed as the maid, whom he sent up the stairs to announce the visitor to Herr Daniels. The Son of Clemenceau Venetian factories studded all the Levantine coasts, in Tripoli and Tyre, Salonica, Adrianople, and Constantinople, in Trebizond on the Black Sea, even at Caffa in the far Crimea, whence ran the mysterious road into Russia. Medieval People The next heir in his embarrassment has handed over the whole lump to a Levantine for a loan. The Historic Thames It is strange to observe how, when trade becomes active in any seaport, or upon the railway lines, the Osmanli retires and disappears, while Greeks, Armenians and Levantines thrive in his place. Peace Theories and the Balkan War Arabs and Egyptians returning from a visit to Stamboul, pilgrims going to Mecca via Egypt, Greeks, Levantines, and Armenians, all more or less fantastically attired and occupying themselves in their own peculiar way. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Rhodes, Krete, and Cyprus, whose possession carried with it something like superior control of the Levantine trade, were in Latin hands. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Here every year came a hundred times more pepper than came to the whole of Christendom through the Levantine ports. Medieval People On the wharves swarmed all kinds of Mediterranean men,—Greeks from the continent and from the islands, Levantines from the coast of Asia, Spaniards, Italians, Algerians, Moroccans, Egyptians. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Intrigues had supervened at Constantinople, chief mover in which was the dragoman of our legation, a Philo-Turkish Levantine, and the persistent assailant in various American journals of Mr. Morris and myself. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II The Levantine now struck with tremendous force against a rock, which lay concealed amidst the swelling waters, and instantaneously disappeared, leaving the wretched crew floating on the surface—borne on the billows! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829 But a considerable and energetic element among them belonged to the nervous Levantine type of Osmanli, which is as little minded to compromise as any Old Turk, though from a different motive. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey The English said little, determined evidently to remain Britons to the last, but some of the Levantines let themselves go completely. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them There is something in this Greek race yet; they will become a powerful Levantine nation in the course of time.' Heroes of the Telegraph But for our sins we got a brand of Levantine Jew, who was fit for nothing but making money and making trouble. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies There is something in this Greek race yet; they will become a powerful Levantine nation in the course of time. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin After the revolution, nothing in Turkey struck one so much as the apparition on the top of things everywhere of a type of Osmanli who has the characteristic qualities of the Levantine Greek. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Of the fifty probably not more than a dozen had been born in England or France, the others being natives of Malta, Greece—the usual Levantines. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them And there was spread, upon the ample floors, Work of the Levantine's laborious loom, Such as by Euxine or Ionian shores Carpets the dim seraglio's scented gloom. Poems He meets the Plague and its terrors like a gentleman, but shows us, through the vicarious torments of the cowering Levantine that it was courage and coolness, not insensibility, which bore him through it. Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake Imperturbably, but smiling no more, the Levantine passed with his wares to another table. Of Human Bondage As she stood there one of the hotel-runners, a burly, greasy Levantine in pursuit of a possible victim, shouldered her intentionally and roughly out of the way. The Princess Aline Egyptian bonds, minor Levantine loans, discounts in the Arabian and Persian trades—these had been specialties of the Fromentins for many years. The Market-Place Very different is the faith and the practice of the Europeans, or rather, I mean of the Europeans settled in the East, and commonly called Levantines. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East The food of the Levantine sailors, according to the Hon. Mr. Douglas, consists entirely of salted olives, called by the Greeks columbades. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 The Levantine unfolded a table-cloth, red and yellow, vulgar, hideous, and grotesque. Of Human Bondage The Levantine character of the melodies to Hebrew Piyyutim based on the Song of Songs is pointed out by Mr. F.L. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Hinchcliffe was naturally a German waiter, and me you behold as a squire of low degree; while yonder Levantine dragoman on the hatch is our Mr. Moorshed. Traffics and Discoveries Very soon after my arrival I went to the house of the Levantine to whom my credentials were addressed. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East Their copper vessels were all of Chinese manufacture, and instead of the abrik, or pot, which the Levantines use in washing and making their ablutions, they carried with them Chinese tea-pots. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred They were Levantines, itinerant vendors of cheap rugs, and each bore on his arm a bundle. Of Human Bondage "Item, on the 25th, a good purgative and corroborative mixture, composed of fresh cassia with Levantine senna and other ingredients, according to the prescription of Mr. Purgon, to expel Mr. Argan's bile, four francs." The Imaginary Invalid This Levantine rhetorician had an immense success in the capital of the Empire. Saint Augustin Other Levantines followed his example; but, to fix the fickle Parisian, required a coffeeroom handsomely decorated. Paris as It Was and as It Is In the mean while, Bosari, after the usual Levantine assurances of his entire devotion to my interests, and of the sincerity of his friendship, asked me what were my views in coming to the Hedjaz. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred He is an amiable man, and if any Levantine can be called the friend of an European nation, he certainly is the friend of the English. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land In fact, the moderns have failed where their predecessors treated the stuff so well that Levantines imported silks to resell them in Italy. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Levantine eunuchs domineered over the exchequer-clerks in the palace, and officials of all ranks. Saint Augustin Carthage, a Phoenician, that is, a Levantine and Semitic, colony, had its city life like all the rest. Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" These cruel Levantine races, thanks only to Teutonic penetration, are at last submitting to a softening process, and they will become completely softened upon the establishment in Europe of the domination of the Slav. Youth and Egolatry But, as in the most trifling, so in the most serious concerns, the Levantine enjoys the present moment, without ever reflecting on future consequences. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land Some little time after a Fishmonger who had attained to Cabinet rank was married to the daughter of a Levantine and London was in consequence illuminated. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects After long vicissitude, the city is again almost as prosperous as she was in the heyday of her national greatness, when she had commerce with every Levantine and Oriental port. Roman Holidays, and Others This is the way my hostess smokes—an elegant Levantine lady…. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman There is a very natural prejudice against the Levantine race, but my new acquaintance formed an exception to the rule. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán Many of the inhabitants are descended from the traders of those times, and they all speak the lingua franca, or Levantine Italian. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain "But cannot a trap be laid to secure the thief before he approaches the people in Russia?" suggested the crafty Levantine. The House of Whispers Hence jealousies and resentments reached a climax in the Levantine settlements, and this colonial exacerbation reacted on the mother States. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 When they had all been cared for, she would teach her Scripture class in the Levantine school, and afterwards visit the other schools, or attend to some of her domestic duties. Excellent Women The Levantine trader suffered most severely in this respect. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore "Levantine! that will sell like bread," said the widow, putting her hand in the box. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 The guests began to ask questions, first in Levantine, then in Arabic. Masters of the Guild All faces—Greek, Levantine, Turkish, English—would have looked much the same in that darkness. Jacob's Room Or, to be quite comprehensive, a draggled person with a Bulgarian, a Levantine, or a Japanese smile, who no longer possessed a carriage, to whom the able-bodied seaman represented the whole port. The Path of a Star Levantine—which is another way of saying that he is part of every nationality about him. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women The tribe is, for the most part, Levantine and Christian, and its connections are extensive. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 And then a Levantine gale drove the crippled merchantman down on the Barbary coast. Masters of the Guild They found their western termini in a long line of Levantine cities extending along the shores of the Black Sea and of the eastern Mediterranean from Tana in the north to Alexandria in the south. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 With an exclamation that might pass for a blood-curdling Levantine oath the man of the fez seized the window-curtain and pulled it down; the carriage rolled on. The Gates of Chance Those Ausonia claims, Levantine regions these; the Azores send Their jessamine; her jessamine remote Caffraria: foreigners from many lands, They form one social shade, as if convened By magic summons of the Orphean lyre. The Task and Other Poems The Levantine waiting near the entrance drew the tent-folds aside and signed to him to enter. Under Two Flags He was as dark as a Saracen and wore the chain-mail, scimitar and light helmet of the heathen, but he spoke Levantine rather too well for a Moor, and with a different intonation. Masters of the Guild Said she, "Haply thou misdoubtedest of me and deemedst that I was the Levantine's mistress and had given him the knife." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 Hence the Lingua Franca, the Levantine jargon, of which Molière has left such a witty specimen. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Bardissi's officials flew from house to house, levying a contribution of five hundred sequins from each Frank and Levantine. Mohammed Ali and His House Levantine dice are rattled where Hypatia's voice was heard. Under Two Flags "One hundred and fifty," said the Levantine Turk with a snap. The Sea-Hawk This connection, rumoured of in Greek legends, is attested by Egyptian relics found in the graves of Mycenae, and by very ancient Levantine pottery, found in contemporary sites in Egypt. The World's Desire The burghers craned their necks, and Levantine merchant argued with Lombard trader upon an estimate of the wealth paraded thus before them. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Even more remarkable changes were effected, towards the end of, or since, the glacial epoch, over the region now occupied by the Levantine Mediterranean and the AEgean Sea. Hasisadra's Adventure She motioned to him to take a seat near to her, while the Levantine, who knew nothing of the English tongue, retired to the farther end of the tent. Under Two Flags But it happened that her behaviour impressed a Levantine Turk quite differently. The Sea-Hawk My -, are we a set of pirates to scrape the guts out of a Levantine bumboat? Soldiers Three - Part 2 At one time she had been beautiful, and was still jolly with the fishers; she has a mustache, is as broad built as a Dutchman, and as bold and ready of speech as a Levantine. An Iceland Fisherman "And, in that case, you run the risk of having a long time to wait, for his Levantine seems to enjoy excellent health." The Nabob The thoughts always formed themselves into the same chain and reached the same conclusion; and ever on the glassy surface of the Levantine sea a woman poised herself and laughed at him. Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) Your creed is full of Levantine phrases and images, full of the patched contradictions of the human intelligence utterly puzzled. Soul of a Bishop “An English hero of the road would be the next best thing to an Italian bandit; and that could only be surpassed by a Levantine pirate.” Jane Eyre We were taught very badly because the men who taught us did not habitually use either of these languages, nobody uses them any more now except perhaps for the Latin of a few Levantine monasteries. The New Machiavelli Over there, the enormous profits the Levantines make is an accepted fact—a known thing. The Nabob But the word—poor—represented absolutely nothing to the Levantine. The Nabob The Levantines disappeared one after another, leaving each time an immense void in their place. The Nabob Perhaps this one, nearer the warmth of the nest, the cradling knees of the nurses with their peasant songs, had felt the maternal influence, of which the Levantine had deprived him, reach his heart. The Nabob The Levantine would have nothing to do at any price with the arsenic pearls as a tonic. The Nabob The Levantine was stupefied with this reading, absolutely astounded. The Nabob They were three big, dull and apathetic boys of eleven, nine, and seven years, having, with the sallow complexion and the precocious bloatedness of the Levantine, the kind, black, velvety eyes of their father. The Nabob Furthermore, she was ill-bred, gluttonous, sensual, arrogant, a Levantine jewel in perfection. The Nabob |
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