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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
coach at the Park gates . Many a man is ashamed to notice his own wife in company , or to express in public any portion of that secret affection for her , which fills his whole soul . Women are better in this respect ; they are not ashamed of doing anything that is right , and proper , ancl modest in company , because it reveals a feeling that they ought to have . Men too often
crush the feeling , in crushing all expression of it . Not so the grave Oriental . He is not ashamed of tears—nor of love . The mighty hunter Esau " fell on his brother ' s neck ancl kissed him , and they Avepjt . " David lifted up his voice " ancl wept , and all the men that were with him ; " and so do their children .
Among all that motley crowd , not one excelled either of the brothers in manly beauty . Both were as fair as if no Southern sun had shone on their birth ; the elder was the very type of a Judas Maccabeus , —a stately , commanding form , of extraordinary strength , with that grave , calm expression , which , like the repose of the lion , betokens the unbounded energy ancl power
lying dormant Avithin ; the full majestic beard , such as Avould become the head of Jupiter , so rarely seen , and still less often appreciated in our northern climes ; ancl an eye like that of a falcon , so bright , so beaming , so piercing . The only blemish in his noble countenance was a defect in one of the eyes , that partially injured both the sight ancl the appearance ; but the
other eye Avas such a one as I never saAV equalled ; it seemed to look through you . The younger Avas no less remarkable , Avith perfect features , and of as manly a form as his brother ; the expression of Ins countenance Avas such that a child ivould instinctively fly to him—it was beaming Aidth goodness aud truth .
The mouth , though shaded by the rich curling moustache , was as sweet as that of an infant , and the eye met 3 * 011 with the conscious innocence of honesty and kindness . They each Avore the long tight-fitting upper garment , or chapkau , AA * ith sleeA r es hanging loose from the eiboAV , rich shaAvl girdle , with a kallamdan , or pin-case , stuck in that of the
elder , a chogah or cloak of the finest camel ' s hair , faced with blue silk . To their skill in reading and Avriting they probably owed the honorary title of Mulla , Avith Avhich they Avere greeted . Musa and Ibrahim were natives of Mesjiid , on the Persian Gulf , and , like so many of their nation , had already encountered difficulties ancl perils in their mercantile expeditions , that would have made the stoutest soldier pause before he exposed himself to them . To the passive endurance common to their race , they
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
coach at the Park gates . Many a man is ashamed to notice his own wife in company , or to express in public any portion of that secret affection for her , which fills his whole soul . Women are better in this respect ; they are not ashamed of doing anything that is right , and proper , ancl modest in company , because it reveals a feeling that they ought to have . Men too often
crush the feeling , in crushing all expression of it . Not so the grave Oriental . He is not ashamed of tears—nor of love . The mighty hunter Esau " fell on his brother ' s neck ancl kissed him , and they Avepjt . " David lifted up his voice " ancl wept , and all the men that were with him ; " and so do their children .
Among all that motley crowd , not one excelled either of the brothers in manly beauty . Both were as fair as if no Southern sun had shone on their birth ; the elder was the very type of a Judas Maccabeus , —a stately , commanding form , of extraordinary strength , with that grave , calm expression , which , like the repose of the lion , betokens the unbounded energy ancl power
lying dormant Avithin ; the full majestic beard , such as Avould become the head of Jupiter , so rarely seen , and still less often appreciated in our northern climes ; ancl an eye like that of a falcon , so bright , so beaming , so piercing . The only blemish in his noble countenance was a defect in one of the eyes , that partially injured both the sight ancl the appearance ; but the
other eye Avas such a one as I never saAV equalled ; it seemed to look through you . The younger Avas no less remarkable , Avith perfect features , and of as manly a form as his brother ; the expression of Ins countenance Avas such that a child ivould instinctively fly to him—it was beaming Aidth goodness aud truth .
The mouth , though shaded by the rich curling moustache , was as sweet as that of an infant , and the eye met 3 * 011 with the conscious innocence of honesty and kindness . They each Avore the long tight-fitting upper garment , or chapkau , AA * ith sleeA r es hanging loose from the eiboAV , rich shaAvl girdle , with a kallamdan , or pin-case , stuck in that of the
elder , a chogah or cloak of the finest camel ' s hair , faced with blue silk . To their skill in reading and Avriting they probably owed the honorary title of Mulla , Avith Avhich they Avere greeted . Musa and Ibrahim were natives of Mesjiid , on the Persian Gulf , and , like so many of their nation , had already encountered difficulties ancl perils in their mercantile expeditions , that would have made the stoutest soldier pause before he exposed himself to them . To the passive endurance common to their race , they