 | Anonymous - History - 1865 - 602 pages
...both his hands like a child who has made some lucky discovery, he called out, " Hadji Kurbanet " (" I would be thy victim "), " tell me, you are an Englishman...mekun (' have done ') ; you know the saying, ' He who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever, is himself an unbeliever.''|i Give me rather... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...both his hands like a child who has made some lucky discovery, he called out, " Hadji Kurbanet " (" I would be thy victim "), " tell me, you are an Englishman...manner as if the jest had gone too far, I said, " Sahib mektm (' have done'); you know the saying, ' He who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever,... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...some lucky discovery, he called out, " Hadji Kurbanet " (" I would be thy victim "), '- tell me, yon are an Englishman in Tebdil (disguise), are you not...said, "Sahib mekun ('have done'); you know the saying, 'Ho who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever, is himself on unbeliever.''!' Give me... | |
 | Percy Ellen Frederick William Smythe Strangford (8th viscount) - Asia, Central - 1869 - 456 pages
...clapping both his hands like a child who has made some lucky discovery, he called out, ' Hadji Knrbanet (I would be thy victim,) tell me, you are an Englishman...Sahib mekun (have done) ; you know the saying, " He who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever, is himself an unbeliever." f Give me rather... | |
 | Percy Ellen Frederick William Smythe Strangford (8th viscount) - Asia, Central - 1869 - 374 pages
...has made some lucky discovery, he called out, ' Hadji Kurbanet (I would be thy victim,) tell me, yon. are an Englishman in Tebdil (disguise,) are you not...not leave the boy in his illusion. I had cause to dn :id the wild fanaticism of the Afghans, and, assuming a manner as if the jest had gone too far,... | |
 | Heroic adventure - Discoveries in geography - 1883 - 332 pages
...be thy victim ! Tell me ! you are an Englishman in disguise, are you not ? ' His action was so natve that I was really sorry that I could not leave the...a manner as if the jest had gone too far, I said, ' Have done ; you know the saying, " He who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever, is... | |
 | Heroic adventure - Discoveries in geography - 1883 - 320 pages
...made some lucky discovery, he called out, ' I would be thy victim ! Tell me ! you are an Englishman in disguise, are you not ? ' His action was so naive...a manner as if the jest had gone too far, I said, ' Have done ; you know the saying, " He who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever, is... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...both his hands like a child who has made some lucky discovery, he called out, " Hadji Kurbanet " (" I would be thy victim "), " tell me, you are an Englishman...mekun (' have done ') ; you know the saying, ' He who takes, even in sport, the believer for an unbeliever, is himself an unbeliever.'1!' Give me rather... | |
 | Charles Marvin - Asia, Central - 1996 - 466 pages
...he called out, ' Hadji, kurbunet ' (' I would be thy victim'); ' tell me, you are an Englishman in disguise, are you not ? ' " His action was so naive, that I was really sorry I could not leave the boy in his illusion. I had cause to dread the wild fanaticism of the Afghans,... | |
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), " tell me, you are an Englishman in Tebdil (disguise). are you not ? " His action was so naive, that I was really sorry that I could not leave the boy in his illusion. I had cause to dread the wild fanaticism of the Afghans, and, assuming a manner... 