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[ The negative is emphatic, "I certainly saw a Jew," etc.]
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[ The "Irish bull" is in the text; justified by—
They hand-in-hand, with wand'ring steps and slow
Through Eden took their solitary way,]
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[ As we should say, "There are good pickings to be had out of this job." Even in the last generation a Jew or a Christian intriguing with an Egyptian or Syrian Moslemah would be offered the choice of death or Al-Islam. The Wali dared not break open the door because he was not sure of his game.]
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[ The Jew rose seemingly to fetch his valuables and ran away, thus leaving the Wali no proof that he had been there in Moslem law which demands ocular testimony, rejects circumstantial evidence and ignores such partial witnesses as the policeman who accompanied his Chief. This I have before explained.]
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[ Arab. "Raba'," lit. = spring-quarters. See Marba', iii. 79.]