 | Josiah Brewer - 1851 - 396 σελίδες
...vagrant current, that not a drop of the fluid should be wasted. These small fountains are numerous, and inscribed with some sentence from the Koran, inculcating practical charity and benevolence. The beneficent man at whose expense this is done never allows his own name to make part of the inscription.... | |
 | LYMAN COLEMAN - 1860 - 192 σελίδες
...fragrant current, that not a drop of the fluid should be wasted. These small fountains are numerous, and inscribed with some sentence from the Koran, inculcating practical charity and benevolence. The beneficent man at whose expense this is done never allows his own name to make part of the inscription.... | |
 | Lyman Coleman - 1860 - 218 σελίδες
...fragrant current, that not a drop of the fluid should be wasted. These small fountains are numerous, and inscribed with some sentence from the Koran, inculcating practical charity and benevolence. The beneficent man at whose expense this is done never allows his own name to make part of the inscription.... | |
 | 1845 - 518 σελίδες
...for his fellow-creature, to arrest and catch the vagrant current, that not a drop of the fluid should be wasted. These small fountains are numerous, and frequently executed with care and skill. They arc usually parted or backed with a slab of marble, ornamented with Turkish sculpture, and inscribed... | |
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They are usually fronted or backed with a slab of marble, ornamented with Turkish sculpture, and inscribed with some sentence from the Koran, inculcating practical charity and benevolence. The beneficent man at whose expense this is done, never allows... 