faquir
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faquirs
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The faquir seemed rather amused at the queer-looking implements on the table, but otherwise maintained a look of lofty stoicism; nor did he seem in any way alarmed when I approached with the conductors.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
This was part of an old curse picked up from a faquir by the Taksali Gate in the days of Kim's innocence.
From Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Such ill-tim'd gravity, such serious folly, Might well befit the solitary student, Th' unpractis'd dervis, or sequester'd faquir.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Samuel Johnson
The faquir paid not the slightest attention, but continued holding out his tongs with the dish at the end of it.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Happening to look up about five minutes after, I observed that the faquir was standing upon one leg, and struggling to assume as much majesty as was 377 consistent with his equilibrium.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
On Fridays and other-festivals these faquirs are obliged to go to the mosque in a body, preceded by their superior....
From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Charles Reginald Haines
The faquirs do not like to be photographed, and this follow in the upper picture was snapped just in the act of rising from his bed of spikes.
From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Clarence Hamilton Poe
Most of the faquirs are bachelors, a few only being married.
From Christianity and Islam in Spain (756-1031) by Charles Reginald Haines
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