Gheber
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He had now to feel that treason and ingratitude are attendants on adversity, and that the worshippers of power, like the Gheber devotee, turn their faces reverently towards the rising sun.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various
I saw the dismal procession depart from the house, and my heart ached for the little Gheber.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
The Pondicherry eagle soars screaming to the clouds, and the sorrow-stricken Gheber bends over the dear corpse.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
When other eyes shall see, unmoved, "Her widows mourn, her warriors fall, "Thou'lt think how well one Gheber loved.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
The latter word was introduced from the French by Lord Byron and it is certainly far superior to Moore's "Gheber."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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