Gheber
Americannoun
noun
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To the amateur I can recommend King Lear's upon Cordelia, Francesco Cenci's upon Beatrice—which is more Shakspearian than Shakspeare—and even puny Moore's upon the traitorous Gheber.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
With thee I through the world would rove; But ere I seek to make thee mine, I'd prove me worthy of thy love, For I am of a Gheber line.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Alexander Huth
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 William Michael Rossetti
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
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
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