Example Sentences

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The possibility that Mohammed was rather of Caucasian than Ishmaelitish descent, in reality makes little if any difference in the psychological analysis of his character.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Leonard, Arthur Glyn

The Swallow was well found and well armed, and showed a livelier pair of heels than I had looked for, and that, in an Ishmaelitish craft, was a consideration and a comfort.

From Carette of Sark by Oxenham, John

Did not Joseph's brethren sell him to a passing Ishmaelitish caravan?

From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

Behind and beyond all his Ishmaelitish tactics there were thoughts of a reconstruction.

From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank

Rather than the boulevards one prefers Egdon heath, as Hardy paints it, ‘the great inviolate place,’ the ‘untamable Ishmaelitish thing’ which its arch-enemy, Civilization, could not subdue.

From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)