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No settled population can at any time have found subsistence in this region, which produces only a few dates, and in places a poor and unsucculent herbage.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

Not only do they come under the general ban of Purpose, but their purpose-character is of the most thankless and unsucculent kind.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George