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Blackburn Henry. Artists and Arabs; Or, Sketching in Sunshine
Artists and Arabs; Or, Sketching in Sunshine
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ARTISTS AND ARABS
CHAPTER I. ON THE WING
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CHAPTER II. ALGIERS
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INGLIS. SPOKEN
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CHAPTER III. THE MOORISH QUARTER—OUR STUDIO
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CHAPTER IV. 'MODELS.'
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CHAPTER V. OUR 'LIFE SCHOOL'
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CHAPTER VI. THE BOUZAREAH—A STORM
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CHAPTER VII. BLIDAH—MEDEAH—THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS
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CHAPTER VIII. KAB YLIA—THE FORT NAPOLÉON
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CHAPTER IX. 'WINTER SWALLOWS.'
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CHAPTER X. CONCLUSION
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Henry Blackburn
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Built close to the water's edge, so close that the Mediterranean waves are sapping its foundations—with plain white shining walls, nearly destitute of exterior ornament, it is perhaps 'the most perfect example of strength and beauty, and of fitness and grace of line, that we shall see in any building of this type. * It is thoroughly Moorish in style, although built by a Christian, if we may believe the story, of which there are several versions; how the Moors in old days took captive a Christian architect, and promised him his liberty on condition of his building them a mosque; how he, true to his own creed, dexterously introduced into the ground plan the form of a cross; and how the Moors, true also to their promise, gave him his liberty indeed, but at the cannon's mouth through a window, seaward.
* This beautiful architectural feature of the town has not
