And he Knew at once that the man who, erewhile, unawared coming to him, had brought That Apple of Life was, indeed, God's good Angel of Death.

I witnessed at the time of the Great Plague at Damascus in the latter part of the month of Second Rabi of the year 749 a remarkable instance of the veneration of the people of Damascus for this mosque.

...be warned in advance that more than one of these creamy, semihallucinogenic drinks will completely spoil your appetite for dinner.

Such cruell game my scarmoges disarmes: / Another warre, and other weapons I / Doe loue […]