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When some rich Muslim fa milies in  Ş i ş li and Ni ş anta ş ı  began buying pine trees to decorate and display in windows the way Christian...

The absolute black of the sky dulled and dimmed and blanched slowly away, and finally half a dozen daubs of cloud, dull powder pink, sailed ...

[']I rather wish sometimes, Connie,' said Lady Julia meditatively, 'that you were a little less of the grande dame. It's won...

The ideal towards which the City Fathers of all English county towns strive is to provide a public-house for each individual inhabitant; and...

He did not attempt to disguise his own opinion, which was that the deceased had taken his own life. ... Various motives had been suggested, ...

Preacher, tell them that Satan is real too. You can hear him in songs that give praise to idols and sinful things of this world. You can s...

Accordingly during the whole period of his [Valens'] reign the altar fire was lit, libations and sacrifices were offered to idols, publi...