 | Ibrahim George Kheiralla, Howard MacNutt - 1899 - 578 pages
...extraordinary deference shown to him by all present, was none other than Beha's eldest son Abbas Effendi. Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed...more. A tall, strongly built man, holding himself as straight as an arrow, with a white turban and raiment, long black locks reaching almost to the shoulder,... | |
 | 1926 - 186 pages
...Narrative." P. XXXV, XXXVI. Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall, stronglybuilt man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white...forehead, indicating a strong intellect, combined wibh an unswerving will, eyes keen as a hawk's, and strongly marked but pleasing features — such... | |
 | William McElwee Miller - 1974 - 472 pages
...arrival in Akka he was welcomed by Abbas Efendi, eldest son of Baha'u'llah, "a tall strongly-built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white...with an unswerving will, eyes keen as a hawk's, and strongly-marked but pleasing features One more eloquent of speech, more Jews, the Christians, and the... | |
 | Myron H. Phelps - 2001 - 218 pages
...graphically describes him as he saw him at that time (A Traveller's Narrative, Introduction, page xxxvi): Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall strongly-built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black... | |
 | Abdul-Baha, ʻAbduʼl-Bahá - 2002 - 132 pages
...SeKvanr of Rumanny Seldom have 1 seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall strongly-built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white...with an unswerving will, eyes keen as a hawk's, and strongly-marked but pleasing features — such was my first impression of 'Abbas Efendf, 'the master'... | |
 | William S. Hatcher, James Douglas Martin - 2002 - 282 pages
...capacities. Professor Browne, who initially met 'Abdu'1-Bahd in 1890 and later came to know him well, wrote: Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall strongly-built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black... | |
 | ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, Edward Granville Browne - 2004 - 518 pages
...extraordinary deference shewn to him by all present, was none other than Beha's eldest son 'Abbas Efendl. Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall strongly-built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black... | |
 | Kenneth E. Bowers - 2004 - 320 pages
...Browne's recollection of 'Abdu'1-Baha when He was about forty-six years old, at the prime of His life: Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall stronglybuilt man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black locks... | |
 | 512 pages
...extraordinary deference shewn to him by all present, was none other than Beha's eldest son 'Abbas Efendf. Seldom have I seen one whose appearance impressed me more. A tall strongly-built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black... | |
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A tall, strongly built man holding himself straight as an arrow, with white turban and raiment, long black locks reaching almost to the shoulder, broad powerful forehead, indicating a strong intellect, combined with an unswerving will, eyes keen as a... 