Had Kim been at all an ordinary boy, he would have carried on the play; but one does not know Lahore city, and least of all the faquirs by the Taksali Gate, for thirteen years without also knowing human nature.
He knew what the faquirs of the Taksali Gate were like when they talked among themselves, and copied the very inflection of their lewd disciples.
Faquirs do not steal horses, so I gave them no more thought.
To the north of the town we observed a superb banyan tree, which extended its foliage to such a distance, that it formed a pavilion capable of containing a small stone mosque for the accommodation of a number of Faquirs or priests.
At the conclusion, the Faquir sat himself on a stone at a short distance from the grave, and remained there quietly smoking his hookah, and philosophising, as all good Faquirs should do, on the uncertainty of mundane things.
Such is the conduct of the faquirs of India, who condemn themselves to the most melancholy privations, and to the most severe sufferings.
This opinion will, doubtless, appear to you much more rational than that of the faquirs of India, who pass their lives in thwarting nature, and who inflict upon themselves the most melancholy privations and the most severe sufferings.
Most of the faquirs are bachelors, a few only being married.
One of the faquirs who had rebelled against Hakem being captured and brought into the presence of the king, did not shrink in his bigotry and hate from telling the Sultan that in hating him he was obeying God.
On Fridays and other-festivals these faquirs are obliged to go to the mosque in a body, preceded by their superior.
The Faquirs are religious fanatics; and rove about in heathen and mahometan countries, like the most atrocious robbers.
With regard to strolling and thieving, theFaquirs and Gypsies agree exactly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "faquirs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
