EothenW. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 371 páginas Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake, first published in 1900, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... write some account of my Eastern travels . I had , indeed , begun the task and had failed ; I had begun it a second time , and failing again , had abandoned my attempt with a sensation of utter --- distaste . I was unable to speak out ,
... write some account of my Eastern travels . I had , indeed , begun the task and had failed ; I had begun it a second time , and failing again , had abandoned my attempt with a sensation of utter --- distaste . I was unable to speak out ,
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... attempt . I tried ; and the pleasure and confidence which I felt in speaking to you soon made my task so easy , and even amusing , that after a while ( though not in time for your tour ) I completed the scrawl from which this book was ...
... attempt . I tried ; and the pleasure and confidence which I felt in speaking to you soon made my task so easy , and even amusing , that after a while ( though not in time for your tour ) I completed the scrawl from which this book was ...
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... attempt to give the substance of any particular conversation with orientals . A traveller may write and say that " the Pasha of So - and - so was particularly interested in the vast progress which has been made in the application of ...
... attempt to give the substance of any particular conversation with orientals . A traveller may write and say that " the Pasha of So - and - so was particularly interested in the vast progress which has been made in the application of ...
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... attempt was one of the funniest misdirections of human energy that wondering man ever saw . But put him in his stirrups , and then is the Tatar himself again : there he lives at his pleasure , re- posing in the tranquillity of that true ...
... attempt was one of the funniest misdirections of human energy that wondering man ever saw . But put him in his stirrups , and then is the Tatar himself again : there he lives at his pleasure , re- posing in the tranquillity of that true ...
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... attempt did not cheat the keenness of the sufferer ; he could not have felt the less deserted because that I was with him . We called to aid a solemn Armenian ( I think he was ) , half soothsayer , half hakim or doctor , who , all the ...
... attempt did not cheat the keenness of the sufferer ; he could not have felt the less deserted because that I was with him . We called to aid a solemn Armenian ( I think he was ) , half soothsayer , half hakim or doctor , who , all the ...
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