On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... rises before me in all its splendour . For the first time since I set my face toward Khiva three weeks ago , * I am about to break new ground . On the route from London to St Peters- burg , and from St Petersburg to the Black Sea , I am ...
... rises before me in all its splendour . For the first time since I set my face toward Khiva three weeks ago , * I am about to break new ground . On the route from London to St Peters- burg , and from St Petersburg to the Black Sea , I am ...
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... rise , wave above wave , into the very sky ; dainty Soukhoum , a little nook of Italian scenery nestling in the lap ... rises above the sea like a brooding mist , and the white peaks of the Anatolian mountains glimmer along the southern ...
... rise , wave above wave , into the very sky ; dainty Soukhoum , a little nook of Italian scenery nestling in the lap ... rises above the sea like a brooding mist , and the white peaks of the Anatolian mountains glimmer along the southern ...
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... rises before us in all its splendour . Sitting at home in England , and reading of Cau- casian post - roads and Caucasian railways , it is diffi cult to remind oneself that this quiet region , which a passing tourist may traverse as ...
... rises before us in all its splendour . Sitting at home in England , and reading of Cau- casian post - roads and Caucasian railways , it is diffi cult to remind oneself that this quiet region , which a passing tourist may traverse as ...
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... rises , and the long , burning , mono- tonous day goes slowly on - the same loneliness , the same dust , the same heat , the same unending level— broken only by a hasty gorge of half raw meat at Khasaf - iourt , the scene of one of ...
... rises , and the long , burning , mono- tonous day goes slowly on - the same loneliness , the same dust , the same heat , the same unending level— broken only by a hasty gorge of half raw meat at Khasaf - iourt , the scene of one of ...
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... rises and falls like the moan of a distant sea , and the poor creatures turn their longing eyes to the clear , bright , merciless sky which looks down upon them as if in mockery . I would gladly say a word of comfort to him , if I knew ...
... rises and falls like the moan of a distant sea , and the poor creatures turn their longing eyes to the clear , bright , merciless sky which looks down upon them as if in mockery . I would gladly say a word of comfort to him , if I knew ...
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