On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... break new ground . On the route from London to St Peters- burg , and from St Petersburg to the Black Sea , I am already , to my cost , as great an authority as the Koran of Albemarle Street . I have seen , often enough to be heartily ...
... break new ground . On the route from London to St Peters- burg , and from St Petersburg to the Black Sea , I am already , to my cost , as great an authority as the Koran of Albemarle Street . I have seen , often enough to be heartily ...
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... breaks loose . The wind howls and shrieks , and shakes the strong timbers till they groan , and the heavy bullets of rain come rattling upon the roof , and the thunder roars and bangs overhead , and flash after flash lights up the ...
... breaks loose . The wind howls and shrieks , and shakes the strong timbers till they groan , and the heavy bullets of rain come rattling upon the roof , and the thunder roars and bangs overhead , and flash after flash lights up the ...
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... breaks , a glittering streak along the eastern horizon . announces the presence of the Caspian Sea . An hour later , we are in Petrovsk - the one tolerable port on the western shore of the Caspian , whence the colony of Krasnovodsk in ...
... breaks , a glittering streak along the eastern horizon . announces the presence of the Caspian Sea . An hour later , we are in Petrovsk - the one tolerable port on the western shore of the Caspian , whence the colony of Krasnovodsk in ...
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... mess , and coolly proceed to help myself . In an instant my statesque hosts break into spontaneous hospitality . One " drags " the pot in quest of a possible scrap of mutton , a second The last days of Father Volga . 37.
... mess , and coolly proceed to help myself . In an instant my statesque hosts break into spontaneous hospitality . One " drags " the pot in quest of a possible scrap of mutton , a second The last days of Father Volga . 37.
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... breaks up ; and O- as I take leave of him , produces his card , with fresh offers of assistance in case of need . " If you go to Tashkent , as you most likely will , " says he , " be sure you find out P ——— ( everybody there knows him ) ...
... breaks up ; and O- as I take leave of him , produces his card , with fresh offers of assistance in case of need . " If you go to Tashkent , as you most likely will , " says he , " be sure you find out P ——— ( everybody there knows him ) ...
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already amid answer Aral Sea army Asiatic bank Bashkir bazaar begin Bokhara Bokhariote camels caravan Central Asia CHAPTER civilisation column comes Cossack dark David Stepanovitch desert desolation Djizak door dreary drink dust dusty English eyes face farther fellow fortress fresh gaunt grey hand heat horses hour later huge hundred journey Kara-Koum Kashgar Kaufmann's Kazalinsk Khan Khiva Kirghiz Kokan kopecks Krasnovodsk Kungrad length look miles morning Mourad night once Orenburg Orsk Oxus pass Perovski post-house postmaster ridge river road roubles round Samarcand sand seen shadow shout side sight soldiers St Petersburg stand steamer steppe stream suddenly Syr-Daria tall Tartar Tashkent Tchikishliar tea-urn tell there's thing Tiflis tion town travelling Turkestan Turkoman turn Ural Ural Cossack Uralsk versts waggon wall whole wonder word worth