On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... surrounding dis- comforts . Nor is the after - deck deficient in " prominent figures . " An officer fresh from Central Asia , faultlessly courteous , but with that nameless something in his tone and bearing 4 On the Road to Khiva .
... surrounding dis- comforts . Nor is the after - deck deficient in " prominent figures . " An officer fresh from Central Asia , faultlessly courteous , but with that nameless something in his tone and bearing 4 On the Road to Khiva .
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... figures , of busy , modern Tiflis . And here the contrast of Past and Present becomes overwhelming . To my right a tall factory chimney flings its smoke over the bank along which the hosts of " David the Restorer ' marched in triumph ...
... figures , of busy , modern Tiflis . And here the contrast of Past and Present becomes overwhelming . To my right a tall factory chimney flings its smoke over the bank along which the hosts of " David the Restorer ' marched in triumph ...
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... the fitful lamp light , the hurrying swarm of shadowy figures , and the surrounding waste of dim silent waters . The operation of towing us up the estuary is necessarily a slow one , and we have leisure to drink 32 On the Road to Khiva .
... the fitful lamp light , the hurrying swarm of shadowy figures , and the surrounding waste of dim silent waters . The operation of towing us up the estuary is necessarily a slow one , and we have leisure to drink 32 On the Road to Khiva .
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... figures , with faces like a crushed bun , grouped , witch - fashion , round the huge cal- dron that simmers in the centre . Availing myself of the stupefaction caused by my sudden appearance , I clutch the enormous , dirt - begrimed ...
... figures , with faces like a crushed bun , grouped , witch - fashion , round the huge cal- dron that simmers in the centre . Availing myself of the stupefaction caused by my sudden appearance , I clutch the enormous , dirt - begrimed ...
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... figure beside the Homeric swallow of my hosts , who go to work as if ( like Logi in the old Norse Saga ) they could bolt , not merely the food , but the caldron as well . My appreciation of their cookery evidently pleases the worthy ...
... figure beside the Homeric swallow of my hosts , who go to work as if ( like Logi in the old Norse Saga ) they could bolt , not merely the food , but the caldron as well . My appreciation of their cookery evidently pleases the worthy ...
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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