On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... less heartily wish him God - speed . As for myself , I have as yet seen only one - half ( the most important half , it is true ) of Central Asia ; and as soon as I have recovered the effects of my last attempt ( for it is no light thing ...
... less heartily wish him God - speed . As for myself , I have as yet seen only one - half ( the most important half , it is true ) of Central Asia ; and as soon as I have recovered the effects of my last attempt ( for it is no light thing ...
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... less cosmopolitan than the scenery . The sallow beetle - browed Russian , the gaunt Cossack , the bullet - headed Tartar , the keen , dark - eyed , melancholy Jew ; the burly Turk , and the high - cheeked Persian ; the handsome ...
... less cosmopolitan than the scenery . The sallow beetle - browed Russian , the gaunt Cossack , the bullet - headed Tartar , the keen , dark - eyed , melancholy Jew ; the burly Turk , and the high - cheeked Persian ; the handsome ...
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... less streams that feed the Kur till summer comes to dry them ; while farther along , on a less precipitous part , hangs a dainty little public garden , with a pavilion in which English porter and limonade gazeuse may be bought ad ...
... less streams that feed the Kur till summer comes to dry them ; while farther along , on a less precipitous part , hangs a dainty little public garden , with a pavilion in which English porter and limonade gazeuse may be bought ad ...
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... less to be thought of . As for the only other direct route from the Caucasus - that by steamer to Astrabad , and thence north - eastward from the Attreck valley across the Turkoman steppes - all my informants , and most emphatically the ...
... less to be thought of . As for the only other direct route from the Caucasus - that by steamer to Astrabad , and thence north - eastward from the Attreck valley across the Turkoman steppes - all my informants , and most emphatically the ...
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... less formidable than it has been painted . My first essay of the new belt , indeed , vividly recalls Mr Ainsworth's graphic description of the " Skevington's Irons " as applied to Guy Fawkes ; but , although I afterwards wore it on the ...
... less formidable than it has been painted . My first essay of the new belt , indeed , vividly recalls Mr Ainsworth's graphic description of the " Skevington's Irons " as applied to Guy Fawkes ; but , although I afterwards wore it on the ...
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