On the Road to Khiva: With Photogr. Illustr. and Military MapKing, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... tell my own story , fairly , and to leave among my own country- men , from whom I have been parted so many years , some better reputation than that of a liar and impostor . January , 1874- DAVID KER . CONTENTS . ' CHAPTER I. PAGE I FROM ...
... tell my own story , fairly , and to leave among my own country- men , from whom I have been parted so many years , some better reputation than that of a liar and impostor . January , 1874- DAVID KER . CONTENTS . ' CHAPTER I. PAGE I FROM ...
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... tell whether the next generation may not see M. de Lesseps projecting a railway to the sun with a branch line to Mercury , or Mr Stanley gracefully doffing his hat on the summit of a lunar volcano , with a polite , " The Man in the Moon ...
... tell whether the next generation may not see M. de Lesseps projecting a railway to the sun with a branch line to Mercury , or Mr Stanley gracefully doffing his hat on the summit of a lunar volcano , with a polite , " The Man in the Moon ...
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... , are just clodhoppers on horseback ; but the ' black caps ' can't stand against our grenadiers - and no wonder . * The actual junction took place much farther south . I'll just tell you a thing I saw myself , 8 On the Road to Khiva .
... , are just clodhoppers on horseback ; but the ' black caps ' can't stand against our grenadiers - and no wonder . * The actual junction took place much farther south . I'll just tell you a thing I saw myself , 8 On the Road to Khiva .
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With Photogr. Illustr. and Military Map David Ker. I'll just tell you a thing I saw myself , when we attacked Djura - Bek at Kitab . * You know , by some mistake or other , the forlorn - hope went in before the supports were ready , and ...
With Photogr. Illustr. and Military Map David Ker. I'll just tell you a thing I saw myself , when we attacked Djura - Bek at Kitab . * You know , by some mistake or other , the forlorn - hope went in before the supports were ready , and ...
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... a blank . The knot of Tiflis Athenians who meet daily " to hear or tell some new thing " in the salle à manger of the Hotel de l'Europe know little or nothing . The telegrams which every now and then filter 18 On the Road to Khiva .
... a blank . The knot of Tiflis Athenians who meet daily " to hear or tell some new thing " in the salle à manger of the Hotel de l'Europe know little or nothing . The telegrams which every now and then filter 18 On the Road to Khiva .
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