On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... side and Asia on the other . Far down the incline , the endless curves of the road by which we have ascended melt into the sea of mist below . All around me , the mountain - side is rent by yawning rifts , marking the fall of the huge ...
... side and Asia on the other . Far down the incline , the endless curves of the road by which we have ascended melt into the sea of mist below . All around me , the mountain - side is rent by yawning rifts , marking the fall of the huge ...
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... side , as upon the battle - ground of the Titans . At my very feet yawns a mighty gulf of several hundred feet , from the misty depths of which comes booming up the dull roar of an unseen waterfall ; while beyond it , vast masses of ...
... side , as upon the battle - ground of the Titans . At my very feet yawns a mighty gulf of several hundred feet , from the misty depths of which comes booming up the dull roar of an unseen waterfall ; while beyond it , vast masses of ...
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... side upward , for my especial accommodation . Thus established , I go in valiantly at the " soupe à la Calmouque " -an astounding mixture of tea - leaves , mutton - fat , rye - flour , milk , and rancid butter , sufficient to startle a ...
... side upward , for my especial accommodation . Thus established , I go in valiantly at the " soupe à la Calmouque " -an astounding mixture of tea - leaves , mutton - fat , rye - flour , milk , and rancid butter , sufficient to startle a ...
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... side , endless wastes of barren sand and grisly morass melt drearily into the darkening sky - fit emblem of that torpid barbarism before which all the choicest gifts of Nature have been spread in vain ; a Dead Sea of humanity , the same ...
... side , endless wastes of barren sand and grisly morass melt drearily into the darkening sky - fit emblem of that torpid barbarism before which all the choicest gifts of Nature have been spread in vain ; a Dead Sea of humanity , the same ...
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... side - glance at " Which means that you would like some more , eh ? Well , here's thirty kopecks for you ( about 10d . English ) if you do the stage within the hour and a half . " ( It is a pity , by the by , that we do not follow the ...
... side - glance at " Which means that you would like some more , eh ? Well , here's thirty kopecks for you ( about 10d . English ) if you do the stage within the hour and a half . " ( It is a pity , by the by , that we do not follow the ...
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