On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... horses by main force from the mud in which they were embedded - the wet bivouacs and chill raw nights , alternating with the terrific heat of the day - are an additional testimony , if any such were needed , to the splendid endurance of ...
... horses by main force from the mud in which they were embedded - the wet bivouacs and chill raw nights , alternating with the terrific heat of the day - are an additional testimony , if any such were needed , to the splendid endurance of ...
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... horses are ready ! " At my elbow , as I sit over my omelette and café au lait in the coffee - room of the Hotel de l'Europe , stands a tall , gaunt , hard - featured man in uniform ( with a trumpet as long and narrow as himself ) ...
... horses are ready ! " At my elbow , as I sit over my omelette and café au lait in the coffee - room of the Hotel de l'Europe , stands a tall , gaunt , hard - featured man in uniform ( with a trumpet as long and narrow as himself ) ...
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... horses , and an instant departure . How- ever , Fate ordains otherwise . The words are hardly spoken , when the gleam of a passing lantern flashes upon a moustached face and military cap , while a familiar voice shouts through the ...
... horses , and an instant departure . How- ever , Fate ordains otherwise . The words are hardly spoken , when the gleam of a passing lantern flashes upon a moustached face and military cap , while a familiar voice shouts through the ...
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... horses , and go forward again , through miry roads and dripping forests , while the mountain torrents , swollen by the rain , roar hoarsely far away below . And so the night wears on , and we mount ever higher and higher , gradually ...
... horses , and go forward again , through miry roads and dripping forests , while the mountain torrents , swollen by the rain , roar hoarsely far away below . And so the night wears on , and we mount ever higher and higher , gradually ...
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... horses suddenly bolt ; and my vehicle , after balancing irresolutely for a few seconds , decides for the rock , and goes over against it with a tremendous crash , pitching the conductor one way and the driver another , crippling one of ...
... horses suddenly bolt ; and my vehicle , after balancing irresolutely for a few seconds , decides for the rock , and goes over against it with a tremendous crash , pitching the conductor one way and the driver another , crippling one of ...
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