On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... river - beds , our pumps on the Norton system are sure to find more water , if need be . We've requisitioned a lot of Kirghiz , too , who are always useful on the steppes ; and the march of the columns has been timed so as to get over ...
... river - beds , our pumps on the Norton system are sure to find more water , if need be . We've requisitioned a lot of Kirghiz , too , who are always useful on the steppes ; and the march of the columns has been timed so as to get over ...
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... river lashing itself into foam far below , and just space enough between the precipice above and the precipice beneath for our train to slide past , one begins to realise what the conquest of such a region must have been . The march of ...
... river lashing itself into foam far below , and just space enough between the precipice above and the precipice beneath for our train to slide past , one begins to realise what the conquest of such a region must have been . The march of ...
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... rivers , and black wastes of moorland , and stations flashing out for a moment in sudden lamplight - till at length , just about midnight , I find myself jolting through the flaring streets of a great town , and fall asleep an hour ...
... rivers , and black wastes of moorland , and stations flashing out for a moment in sudden lamplight - till at length , just about midnight , I find myself jolting through the flaring streets of a great town , and fall asleep an hour ...
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... river and the infinite desert , one more unknown toiler has gone home to rest . At length , in the glory of the summer sunset , the white towers of a huge massive cathedral , and the tall spires , serried roofs , and bristling masts of ...
... river and the infinite desert , one more unknown toiler has gone home to rest . At length , in the glory of the summer sunset , the white towers of a huge massive cathedral , and the tall spires , serried roofs , and bristling masts of ...
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... river , without either bridge or ford ; but the traditional raft is at hand , pro- pelled by four bearded tatterdemalions in sheepskin , with the genuine rusty tan of the desert upon their flat heavy faces . For nearly an hour we glide ...
... river , without either bridge or ford ; but the traditional raft is at hand , pro- pelled by four bearded tatterdemalions in sheepskin , with the genuine rusty tan of the desert upon their flat heavy faces . For nearly an hour we glide ...
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