On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 páginas |
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... turns up , after every paroxysm , a vast harvest- moon visage of unruffled placidity . The Frenchman paces the deck for five minutes or so with the jaunty step of one heading a forlorn - hope - and From the Crimea to the Caucasus . 5.
... turns up , after every paroxysm , a vast harvest- moon visage of unruffled placidity . The Frenchman paces the deck for five minutes or so with the jaunty step of one heading a forlorn - hope - and From the Crimea to the Caucasus . 5.
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... turn which way she will , a spectator of ad- vantages which she cannot share . On one side an irreclaimable morass and a miserable anchorage ; on the other , a fine harbour , which , walled off as it is from the rest of Lazistan by a ...
... turn which way she will , a spectator of ad- vantages which she cannot share . On one side an irreclaimable morass and a miserable anchorage ; on the other , a fine harbour , which , walled off as it is from the rest of Lazistan by a ...
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... turning the whole country into a sea of liquid mire- the dragging of the camels and 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 ...
... turning the whole country into a sea of liquid mire- the dragging of the camels and 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 ...
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... turn for many a day to come . I glance through the open window , and espy , amid an admiring crowd of every type , from the aquiline Georgian to the bun - faced . Tartar , three rough - looking post - horses , and a nonde- script ...
... turn for many a day to come . I glance through the open window , and espy , amid an admiring crowd of every type , from the aquiline Georgian to the bun - faced . Tartar , three rough - looking post - horses , and a nonde- script ...
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... turn out to be Kalmuck hovels ; and , at times , the solitary mound of some nameless grave . But it is when shrouded by the creeping mist which has given it an evil renown , that this Stygian stream assumes its most characteristic ...
... turn out to be Kalmuck hovels ; and , at times , the solitary mound of some nameless grave . But it is when shrouded by the creeping mist which has given it an evil renown , that this Stygian stream assumes its most characteristic ...
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