The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856King, 1876 - 311 páginas |
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... give . The air was laden with the scent of their blossoms and of the jasmines lining the avenue leading to the canal , beyond which , though the sun had not yet risen , I could see Lake Mareotis swept by a deliciously soft fresh breeze ...
... give . The air was laden with the scent of their blossoms and of the jasmines lining the avenue leading to the canal , beyond which , though the sun had not yet risen , I could see Lake Mareotis swept by a deliciously soft fresh breeze ...
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... give my proposals a favourable hearing . After having crossed the lake we entered that part of the Desert of Libya which was formerly an inhabited and civil- ized country , but has been abandoned to a few Bedouin tribes since the Arab ...
... give my proposals a favourable hearing . After having crossed the lake we entered that part of the Desert of Libya which was formerly an inhabited and civil- ized country , but has been abandoned to a few Bedouin tribes since the Arab ...
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... give their opinion on the proposals of his friend . These impromptu counsellers , better able to pronounce on an equestrian evolution than on a vast enterprise of which they could not in the least appreciate the significance , opened ...
... give their opinion on the proposals of his friend . These impromptu counsellers , better able to pronounce on an equestrian evolution than on a vast enterprise of which they could not in the least appreciate the significance , opened ...
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... give the lie to those who proclaim its decline and approaching ruin by proving that it is possessed of prolific vitality and capable of adding a brilliant page to the history of civilization . Why , I ask , did the Western nations and ...
... give the lie to those who proclaim its decline and approaching ruin by proving that it is possessed of prolific vitality and capable of adding a brilliant page to the history of civilization . Why , I ask , did the Western nations and ...
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... give me a favourable opinion of Ibrahim's morality ; but he took such good care to anticipate our wants from morning till night , and was so intelligent in his service , that we let him keep the work he already arrogated to himself of ...
... give me a favourable opinion of Ibrahim's morality ; but he took such good care to anticipate our wants from morning till night , and was so intelligent in his service , that we let him keep the work he already arrogated to himself of ...
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