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... nature to visit those ancient cities and world - honoured places - I shall venture to hope these peace- ful and humble pages may find , even to - day in these heart- absorbing days of war , a few readers . And may they not too severely ...
... nature to visit those ancient cities and world - honoured places - I shall venture to hope these peace- ful and humble pages may find , even to - day in these heart- absorbing days of war , a few readers . And may they not too severely ...
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... nature . Thus the men and women , in their brilliantly coloured , or elaborately quaint , or inge- niously misformed garments , were not as our usual men and women — and from that secret corner of my being that loves novelty , I thanked ...
... nature . Thus the men and women , in their brilliantly coloured , or elaborately quaint , or inge- niously misformed garments , were not as our usual men and women — and from that secret corner of my being that loves novelty , I thanked ...
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... nature - both women . I did not go to Egypt to see mere usual women . There is a figure pacing up and down on the city wall by Cleopatra's needle , and where you look out from the gap in the work across the Old Port , and to where ...
... nature - both women . I did not go to Egypt to see mere usual women . There is a figure pacing up and down on the city wall by Cleopatra's needle , and where you look out from the gap in the work across the Old Port , and to where ...
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... nature's nobility . But the lower animals were not those of other lands . The camel had been to me but an ungainly and mis - shapen monster , the type of all awkward- ness , while a monkey - the caricature animal - or some bejacketed ...
... nature's nobility . But the lower animals were not those of other lands . The camel had been to me but an ungainly and mis - shapen monster , the type of all awkward- ness , while a monkey - the caricature animal - or some bejacketed ...
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... nature animate and inanimate . We were in a new world . But we had business on hand . We must get a boat , and hire servants— a cook and a dragoman - and buy stores , and come down from the heights of sensual enjoyment , and the regions ...
... nature animate and inanimate . We were in a new world . But we had business on hand . We must get a boat , and hire servants— a cook and a dragoman - and buy stores , and come down from the heights of sensual enjoyment , and the regions ...
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The Wanderer in Arabia: Or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks George T. Lowth Полный просмотр - 1855 |
The Wanderer in Arabia: Or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks George T. Lowth Полный просмотр - 1855 |
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