Military Life in Algeria: By the Count P. de Castellane, Том 1 |
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Its immoveable houses could not balance in our eyes the attractions of the
bivouac never two days the same . Accordingly we counted every hour that must
elapse ere we could join General Changarnier , and begin our expeditions into
the ...
Its immoveable houses could not balance in our eyes the attractions of the
bivouac never two days the same . Accordingly we counted every hour that must
elapse ere we could join General Changarnier , and begin our expeditions into
the ...
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care to fix upon a guiding point on the opposite bank ; for if you allow your eye to
follow the current of the stream , you are seized with giddiness and topple off your
horse . Having cleared this obstacle , the road was easy , and we soon ...
care to fix upon a guiding point on the opposite bank ; for if you allow your eye to
follow the current of the stream , you are seized with giddiness and topple off your
horse . Having cleared this obstacle , the road was easy , and we soon ...
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... mosses of every description , and a thousand plants with long winding stems
encirle the white - walled and red - roofed houses with a wreath of verdure . From
afar the deluded eye beholds a prospect all of smiles , but on a nearer approach
...
... mosses of every description , and a thousand plants with long winding stems
encirle the white - walled and red - roofed houses with a wreath of verdure . From
afar the deluded eye beholds a prospect all of smiles , but on a nearer approach
...
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... to bring to submission : it was an imposing picture . After surveying the distant
horizon , returning to the town , the eye beheld at the foot of the walls a spot
marked by sad recollections , the cemetery which in 1840 received an entire
garrison .
... to bring to submission : it was an imposing picture . After surveying the distant
horizon , returning to the town , the eye beheld at the foot of the walls a spot
marked by sad recollections , the cemetery which in 1840 received an entire
garrison .
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Bou - Allam , formerly agha of the Emir ' s irregular cavalry , was a daring fellow ,
with an eye as black as his moustache , and an energetic countenance , and who
governed the country far more by the strength of his arm than by the ancient ...
Bou - Allam , formerly agha of the Emir ' s irregular cavalry , was a daring fellow ,
with an eye as black as his moustache , and an energetic countenance , and who
governed the country far more by the strength of his arm than by the ancient ...
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