Military Life in Algeria: By the Count P. de Castellane, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... side - calm and careless amidst the fresh fields which surround it ; but on drawing nearer and penetrating within its whitened walls , you soon discover that beneath this apparent listlessness there is a stir and life altogether ...
... side - calm and careless amidst the fresh fields which surround it ; but on drawing nearer and penetrating within its whitened walls , you soon discover that beneath this apparent listlessness there is a stir and life altogether ...
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... side , a door noiselessly opens , you turn your head , and the mysterious apparition has vanished . One would imagine , that from the summit of the Casbah , the memory of the Deys still spread terror among their subjects of yore ...
... side , a door noiselessly opens , you turn your head , and the mysterious apparition has vanished . One would imagine , that from the summit of the Casbah , the memory of the Deys still spread terror among their subjects of yore ...
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... side , ascended to the Tagarin . † Here the traveller beheld at his feet the little village of Mustapha with its vast ... sides of the mountain , and greyish rocks bristle up at its summit in the midst of pines and green oaks . Near the ...
... side , ascended to the Tagarin . † Here the traveller beheld at his feet the little village of Mustapha with its vast ... sides of the mountain , and greyish rocks bristle up at its summit in the midst of pines and green oaks . Near the ...
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... side of Ouled Mandil . An hour after , we entered Bouffarik , built on an unhealthy spot , where , according to the Arab saying , the crows themselves cannot exist . Bouff- arik , in spite of its insalubrity , which has already ...
... side of Ouled Mandil . An hour after , we entered Bouffarik , built on an unhealthy spot , where , according to the Arab saying , the crows themselves cannot exist . Bouff- arik , in spite of its insalubrity , which has already ...
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... sides , though of doubtful sincerity ; but pursuing its task without remission and without rest , the army continued unceasingly to make fresh advances , when in the winter of 1843 Abd - el - Kader , by 12 LIFE IN ALGERIA .
... sides , though of doubtful sincerity ; but pursuing its task without remission and without rest , the army continued unceasingly to make fresh advances , when in the winter of 1843 Abd - el - Kader , by 12 LIFE IN ALGERIA .
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