Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfeh , and the bank could boast an un- usual collection of picturesque objects , look- ing in the distance like bundles of white linen , surmounted by curly heads , while here and there a camel lay ...
... least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfeh , and the bank could boast an un- usual collection of picturesque objects , look- ing in the distance like bundles of white linen , surmounted by curly heads , while here and there a camel lay ...
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... very like a travelling pedlar ; his rifle , double - barrelled gun , powder - horn , water - skin , and last not least in request , " Macauley's England , " constituting but a very small portion of his stock . The ladies , AND THE NILES .
... very like a travelling pedlar ; his rifle , double - barrelled gun , powder - horn , water - skin , and last not least in request , " Macauley's England , " constituting but a very small portion of his stock . The ladies , AND THE NILES .
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... least very cosy on their pillowy nest . The process necessary towards obtaining that elevation must here be detailed , in deference to those of our readers who may be curious to know how a lady secures a seat on a steed so very ...
... least very cosy on their pillowy nest . The process necessary towards obtaining that elevation must here be detailed , in deference to those of our readers who may be curious to know how a lady secures a seat on a steed so very ...
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... least a thousand years . In the middle of the day , we were agreeably surprised by the sight of a tent , from out of which , at our approach , came a rather hand- some Frenchman , M. Y—— , a gentleman- Y- like and intelligent man ...
... least a thousand years . In the middle of the day , we were agreeably surprised by the sight of a tent , from out of which , at our approach , came a rather hand- some Frenchman , M. Y—— , a gentleman- Y- like and intelligent man ...
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... least picturesque of our encampments , it is un- doubtedly the most interesting . A crowd of notables , two of them wearing tarbooshes , came to see us ; and then followed throngs of shiny , black children , some carrying younger ones ...
... least picturesque of our encampments , it is un- doubtedly the most interesting . A crowd of notables , two of them wearing tarbooshes , came to see us ; and then followed throngs of shiny , black children , some carrying younger ones ...
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