Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... gold earrings , all in- crusted with uncut stones , ponderous anklets and bracelets , and her hair plaited with thick cord and horsehair till it hangs in monstrous masses about her head ; on the top of this edifice a coloured 28 GENERAL ...
... gold earrings , all in- crusted with uncut stones , ponderous anklets and bracelets , and her hair plaited with thick cord and horsehair till it hangs in monstrous masses about her head ; on the top of this edifice a coloured 28 GENERAL ...
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... gold , as space is of great consequence to them , hoarding as they do their little all in some corner of their burnous as long as it is possible for them to do so . In the course of our wanderings through the ins and outs of the queer ...
... gold , as space is of great consequence to them , hoarding as they do their little all in some corner of their burnous as long as it is possible for them to do so . In the course of our wanderings through the ins and outs of the queer ...
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... gold and crimson . As we drove into Biskra we passed through groves of feathery palms , tall and black against a blood - red sky , and were not sorry to find dinner awaiting us in the hospitable salle - à - manger of the Hôtel du Sahara ...
... gold and crimson . As we drove into Biskra we passed through groves of feathery palms , tall and black against a blood - red sky , and were not sorry to find dinner awaiting us in the hospitable salle - à - manger of the Hôtel du Sahara ...
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... gold handkerchiefs , such as would supply half - a- dozen ordinary women . The fabric is only taken down once in three or four months , and forms , with its profusion of adornment and glittering scarfs , a comfortable nest for every ...
... gold handkerchiefs , such as would supply half - a- dozen ordinary women . The fabric is only taken down once in three or four months , and forms , with its profusion of adornment and glittering scarfs , a comfortable nest for every ...
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... gold stuffs ; and very ugly they must look , I should think , as they are all frightful , offering a great contrast to the men , whom I ended by considering quite handsome sometimes . Our attention was suddenly called away from the ...
... gold stuffs ; and very ugly they must look , I should think , as they are all frightful , offering a great contrast to the men , whom I ended by considering quite handsome sometimes . Our attention was suddenly called away from the ...
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Abd-el-Kader acres Africa Algeria Algiers Batna beauty Biskra BLACKETT'S NEW WORKS-Continued Blida blue Bureau Arabe burnous café camels Ceramic Art charming chief colonists colony colour Constantine cotton course crop cultivation dark desert distance Dufourg earth European eyes feet forest found ourselves francs French gold Government hands head hills Hodna horses Hôtel houses HURST AND BLACKETT'S interesting JOHN HALIFAX journey JULIA KAVANAGH Kabyle Kaid labour lady land looked Lord EUSTACE CECIL lovely Marabout MARLBOROUGH STREET MATILDA BETHAM EDWARDS Miliana Mostaganem mountains Msila mules natives night oasis once Oran ostrich Ouargla Oulad Nayls palms passed Philipville picturesque plains pleasant pretty province rain reader reservoir road rocks round ruins Sahara scene Sétif shadows Sheikh sight silver stones story tain tent thing tion Tlemcen Touaregs town traveller trees tribes turned village volumes walls wandered whilst wild wind women woods
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Էջ 280 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted: it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.