Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... impossible to remain in so dreadful a place ; so , in answer to our urgent entreaties , the chef of the bureau promised to manage for us somehow , if we would promise to be at the office punctually by 4 A.M. , the settled time for ...
... impossible to remain in so dreadful a place ; so , in answer to our urgent entreaties , the chef of the bureau promised to manage for us somehow , if we would promise to be at the office punctually by 4 A.M. , the settled time for ...
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... impossible to distinguish them from the surrounding deso- lation , were it not for the deep holes and ruts which tell of former carriage traffic . Now we dip into a rut , now struggle up a precipitous incline , and splash through a ...
... impossible to distinguish them from the surrounding deso- lation , were it not for the deep holes and ruts which tell of former carriage traffic . Now we dip into a rut , now struggle up a precipitous incline , and splash through a ...
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... impossible that the eye should repose in such cruelly glaring heat . A few of the white- robed follow us about , and offer tamarinds for sale —there is a general clatter of voices , and of knives and forks , and the horses are put to ...
... impossible that the eye should repose in such cruelly glaring heat . A few of the white- robed follow us about , and offer tamarinds for sale —there is a general clatter of voices , and of knives and forks , and the horses are put to ...
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... impossible just now for stran- gers to penetrate so far into the interior - a blow to us , who had been anxiously looking forward to the pilgrimage . It is the only spot in the Franco- Algerian dominions that is thoroughly deserted by ...
... impossible just now for stran- gers to penetrate so far into the interior - a blow to us , who had been anxiously looking forward to the pilgrimage . It is the only spot in the Franco- Algerian dominions that is thoroughly deserted by ...
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... impossible for European soldiers to exert themselves out here in June and July ; and the Arabs would naturally take advantage of this circumstance for revolt if they could do so , but the absence of water prevents their marching across ...
... impossible for European soldiers to exert themselves out here in June and July ; and the Arabs would naturally take advantage of this circumstance for revolt if they could do so , but the absence of water prevents their marching across ...
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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.