Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... light , with sharp shadows of strong clear blue . Enchanted with this sudden return from unending brown to quiet green , we made the best of our way to the water's edge , no easy matter where the luxurious vegetation is divided into ...
... light , with sharp shadows of strong clear blue . Enchanted with this sudden return from unending brown to quiet green , we made the best of our way to the water's edge , no easy matter where the luxurious vegetation is divided into ...
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... light , which gave an uncertainty and atmosphere to the mass , in spite of the real dis- tinctness of each bit of rock , that to my mind suc- cessfully disproved the theory of Pre - Raphaelitism . HÔTEL DU SAHARA . 37 A lovely sky ...
... light , which gave an uncertainty and atmosphere to the mass , in spite of the real dis- tinctness of each bit of rock , that to my mind suc- cessfully disproved the theory of Pre - Raphaelitism . HÔTEL DU SAHARA . 37 A lovely sky ...
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... light grey cloud just tipped with 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 ...
... light grey cloud just tipped with 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 ...
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... light and air . The few shops in existence are chiefly those of fruit- vendors , all other branches of trade being carried on in the great market hard by . This would make the streets look desolate , were it not the fashion to sit about ...
... light and air . The few shops in existence are chiefly those of fruit- vendors , all other branches of trade being carried on in the great market hard by . This would make the streets look desolate , were it not the fashion to sit about ...
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... light as the shooting of foxes in our own country . The gaad is rendered possible by the fact that the foolish birds almost always run in the direction in which they are started , unless terrified by a passing caravan , or some similar ...
... light as the shooting of foxes in our own country . The gaad is rendered possible by the fact that the foolish birds almost always run in the direction in which they are started , unless terrified by a passing caravan , or some similar ...
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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.