Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... passed away . Tonnerre , but it is wonderful ! " He led us about , and showed off to the best ad- vantage the ruins of the Roman Amphitheatre . It is not half excavated yet , though much in the way of mosaic and inscription has been ...
... passed away . Tonnerre , but it is wonderful ! " He led us about , and showed off to the best ad- vantage the ruins of the Roman Amphitheatre . It is not half excavated yet , though much in the way of mosaic and inscription has been ...
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... passing through Tunis , Constantine , Algiers , Oran , & c . , to be pushed later on as far as Tangier . A railway to Tangier places America , Spain , and Portugal in communication with Suez , and the vessels from India , in sixty hours ...
... passing through Tunis , Constantine , Algiers , Oran , & c . , to be pushed later on as far as Tangier . A railway to Tangier places America , Spain , and Portugal in communication with Suez , and the vessels from India , in sixty hours ...
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... 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 . 38 CHAPTER XIV . BISKRA . THE Sahara is ...
... 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 . 38 CHAPTER XIV . BISKRA . THE Sahara is ...
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... passed away . They are the “ dames légères " of the Sahara , and come gene- rally from one special tribe in the vicinity of Laghouat . In this strange country , where the woman is not the equal of the man , we find a still stranger ...
... passed away . They are the “ dames légères " of the Sahara , and come gene- rally from one special tribe in the vicinity of Laghouat . In this strange country , where the woman is not the equal of the man , we find a still stranger ...
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... passing down the street , fine- featured and delicate - complexioned , her long black oriental eyes shaded with soft dark lashes . She wears the black pointed cap of Constantine , fes- tooned with thick gold chains , and about her neck ...
... passing down the street , fine- featured and delicate - complexioned , her long black oriental eyes shaded with soft dark lashes . She wears the black pointed cap of Constantine , fes- tooned with thick gold chains , and about her neck ...
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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.