Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... He explained to us the statues that lay about , ex- amining a Pomona with critical eye , frowning sen- tentiously on her the while , the little twittering head well on one side . 6 ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE . " That , you see ,
... He explained to us the statues that lay about , ex- amining a Pomona with critical eye , frowning sen- tentiously on her the while , the little twittering head well on one side . 6 ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE . " That , you see ,
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... side . The natives came in troops and sat round me , very civil and chatty , in spite of their reputation for lawlessness . We had been warned to keep our pistols near at hand in all our dealings with them , and " mine host " was much ...
... side . The natives came in troops and sat round me , very civil and chatty , in spite of their reputation for lawlessness . We had been warned to keep our pistols near at hand in all our dealings with them , and " mine host " was much ...
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... side . go down . I was sorry when the moment came for leaving so pleasant a spot as El - Kantara , but our proximity to the desert weighed heavily in the scale against our remaining any longer where we were . The diligence rumbled up ...
... side . go down . I was sorry when the moment came for leaving so pleasant a spot as El - Kantara , but our proximity to the desert weighed heavily in the scale against our remaining any longer where we were . The diligence rumbled up ...
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... side an amphitheatre of high and rocky mountains , their rugged tops cutting in sharp and jagged edge of intensely purple blue against a greenish yellow sky , lower- ing gradually , and blending by degrees into the far - off immensity ...
... side an amphitheatre of high and rocky mountains , their rugged tops cutting in sharp and jagged edge of intensely purple blue against a greenish yellow sky , lower- ing gradually , and blending by degrees into the far - off immensity ...
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... side until close upon Tuggurt , many miles beyond Biskra , though one day we did get an idea of total solitude when ... sides of the land- scape with the long bleak line , but form an amphi- theatre from which the traveller may obtain a ...
... side until close upon Tuggurt , many miles beyond Biskra , though one day we did get an idea of total solitude when ... sides of the land- scape with the long bleak line , but form an amphi- theatre from which the traveller may obtain a ...
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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.