Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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Էջ 62
... story about their hiding their heads in the sand is an utter fabrication - like a good many other dear old stories , by the way . The flesh is very like beef in colour and taste , while the fat is con- sidered a panacea for all kinds of ...
... story about their hiding their heads in the sand is an utter fabrication - like a good many other dear old stories , by the way . The flesh is very like beef in colour and taste , while the fat is con- sidered a panacea for all kinds of ...
Էջ 108
... stories being told us of mules disappearing altogether in the quicksand during the rainy season , it was resolved to make a détour through the more sandy country of the Batna division of the Hodna plains , which would probably land us ...
... stories being told us of mules disappearing altogether in the quicksand during the rainy season , it was resolved to make a détour through the more sandy country of the Batna division of the Hodna plains , which would probably land us ...
Էջ 139
... story is a rich and highly - educated chief who now resides at Batna , smothered in dignities and honours . About the time of which I speak , this man's brother was shot in a manner that bore strong indications of foul play . The ...
... story is a rich and highly - educated chief who now resides at Batna , smothered in dignities and honours . About the time of which I speak , this man's brother was shot in a manner that bore strong indications of foul play . The ...
Էջ 202
... was an Italian boy , who whipped his horse most unmercifully , and was brimful of legends and anecdotes of terror . As we rode along , he volunteered a story to amuse us on the ARAB TALE . 203 way , and , among other.
... was an Italian boy , who whipped his horse most unmercifully , and was brimful of legends and anecdotes of terror . As we rode along , he volunteered a story to amuse us on the ARAB TALE . 203 way , and , among other.
Էջ 208
... story , and hastened to as- semble an army of workmen to sweep away the tomb and dig among the rocks ; but no sooner had the first iron struck the stone than the sky was darkened , and in the lurid light was seen an awful spectre ― the ...
... story , and hastened to as- semble an army of workmen to sweep away the tomb and dig among the rocks ; but no sooner had the first iron struck the stone than the sky was darkened , and in the lurid light was seen an awful spectre ― the ...
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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.