Under the Palms in Algeria and Tunis ...Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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... whole of his diminutive person compressed into a tight black coat , and seedy , shiny , baggy con- tinuations of the same . He chirped pleasantly as he went along , and bobbed and strutted with all the importance of a very small bird ...
... whole of his diminutive person compressed into a tight black coat , and seedy , shiny , baggy con- tinuations of the same . He chirped pleasantly as he went along , and bobbed and strutted with all the importance of a very small bird ...
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... whole length of road is made up of hills and valleys , necessitating embankments and endless tunnels . £ 970,000 are said to have been already spent on Algerian railways , though there is as yet nothing to show whatever . The plan on ...
... whole length of road is made up of hills and valleys , necessitating embankments and endless tunnels . £ 970,000 are said to have been already spent on Algerian railways , though there is as yet nothing to show whatever . The plan on ...
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... spot it is difficult to imagine - a barren country , arid hills , with little water , and the whole neighbourhood ren- dered , by its lack of population , a fitting home for 16 RELICS OF ANTIQUITY . savage beasts . In that.
... spot it is difficult to imagine - a barren country , arid hills , with little water , and the whole neighbourhood ren- dered , by its lack of population , a fitting home for 16 RELICS OF ANTIQUITY . savage beasts . In that.
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... whole thing is a delusion and a snare . A few statues are collected in a sort of museum near the entrance of the town , but all of them are in the most degenerate style of art , and no more worthy of a visit than the place itself . We ...
... whole thing is a delusion and a snare . A few statues are collected in a sort of museum near the entrance of the town , but all of them are in the most degenerate style of art , and no more worthy of a visit than the place itself . We ...
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... whole thing an aspect of insignificance unpleasant to behold . It contains a garrison of 2,000 men , besides the number of civilians men- tioned above ; and a real place of banishment it must truly be to the gay and pleasure - loving ...
... whole thing an aspect of insignificance unpleasant to behold . It contains a garrison of 2,000 men , besides the number of civilians men- tioned above ; and a real place of banishment it must truly be to the gay and pleasure - loving ...
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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.