A Ride in Egypt, from Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of Nile Valley, and Some Account of the Various Ways of Making the Voyage Out and HomeMacmillan and Company, 1879 - 399 Seiten |
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... feet from under me . There is something humiliating in running down the deck and staggering up again as if you were very drunk indeed . Of this first voyage chief recollection is that we had a gale in the Bay of Biscay . I had long ...
... feet from under me . There is something humiliating in running down the deck and staggering up again as if you were very drunk indeed . Of this first voyage chief recollection is that we had a gale in the Bay of Biscay . I had long ...
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... feet high in its native soil , with great green leaves and golden fruit and white blossoms , is a magnificent orange - tree . The orange - tree behind the library at Gibraltar is , to my mind , whether in itself or its surroundings ...
... feet high in its native soil , with great green leaves and golden fruit and white blossoms , is a magnificent orange - tree . The orange - tree behind the library at Gibraltar is , to my mind , whether in itself or its surroundings ...
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... feet down into the Mediterranean . Steep as is the giddy height , it is still steeper a little further north , where a long sloping bank of loose sand extends almost from the very summit to the sea below , and cuts off the communication ...
... feet down into the Mediterranean . Steep as is the giddy height , it is still steeper a little further north , where a long sloping bank of loose sand extends almost from the very summit to the sea below , and cuts off the communication ...
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... feet below , where we see the soldiers moving as on a chess - board , or watch the artillery practice from one of the forts at the water's edge . The ledge of earth on which the town stands is inter- rupted by the public gardens , which ...
... feet below , where we see the soldiers moving as on a chess - board , or watch the artillery practice from one of the forts at the water's edge . The ledge of earth on which the town stands is inter- rupted by the public gardens , which ...
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... feet long and , perhaps , not less than thirty - five in height . The walls bear the Gobelin hangings which give a name to the chamber . They are of good design and in brilliant preservation , though a hundred and fifty years have ...
... feet long and , perhaps , not less than thirty - five in height . The walls bear the Gobelin hangings which give a name to the chamber . They are of good design and in brilliant preservation , though a hundred and fifty years have ...
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