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... remained on board ) was not there to enforce her suggestions , he was open to the hints of his servant ( a very sharp fellow ) , who arranged a plan for escaping , and finally brought off his master to Giuseppini's hotel . Some- Our ...
... remained on board ) was not there to enforce her suggestions , he was open to the hints of his servant ( a very sharp fellow ) , who arranged a plan for escaping , and finally brought off his master to Giuseppini's hotel . Some- Our ...
Page 96
... remained for a few minutes either in silence or engaged in very thin conversation , then arose , delivered a second benediction , followed by an elaborate farewell , and departed . - The bewitching power attributed at this day to the ...
... remained for a few minutes either in silence or engaged in very thin conversation , then arose , delivered a second benediction , followed by an elaborate farewell , and departed . - The bewitching power attributed at this day to the ...
Page 106
... remained standing up to the full of her majestic height , perfectly still and motionless , until I had taken my appointed place : she then resumed her seat- not packing herself up according to the mode of the orientals , but allowing ...
... remained standing up to the full of her majestic height , perfectly still and motionless , until I had taken my appointed place : she then resumed her seat- not packing herself up according to the mode of the orientals , but allowing ...
Page 113
... remained undisputed . Lady Hester related to me this other anecdote of her Arab life . It was when the heroic qualities of the Englishwoman were just beginning to be felt amongst the people of the desert , that she was marching one day ...
... remained undisputed . Lady Hester related to me this other anecdote of her Arab life . It was when the heroic qualities of the Englishwoman were just beginning to be felt amongst the people of the desert , that she was marching one day ...
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... remained under her protection . In truth , this half - ruined convent , guarded by the proud heart of an English gentlewoman , was the only spot throughout all Syria and Palestine in which the will of Mehemet Ali and his fierce ...
... remained under her protection . In truth , this half - ruined convent , guarded by the proud heart of an English gentlewoman , was the only spot throughout all Syria and Palestine in which the will of Mehemet Ali and his fierce ...
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