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... - his kneeling camels - his baggage strewed upon the sand but the proper wonders of the land , the cities — the mighty ruins and monuments of bygone ages - he throws back faintly in the dis- You tance . It is thus that he felt , X Preface .
... - his kneeling camels - his baggage strewed upon the sand but the proper wonders of the land , the cities — the mighty ruins and monuments of bygone ages - he throws back faintly in the dis- You tance . It is thus that he felt , X Preface .
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... sand - bars - no slimy river - beds - no black canals - no locks nor docks to divide the very heart of the place from the deep waters . being in the noisiest mart of Stamboul , you would stroll to the quiet side of the way amidst those ...
... sand - bars - no slimy river - beds - no black canals - no locks nor docks to divide the very heart of the place from the deep waters . being in the noisiest mart of Stamboul , you would stroll to the quiet side of the way amidst those ...
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... sands the feet of the armed believers , and to stand in the broad manifest storm - tract of Tartar devasta- tion ; and thus , though surrounded at Constanti- nople by scenes of much interest to the " classical scholar , " I had cast ...
... sands the feet of the armed believers , and to stand in the broad manifest storm - tract of Tartar devasta- tion ; and thus , though surrounded at Constanti- nople by scenes of much interest to the " classical scholar , " I had cast ...
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... sand ; but , in mockery of all life , there were trees borne down by Jordan in some ancient flood , and these , grotesquely planted upon the forlorn shore , spread out their grim skeleton arms all scorched , and charred to blackness ...
... sand ; but , in mockery of all life , there were trees borne down by Jordan in some ancient flood , and these , grotesquely planted upon the forlorn shore , spread out their grim skeleton arms all scorched , and charred to blackness ...
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... sand- hill , which we were forced to choose for our rest- ing - place , was dismal enough . A few slender blades of grass , which here and there singly pierced the sand , mocked bitterly the hunger of our jaded The Dead Sea . 169.
... sand- hill , which we were forced to choose for our rest- ing - place , was dismal enough . A few slender blades of grass , which here and there singly pierced the sand , mocked bitterly the hunger of our jaded The Dead Sea . 169.
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