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... soon made my task so easy , and even amusing , that after a while ( though not in time for your tour ) I completed the scrawl from which this book was originally printed . The very feeling , however , which enabled me to write thus ...
... soon made my task so easy , and even amusing , that after a while ( though not in time for your tour ) I completed the scrawl from which this book was originally printed . The very feeling , however , which enabled me to write thus ...
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... soon neared the southern bank of the river , but no sounds came down from the blank walls above , and there was no living thing that we could yet see , except one great hovering bird of the vul- ture race flying low and intent , and ...
... soon neared the southern bank of the river , but no sounds came down from the blank walls above , and there was no living thing that we could yet see , except one great hovering bird of the vul- ture race flying low and intent , and ...
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... Soon the coffee - bearers appeared , every man carrying separately his tiny cup in a small metal stand ; and presently to each of us there came a pipe- bearer a grave and solemn functionary , who first rested the bowl of the tchibouque ...
... Soon the coffee - bearers appeared , every man carrying separately his tiny cup in a small metal stand ; and presently to each of us there came a pipe- bearer a grave and solemn functionary , who first rested the bowl of the tchibouque ...
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... soon flowed with milk , and mountains of eggs arose . And soon there was tea before us , with all its welcome fragrance ; and as we reclined on the floor we found that a portmanteau was just the right height for a table . The duty of ...
... soon flowed with milk , and mountains of eggs arose . And soon there was tea before us , with all its welcome fragrance ; and as we reclined on the floor we found that a portmanteau was just the right height for a table . The duty of ...
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... began . Cloaked , and sombre , at first we made our sullen way through the darkness with scarcely one barter of words ; but soon the genial morn burst down from heaven , and stirred the blood so gladly through our veins , 24 Eothen .
... began . Cloaked , and sombre , at first we made our sullen way through the darkness with scarcely one barter of words ; but soon the genial morn burst down from heaven , and stirred the blood so gladly through our veins , 24 Eothen .
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