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... stand so near to him . He shows you his dragoman , and the gaunt features of his Arabs - his tent- his kneeling camels - his baggage strewed upon the sand but the proper wonders of the land , the cities — the mighty ruins and monuments ...
... stand so near to him . He shows you his dragoman , and the gaunt features of his Arabs - his tent- his kneeling camels - his baggage strewed upon the sand but the proper wonders of the land , the cities — the mighty ruins and monuments ...
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... a friendship that never yet was clouded , I give the long - promised volume , and add but this one Good - bye ! " for I dare not stand greeting you " " here . CONTENT S. PAGR CHAP . I. OVER THE BORDER , xii Preface .
... a friendship that never yet was clouded , I give the long - promised volume , and add but this one Good - bye ! " for I dare not stand greeting you " " here . CONTENT S. PAGR CHAP . I. OVER THE BORDER , xii Preface .
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... stands forbidden by the terrors of the yellow flag . If you dare to break the laws of the quar- antine , you will be tried with military haste ; the court will scream out your sentence to you from a tribunal some fifty yards off ; the ...
... stands forbidden by the terrors of the yellow flag . If you dare to break the laws of the quar- antine , you will be tried with military haste ; the court will scream out your sentence to you from a tribunal some fifty yards off ; the ...
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... 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 at a measured distance on the floor , and then , on this axis , wheeled round the long cherry ...
... 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 at a measured distance on the floor , and then , on this axis , wheeled round the long cherry ...
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... standing in the place of nobles and gentry , are official personages ; and though many ( indeed the greater number ) of these potentates are humbly born and bred , you will seldom , I think , find them wanting in that polished ...
... standing in the place of nobles and gentry , are official personages ; and though many ( indeed the greater number ) of these potentates are humbly born and bred , you will seldom , I think , find them wanting in that polished ...
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