New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, 102. köideThomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Thomas Hood, Theodore Edward Hook, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1854 |
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... reached the foot of the first hills , barely thirty yards high , which form the mouth of the Wad es Zuwairah , and which we begin to ascend thirty - two minutes past three , continuing our journey at first in a direct westerly direction ...
... reached the foot of the first hills , barely thirty yards high , which form the mouth of the Wad es Zuwairah , and which we begin to ascend thirty - two minutes past three , continuing our journey at first in a direct westerly direction ...
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... reaching an elevation of 200 to 300 feet . It is entirely composed of rock - salt , covered only by a thin layer of clay and lime . Entering the plain from the Wadi Zuwairah , one sees that the Salt Mountain does not stand altogether ...
... reaching an elevation of 200 to 300 feet . It is entirely composed of rock - salt , covered only by a thin layer of clay and lime . Entering the plain from the Wadi Zuwairah , one sees that the Salt Mountain does not stand altogether ...
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... reached a small bush where something white was fluttering , which he stooped to pick up . " As - tu attrappé quelque chose , Prosper ? " " Je crois bien , Théophile ; voilà un très joli mouchoir ! Tiens ! il y a un nom brodé au coin ...
... reached a small bush where something white was fluttering , which he stooped to pick up . " As - tu attrappé quelque chose , Prosper ? " " Je crois bien , Théophile ; voilà un très joli mouchoir ! Tiens ! il y a un nom brodé au coin ...
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... reached his friend . " You've got your pocket Nugent about you ; just look . " Ruggles took out his little dictionary , and finding the word after some trouble , having looked for it under the letter W , replied : " Wizzawee ...
... reached his friend . " You've got your pocket Nugent about you ; just look . " Ruggles took out his little dictionary , and finding the word after some trouble , having looked for it under the letter W , replied : " Wizzawee ...
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... reached the Camp he found that an order had just been received from Paris for the 38th to march at daylight to embark on board of one of the English men - of - war at Calais . He was consequently disappointed both of the odd breakfast ...
... reached the Camp he found that an order had just been received from Paris for the 38th to march at daylight to embark on board of one of the English men - of - war at Calais . He was consequently disappointed both of the odd breakfast ...
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