Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia |
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Page 4
... believe what Dr. used to tell us at school . There is no harbour , not even a bay , and a rolling sea comes in sometimes which looks , and I should think must be , awfully dangerous . I have seen the whole of the keel of the ships at ...
... believe what Dr. used to tell us at school . There is no harbour , not even a bay , and a rolling sea comes in sometimes which looks , and I should think must be , awfully dangerous . I have seen the whole of the keel of the ships at ...
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... believe they consider dig- nified , and imagine that it is done in imitation of Sultan Mahmoud , who , whether it was his natural voice or not , always spoke as if his voice came out of his stomach instead of his mouth . Abdallah Pasha ...
... believe they consider dig- nified , and imagine that it is done in imitation of Sultan Mahmoud , who , whether it was his natural voice or not , always spoke as if his voice came out of his stomach instead of his mouth . Abdallah Pasha ...
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... believe , been knocked to pieces in the Russian war- there are still two or three curious ancient tombs and some other incomprehensible old buildings . The building containing the prison , which was in constant use in the good old times ...
... believe , been knocked to pieces in the Russian war- there are still two or three curious ancient tombs and some other incomprehensible old buildings . The building containing the prison , which was in constant use in the good old times ...
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... believe his reputation was increased by his silence , as is the case among many other distinguished characters besides the clock of Erzeroom . Now it came to pass , once upon a time , that the great Pasha or viceroy of the wide realms ...
... believe his reputation was increased by his silence , as is the case among many other distinguished characters besides the clock of Erzeroom . Now it came to pass , once upon a time , that the great Pasha or viceroy of the wide realms ...
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... believe , since the reign of Hadji Kiamili Pasha , few or none had been consigned to this horrible abode . The shape of it below , I understood , was that of the inside of a bottle ; it was between twenty and thirty feet deep ; vermin ...
... believe , since the reign of Hadji Kiamili Pasha , few or none had been consigned to this horrible abode . The shape of it below , I understood , was that of the inside of a bottle ; it was between twenty and thirty feet deep ; vermin ...
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