Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia |
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... hand , on a level of fifty or more feet below . The view from hence on all sides is lovely . The glorious blue sea - for it is not black here on the right hand ; the walls and towers crumbling into ruin behind you , the hills to the ...
... hand , on a level of fifty or more feet below . The view from hence on all sides is lovely . The glorious blue sea - for it is not black here on the right hand ; the walls and towers crumbling into ruin behind you , the hills to the ...
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... hand , even of the illustrious Anna Comnena herself . Her portrait , after the lapse of 600 years , would be most interesting ; but I do not envy the Cæsar who obtained the honour of an alliance with that princess of the cærulean hose ...
... hand , even of the illustrious Anna Comnena herself . Her portrait , after the lapse of 600 years , would be most interesting ; but I do not envy the Cæsar who obtained the honour of an alliance with that princess of the cærulean hose ...
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... hands of the English into those of the Greek merchants . The steamer running from Constantinople is constantly laden with goods , and much more would be sent if additional steamers were ready to convey it . Our party was received under ...
... hands of the English into those of the Greek merchants . The steamer running from Constantinople is constantly laden with goods , and much more would be sent if additional steamers were ready to convey it . Our party was received under ...
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... hands in my pockets , and nevertheless galloped along , at least the horse did , and all the better for my not holding the bridle . In mountain travelling this is perhaps the most necessary of all the whole craft and art of horse- Chap ...
... hands in my pockets , and nevertheless galloped along , at least the horse did , and all the better for my not holding the bridle . In mountain travelling this is perhaps the most necessary of all the whole craft and art of horse- Chap ...
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... hand- some , though the principal apartment is covered with a dome , like those in finer towns . The mosques amount , it is said , to forty - five : I never saw half so many myself . Many of them are insignificant edifices ; the ...
... hand- some , though the principal apartment is covered with a dome , like those in finer towns . The mosques amount , it is said , to forty - five : I never saw half so many myself . Many of them are insignificant edifices ; the ...
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