New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... arms , and a shot left a ball in the calf of my leg . When this struggle was over , the Arabs carried off all they could make prize of , and returned to their retreats in the mountains . I dragged myself along , covered with blood ...
... arms , and a shot left a ball in the calf of my leg . When this struggle was over , the Arabs carried off all they could make prize of , and returned to their retreats in the mountains . I dragged myself along , covered with blood ...
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... arms some silver bracelets ; in their eagerness to seize this glittering prey , they did not take the trouble to take off the bracelets , but cut off the poor fel- lows ' arms with their long knives , to get at them the quicker . They ...
... arms some silver bracelets ; in their eagerness to seize this glittering prey , they did not take the trouble to take off the bracelets , but cut off the poor fel- lows ' arms with their long knives , to get at them the quicker . They ...
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... arms concealed in the bushes , as well as more men ; and , as we were going to employ our men in cutting wood for the ship's use , we desired them to take their arms on shore . At the sight of our fire - arms , three out of the four ...
... arms concealed in the bushes , as well as more men ; and , as we were going to employ our men in cutting wood for the ship's use , we desired them to take their arms on shore . At the sight of our fire - arms , three out of the four ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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