A Narrative of the Siege of Kars: And of the Six Months' Resistance by the Turkish Garrison Under General Williams to the Russian Army: Together with a Narrative of Travels and Adventures in Armenia and Lazistan; with Remarks on the Present State of Turkey |
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... hills and perfumed groves ! How have I revelled in the contemplation of Nature's beauties in each rocky dell and solitary meadow ! I am now about to explore new countries , to plunge into scenes far from civilisation , and to study new ...
... hills and perfumed groves ! How have I revelled in the contemplation of Nature's beauties in each rocky dell and solitary meadow ! I am now about to explore new countries , to plunge into scenes far from civilisation , and to study new ...
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... hills covered with forest and brushwood ; a little fishing - village appearing from time to time in a lovely and secluded dell , with three or four high - prowed , antique - looking boats drawn up on the beach , and large - turbaned ...
... hills covered with forest and brushwood ; a little fishing - village appearing from time to time in a lovely and secluded dell , with three or four high - prowed , antique - looking boats drawn up on the beach , and large - turbaned ...
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... the deck of the vessel , Trebizond is pic- turesque in the extreme . The houses of wood are clus- tered together on the side of a high hill , and on the east of the town a promontory juts out , terminating in 16 Part I. TREBIZOND .
... the deck of the vessel , Trebizond is pic- turesque in the extreme . The houses of wood are clus- tered together on the side of a high hill , and on the east of the town a promontory juts out , terminating in 16 Part I. TREBIZOND .
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... hill - side during a rainy night , and dry yourself in the sun the next day . Your diet will consist of very black coarse bread , certain preparations of milk and stringy fowls , or the game you kill on the road . I know very few tracts ...
... hill - side during a rainy night , and dry yourself in the sun the next day . Your diet will consist of very black coarse bread , certain preparations of milk and stringy fowls , or the game you kill on the road . I know very few tracts ...
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... hill sides . Forests of pine were scattered over the mountain tops , the deep valleys were for the most part flooded in a sea of mist , from the depths of which came up the shouting of the peasants and the lowing of the cattle ...
... hill sides . Forests of pine were scattered over the mountain tops , the deep valleys were for the most part flooded in a sea of mist , from the depths of which came up the shouting of the peasants and the lowing of the cattle ...
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