Travels in the East, tr. from [Reise in den Orient] by W.E. Shuckard |
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... whole of the very superficial soil that lies upon it has been brought from Sicily . Nevertheless , Malta possesses a luxuriant vegetation . The palm grows nobly by the side of the olive ; and its oranges are of singularly delicate ...
... whole of the very superficial soil that lies upon it has been brought from Sicily . Nevertheless , Malta possesses a luxuriant vegetation . The palm grows nobly by the side of the olive ; and its oranges are of singularly delicate ...
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... whole sea between Greece and Italy . On the contrary , no artifice of interpretation can do away with the account of the arrival at Syracuse and at Rhegium ( Acts , xxviii . 12 , 13. ) : the expression steering down- wards has no ...
... whole sea between Greece and Italy . On the contrary , no artifice of interpretation can do away with the account of the arrival at Syracuse and at Rhegium ( Acts , xxviii . 12 , 13. ) : the expression steering down- wards has no ...
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... whole of this cold night- bath , but they were again in good spirits ; the negress alone had suffered severely from fever , produced by the nocturnal frost . Late in the evening of the 3d of April we arrived at Alexandria . We had there ...
... whole of this cold night- bath , but they were again in good spirits ; the negress alone had suffered severely from fever , produced by the nocturnal frost . Late in the evening of the 3d of April we arrived at Alexandria . We had there ...
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... whole atmo- sphere . Even after 6 p.m. the heat had remained excessive ; during the night the howling storm had interrupted my slumbers , but this morning it seemed as if even the sun of Egypt was celebrating the Easter Holidays . The ...
... whole atmo- sphere . Even after 6 p.m. the heat had remained excessive ; during the night the howling storm had interrupted my slumbers , but this morning it seemed as if even the sun of Egypt was celebrating the Easter Holidays . The ...
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... whole course of the canal is cheered by broad , flat , green plains and numerous villages . Upon the approach of evening we reached Hatfeh . Clumps of acacias formed its outposts , and its palms , poplars , and sycamores , interspersed ...
... whole course of the canal is cheered by broad , flat , green plains and numerous villages . Upon the approach of evening we reached Hatfeh . Clumps of acacias formed its outposts , and its palms , poplars , and sycamores , interspersed ...
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