Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara: Who, Under the Assumed Name of Mahomet, Made the Campaigns Against the Wahabees for the Recovery of Mecca and Medina; and Since Acted as Interpreter to European Travellers in Some Parts Least Visited of Asia and AfricaJ. Murray, 1830 - Middle East |
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... afterwards , as it was thought , by poison . It is not from any preference to these two writers , above many others , that I have com- pared and cited them , but because they write about the same countries and often about the very same ...
... afterwards , as it was thought , by poison . It is not from any preference to these two writers , above many others , that I have com- pared and cited them , but because they write about the same countries and often about the very same ...
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... but being young and natur- ally active , I afterwards found little difficulty in learning the duties of a soldier , the drill to which the recruits were subjected proving hardly so severe Ch . I. ] 13 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
... but being young and natur- ally active , I afterwards found little difficulty in learning the duties of a soldier , the drill to which the recruits were subjected proving hardly so severe Ch . I. ] 13 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
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... afterwards , when I was left alone at night , my own feelings and fears returned upon me with fresh bitterness . On the next morning I was to set out under an escort for Milan ; whither twenty- two other deserters were dragged besides ...
... afterwards , when I was left alone at night , my own feelings and fears returned upon me with fresh bitterness . On the next morning I was to set out under an escort for Milan ; whither twenty- two other deserters were dragged besides ...
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... afterwards re- tired up into the fastnesses , and fixing there , and becoming incorporated with a native race of hardy and warlike moun- taineers , were constantly upon the watch to annoy and obstruct every operation that was carrying ...
... afterwards re- tired up into the fastnesses , and fixing there , and becoming incorporated with a native race of hardy and warlike moun- taineers , were constantly upon the watch to annoy and obstruct every operation that was carrying ...
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... afterwards , so that I take my leave of her here , and pursue the thread of my own story . As for myself , and my fourteen com- rades , we were all lodged in the principal mosque of Antivări , and there liberally supplied with all that ...
... afterwards , so that I take my leave of her here , and pursue the thread of my own story . As for myself , and my fourteen com- rades , we were all lodged in the principal mosque of Antivări , and there liberally supplied with all that ...
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