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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Page vii
... in a considerable portion of the travels , and in many of the incidents which he relates , I can give testimony so far to his truth and fidelity ; and therefore feel little doubt that those gentlemen whom he speaks of having accompanied b2.
... in a considerable portion of the travels , and in many of the incidents which he relates , I can give testimony so far to his truth and fidelity ; and therefore feel little doubt that those gentlemen whom he speaks of having accompanied b2.
Page xvii
... give him pleasure to em- ploy , but which it would not become me to render , I have wholly omitted . In the remainder , I have endea- voured generally to follow the Ita- lian as closely as possible , giving , however , to his ...
... give him pleasure to em- ploy , but which it would not become me to render , I have wholly omitted . In the remainder , I have endea- voured generally to follow the Ita- lian as closely as possible , giving , however , to his ...
Page xix
... give , yet when it is seen that he made the circuit of the Dead Sea ; that he pe- netrated to the great Oasis ; that he accompanied Monsieur Linant in his search for the ancient Meroë , and beyond Sennaar ; that he has reached or passed ...
... give , yet when it is seen that he made the circuit of the Dead Sea ; that he pe- netrated to the great Oasis ; that he accompanied Monsieur Linant in his search for the ancient Meroë , and beyond Sennaar ; that he has reached or passed ...
Page 63
... give me a passage to Alexan- dria ; so that , by a singular fatality , the very same vessel that I had first looked to as the means of flying to that country , was destined to be the means of my flying from it . From the moment that ...
... give me a passage to Alexan- dria ; so that , by a singular fatality , the very same vessel that I had first looked to as the means of flying to that country , was destined to be the means of my flying from it . From the moment that ...
Page 115
... gives an instance of this , vol . i . , p . 365 , in which the aggressors were put to death for it by the Governor's order ; and says that the pillage was put a stop to by Tossoon on the third day , after five hun- dred houses had been ...
... gives an instance of this , vol . i . , p . 365 , in which the aggressors were put to death for it by the Governor's order ; and says that the pillage was put a stop to by Tossoon on the third day , after five hun- dred houses had been ...
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