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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... passed the second cataract of the Nile seven several times ; that he has visited both Mecca and Medina , and places lower down to the very borders of Yemen , and Jerusalem frequently ; that Petra , and Palmyra , and all the country ...
... passed the second cataract of the Nile seven several times ; that he has visited both Mecca and Medina , and places lower down to the very borders of Yemen , and Jerusalem frequently ; that Petra , and Palmyra , and all the country ...
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... passed several years in a sort of sullen conformity to my uncle's wishes . At last , just as I had completed my eighteenth year , a very different scene of life unexpectedly opened upon me . Italy had fallen into the power of the * Sir ...
... passed several years in a sort of sullen conformity to my uncle's wishes . At last , just as I had completed my eighteenth year , a very different scene of life unexpectedly opened upon me . Italy had fallen into the power of the * Sir ...
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... passed ; and we were now far advanced into the year 1805 , when the news came , that the substitute who had been provided in my stead had deserted . This was a terrible blow to my poor father , and I could read at once in his eyes that ...
... passed ; and we were now far advanced into the year 1805 , when the news came , that the substitute who had been provided in my stead had deserted . This was a terrible blow to my poor father , and I could read at once in his eyes that ...
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... passed in traversing the deep forests and wilds of that country . In the dead of the last of many such nights , I found myself arrived once more within the limits of the Ferrarese territory : where the thoughts of being so near to my ...
... passed in traversing the deep forests and wilds of that country . In the dead of the last of many such nights , I found myself arrived once more within the limits of the Ferrarese territory : where the thoughts of being so near to my ...
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... passed as miserably as it is possible to conceive , being but one protracted scene of parting ; and afterwards , when I was left alone at night , my own feelings and fears returned upon me with fresh bitterness . On the next morning I ...
... passed as miserably as it is possible to conceive , being but one protracted scene of parting ; and afterwards , when I was left alone at night , my own feelings and fears returned upon me with fresh bitterness . On the next morning I ...
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