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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... places lower down to the very borders of Yemen , and Jerusalem frequently ; that Petra , and Palmyra , and all the country beyond Jordan , are among the scenes of his narra- tive , it will be admitted that he has been EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... places lower down to the very borders of Yemen , and Jerusalem frequently ; that Petra , and Palmyra , and all the country beyond Jordan , are among the scenes of his narra- tive , it will be admitted that he has been EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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... scenes , had they fallen in the way of one possessed of more knowledge and information than I am , might have furnished a work of a very different description from any that I can pretend to offer . My name is Giovanni Finati ; I was ...
... scenes , had they fallen in the way of one possessed of more knowledge and information than I am , might have furnished a work of a very different description from any that I can pretend to offer . My name is Giovanni Finati ; I was ...
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... scene of life unexpectedly opened upon me . Italy had fallen into the power of the * Sir Walter Scott says , " The northern states of Italy had followed the example of France through all her change of models : they had become republican ...
... scene of life unexpectedly opened upon me . Italy had fallen into the power of the * Sir Walter Scott says , " The northern states of Italy had followed the example of France through all her change of models : they had become republican ...
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... 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 was to set out under an escort for Milan ; whither twenty- two other deserters ...
... 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 was to set out under an escort for Milan ; whither twenty- two other deserters ...
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... scene of disaster presented itself ; terror , sea - sickness , hunger , ex- haustion with some , suffocation , and the consequences of confined air with more , who were all previously invalids , had taken such effect , that thirty - one ...
... scene of disaster presented itself ; terror , sea - sickness , hunger , ex- haustion with some , suffocation , and the consequences of confined air with more , who were all previously invalids , had taken such effect , that thirty - one ...
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