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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... villages , so that Marmont could only be said to reign over the ashes of that country . This desperate body had afterwards re- tired up into the fastnesses , and fixing there , and becoming incorporated with a native race of hardy and ...
... villages , so that Marmont could only be said to reign over the ashes of that country . This desperate body had afterwards re- tired up into the fastnesses , and fixing there , and becoming incorporated with a native race of hardy and ...
Page 89
... pendents , still remained scattered up and down through the villages and in all parts of the country , and retained offices and posts which had been given to them under that dynasty Ch . II . ] 89 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
... pendents , still remained scattered up and down through the villages and in all parts of the country , and retained offices and posts which had been given to them under that dynasty Ch . II . ] 89 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
Page 95
... villages and the whole territory , that a better course of life could hardly be ex- pected from them ; robberies , therefore , and violences , and even murders , became matters of daily occurrence . We were destined , a little lower ...
... villages and the whole territory , that a better course of life could hardly be ex- pected from them ; robberies , therefore , and violences , and even murders , became matters of daily occurrence . We were destined , a little lower ...
Page 117
... , to which I belonged , was now near the village of Matarieh * , some miles to the northward * Anciently Heliopolis . The little lake , called Birket- of the city , and I was required on duty Ch . II . ] 117 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
... , to which I belonged , was now near the village of Matarieh * , some miles to the northward * Anciently Heliopolis . The little lake , called Birket- of the city , and I was required on duty Ch . II . ] 117 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
Page 152
... villages within reach , from which many necessaries might be procured , though not without difficulty ; for the Wahabees and their allies , well aware of the frequency with which our wants obliged us to stray be- yond our walls and ...
... villages within reach , from which many necessaries might be procured , though not without difficulty ; for the Wahabees and their allies , well aware of the frequency with which our wants obliged us to stray be- yond our walls and ...
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