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... followed , mounted on beautiful horses , the five merchants to whom the caravan belonged . They were mostly men of advanced age , earnest and grave in appearance , only one seemed much younger than his companions , as well as livelier ...
... followed , mounted on beautiful horses , the five merchants to whom the caravan belonged . They were mostly men of advanced age , earnest and grave in appearance , only one seemed much younger than his companions , as well as livelier ...
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... followed another person less richly dressed ; him also I had seen stretched on deck . The Captain , for there was no doubt it was he , had a pale face , a large black beard and fiery eyes , with which he looked around the whole cabin ...
... followed another person less richly dressed ; him also I had seen stretched on deck . The Captain , for there was no doubt it was he , had a pale face , a large black beard and fiery eyes , with which he looked around the whole cabin ...
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... followed . When , after many hours , we ventured to ascend , we found everything as before ; not one had shifted his place ; all lay as stiff as wood . Thus we passed many days on board this ship , and constantly steered on an eastern ...
... followed . When , after many hours , we ventured to ascend , we found everything as before ; not one had shifted his place ; all lay as stiff as wood . Thus we passed many days on board this ship , and constantly steered on an eastern ...
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... followed by five slaves provided with saws and hatchets . On the road the magician Muley could not sufficiently laud the happy thought of tacking the Koran verses upon the sails . He said that this had been the only means of our ...
... followed by five slaves provided with saws and hatchets . On the road the magician Muley could not sufficiently laud the happy thought of tacking the Koran verses upon the sails . He said that this had been the only means of our ...
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... followed my brother's , gained on it , having a greater number of rowers , and always kept between the shore and our bark . The girls , however , on seeing the danger in which they were , jumped up and uttered cries of distress . In ...
... followed my brother's , gained on it , having a greater number of rowers , and always kept between the shore and our bark . The girls , however , on seeing the danger in which they were , jumped up and uttered cries of distress . In ...
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