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... appearance , being without any other furniture than the lamps slung from the roof , a wooden pulpit near the centre , and the floor laid with matting and ragged Turkey carpets here and there . These two mosques are the cathedrals of two ...
... appearance , being without any other furniture than the lamps slung from the roof , a wooden pulpit near the centre , and the floor laid with matting and ragged Turkey carpets here and there . These two mosques are the cathedrals of two ...
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... appearance , and are inconceivably filthy within . The cattle , goats , and dogs are usually admitted to the same poor shelter with their owners ; and while they promote warmth during the chilly nights , do not aid in dimin- ishing the ...
... appearance , and are inconceivably filthy within . The cattle , goats , and dogs are usually admitted to the same poor shelter with their owners ; and while they promote warmth during the chilly nights , do not aid in dimin- ishing the ...
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... appearance , is only interesting from its being the head - quarters of General Yusuf and his Turcos , or native troops , known in the Crimea as the " blue Zouaves . " Earthquakes and sieges have utterly destroyed all that was ancient or ...
... appearance , is only interesting from its being the head - quarters of General Yusuf and his Turcos , or native troops , known in the Crimea as the " blue Zouaves . " Earthquakes and sieges have utterly destroyed all that was ancient or ...
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... appearance , and are inconceivably filthy within . The cattle , goats , and dogs are usually admitted to the same poor shelter with their owners ; and while they promote warmth during the chilly nights , do not aid in dimin- ishing the ...
... appearance , and are inconceivably filthy within . The cattle , goats , and dogs are usually admitted to the same poor shelter with their owners ; and while they promote warmth during the chilly nights , do not aid in dimin- ishing the ...
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... appearance of a colossal gateway hewn through the cliff by some Titanic hand . During this ride we had a misadventure which might have entailed inconvenient consequences in the moun- tains . Having flushed a covey of partridge , we both ...
... appearance of a colossal gateway hewn through the cliff by some Titanic hand . During this ride we had a misadventure which might have entailed inconvenient consequences in the moun- tains . Having flushed a covey of partridge , we both ...
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