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... heart of the empire . Among the great potentates of the earth , the coin that is most currently used , in proffers to each other of amity and friendship , is a horse . And accordingly , the Beys of Tunis , of Algiers , and Egypt ; 10 ...
... heart of the empire . Among the great potentates of the earth , the coin that is most currently used , in proffers to each other of amity and friendship , is a horse . And accordingly , the Beys of Tunis , of Algiers , and Egypt ; 10 ...
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... heart , and be it what it may , they know I cannot deny it to you ! " Bruce , of course , asked to be conducted immediately to the head of the Nile . Fasil then turned to his seven chiefs , who got up . They all stood round in a circle ...
... heart , and be it what it may , they know I cannot deny it to you ! " Bruce , of course , asked to be conducted immediately to the head of the Nile . Fasil then turned to his seven chiefs , who got up . They all stood round in a circle ...
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... heart of Russia has occupied , they have been the objects of the greatest care . His Majesty greatly admired the beauty , strength , and symmetry of the horses , and expressed to the Counts Schouvaloff how gratified he felt at a mark of ...
... heart of Russia has occupied , they have been the objects of the greatest care . His Majesty greatly admired the beauty , strength , and symmetry of the horses , and expressed to the Counts Schouvaloff how gratified he felt at a mark of ...
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... courage all at once evaporates , and with heaving flank , panting nostrils , palpitating heart , flabby muscles , and the perspiration bursting through every pore : in the skin , he then allows his conqueror 20 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER .
... courage all at once evaporates , and with heaving flank , panting nostrils , palpitating heart , flabby muscles , and the perspiration bursting through every pore : in the skin , he then allows his conqueror 20 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER .
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... heart which had never before failed him , and which had been the terror of all who approached him , there exists a weak point , discovered by Mr. Rarey , which has caused his complete subjection to man . " Is this the face that faced ...
... heart which had never before failed him , and which had been the terror of all who approached him , there exists a weak point , discovered by Mr. Rarey , which has caused his complete subjection to man . " Is this the face that faced ...
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