A Winter Pilgrimage: Being an Account of Travels Through Palestine, Italy, and the Island of Cyprus, Accomplished in the Year 1900, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1902 - 355 pages |
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... Turk seated in a box upon the quay . Not until he was satisfied on all these points , indeed , would he allow them the privilege of risking death by drowning in an attempt to reach a steamer which rolled outside the harbour . At length ...
... Turk seated in a box upon the quay . Not until he was satisfied on all these points , indeed , would he allow them the privilege of risking death by drowning in an attempt to reach a steamer which rolled outside the harbour . At length ...
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... Turkish officer watched our departure sus- piciously , though what he imagined we could be carrying out of his ... Turk in a tone not unlike that of a sleepy pigeon , " Coook , Coook , Coook ! oh yes , all right ! Coook , always Coook ...
... Turkish officer watched our departure sus- piciously , though what he imagined we could be carrying out of his ... Turk in a tone not unlike that of a sleepy pigeon , " Coook , Coook , Coook ! oh yes , all right ! Coook , always Coook ...
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... Turks and Saracens , and the monks of the Order of St. Benedict who once dwelt therein have been scattered . The position and arrangement of this cross in its place is wonderful . The cross stands in a blind window , and both its arms ...
... Turks and Saracens , and the monks of the Order of St. Benedict who once dwelt therein have been scattered . The position and arrangement of this cross in its place is wonderful . The cross stands in a blind window , and both its arms ...
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... Turk or Christian , although , as I have said , not averse to murdering each other upon occasion . But of this also more hereafter . Having delivered up the weapon of war and been given an elaborate receipt for the same , we proceeded ...
... Turk or Christian , although , as I have said , not averse to murdering each other upon occasion . But of this also more hereafter . Having delivered up the weapon of war and been given an elaborate receipt for the same , we proceeded ...
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... Turks , its former masters , never seem to make a road ; they only destroy any that may exist . Now in this respect ... Turkish tribute , has by slow degrees con- structed excellent roads between all the principal towns , with bridges ...
... Turks , its former masters , never seem to make a road ; they only destroy any that may exist . Now in this respect ... Turkish tribute , has by slow degrees con- structed excellent roads between all the principal towns , with bridges ...
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