The Crimea: Its Ancient and Modern History: the Khans, the Sultans, and the Czars, with Notices of Its Scenery and PopulationLongman, 1855 - 368 стор. |
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... command of its shores have done little or nothing to facilitate the safety of the mariners who visit them . Upon a coast - line of more than 2000 miles there are not more than twenty lighthouses . The charts have been few in number ...
... command of its shores have done little or nothing to facilitate the safety of the mariners who visit them . Upon a coast - line of more than 2000 miles there are not more than twenty lighthouses . The charts have been few in number ...
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... commands a magnificent view of the coast below , and of the blue expanse of the Euxine beyond . An obelisk near this spot indicates the place where the Emperor Alexander stood to enjoy the prospect , at the period of his last visit to ...
... commands a magnificent view of the coast below , and of the blue expanse of the Euxine beyond . An obelisk near this spot indicates the place where the Emperor Alexander stood to enjoy the prospect , at the period of his last visit to ...
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... when they have to call together the horses and cattle under their charge , station themselves upon their summits to command a view of the surrounding plain ; and MONOTONY OF THE STEPPES . 53 advantage has been taken 52 THE CRIMEA .
... when they have to call together the horses and cattle under their charge , station themselves upon their summits to command a view of the surrounding plain ; and MONOTONY OF THE STEPPES . 53 advantage has been taken 52 THE CRIMEA .
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... commands here , and has a little farm at Inkerman , which must once have been a very considerable and extraordinary town : at present the only remains of it are rooms hewn out of the rock . Here is a large chapel , the pillars and ...
... commands here , and has a little farm at Inkerman , which must once have been a very considerable and extraordinary town : at present the only remains of it are rooms hewn out of the rock . Here is a large chapel , the pillars and ...
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... command admission to the Chris- tian ranks instead of simply accepting it . At the same time , he aspired to the hand of Anne , a sister of the Emperor Basil ; and proposed to win the lady with the sword . Fixing upon Cherson , a ...
... command admission to the Chris- tian ranks instead of simply accepting it . At the same time , he aspired to the hand of Anne , a sister of the Emperor Basil ; and proposed to win the lady with the sword . Fixing upon Cherson , a ...
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