On the Road to KhivaH.S. King, 1874 - 359 стор. |
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... ridge up which Codrington's stormers went bravely into the jaws of death , looming gauntly against the lustrous sky . I have sat on the smooth green slope whence the little obelisk of stone that guards the dust of those who fell before ...
... ridge up which Codrington's stormers went bravely into the jaws of death , looming gauntly against the lustrous sky . I have sat on the smooth green slope whence the little obelisk of stone that guards the dust of those who fell before ...
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... ridge whence the Temple of Mithridates looks down in scorn upon the showy semi - civilisation of the Coming Race . * But the Caucasus is still untrodden ground , and well worthy of being reserved to the last . There is an air of ...
... ridge whence the Temple of Mithridates looks down in scorn upon the showy semi - civilisation of the Coming Race . * But the Caucasus is still untrodden ground , and well worthy of being reserved to the last . There is an air of ...
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... ridges that rise , wave above wave , into the very sky ; dainty Soukhoum , a little nook of Italian scenery nestling in the lap of the everlasting hills , which stand over it like some weather - beaten veteran with his children at his ...
... ridges that rise , wave above wave , into the very sky ; dainty Soukhoum , a little nook of Italian scenery nestling in the lap of the everlasting hills , which stand over it like some weather - beaten veteran with his children at his ...
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... ridge beyond ridge , like all the waves of the Deluge frozen into forests . Far below , the thin grey streak of the railroad outlines itself amid the sombre green of the hills ; and here and there a swarm of human ants may be seen ...
... ridge beyond ridge , like all the waves of the Deluge frozen into forests . Far below , the thin grey streak of the railroad outlines itself amid the sombre green of the hills ; and here and there a swarm of human ants may be seen ...
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... ridge from which the ancient Georgian fortress looks silently down upon a land whence the sceptre of Georgian royalty has long since departed . At my feet the valley of the Kur lies like a map , throwing out upon its green background ...
... ridge from which the ancient Georgian fortress looks silently down upon a land whence the sceptre of Georgian royalty has long since departed . At my feet the valley of the Kur lies like a map , throwing out upon its green background ...
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