Uncle Oliver's Travels in Persia, Volym 1H.G. Bohn, 1846 |
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... habits ; but now I intend to do so . The means and instruments by which I have gained my honest fortune would then be ready for another , to do the same with them that I have done . But who is it to whom I shall give my business ? I ...
... habits ; but now I intend to do so . The means and instruments by which I have gained my honest fortune would then be ready for another , to do the same with them that I have done . But who is it to whom I shall give my business ? I ...
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... habit of ascending as high as possible to collect sulphur . They go through a course of training before they set out , and fortify themselves by eating garlick and onions . None of these men ever succeeded in an attempt to reach the top ...
... habit of ascending as high as possible to collect sulphur . They go through a course of training before they set out , and fortify themselves by eating garlick and onions . None of these men ever succeeded in an attempt to reach the top ...
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... habits of life among the people who receive it , and what is the cost of the food they use the most . By this rule I find that one pound will go as far in supplying an Arab with his necessaries as five pounds will go with an English ...
... habits of life among the people who receive it , and what is the cost of the food they use the most . By this rule I find that one pound will go as far in supplying an Arab with his necessaries as five pounds will go with an English ...
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... habit of giving him the credit of every useful work of the origin of which they are ignorant . The honour of the great work you mention does , however , certainly belong to him . The soil of the provinces near the Caspian Sea is ...
... habit of giving him the credit of every useful work of the origin of which they are ignorant . The honour of the great work you mention does , however , certainly belong to him . The soil of the provinces near the Caspian Sea is ...
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... habit of going across this desert to plunder the Persians , they train their horses to bear the fatigue of continual travelling for several days with a very scanty supply of food and water . Horses thus trained are of the highest value ...
... habit of going across this desert to plunder the Persians , they train their horses to bear the fatigue of continual travelling for several days with a very scanty supply of food and water . Horses thus trained are of the highest value ...
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