The Countries of the World: Middle East ; Africa ; EuropeCassell, 1876 |
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... exists - just as the Turkish Parliament exists - but as to what it does , except making a prodigious fuss and sweeping the streets when a great official is expected , or after the European residents have presented a more than ordinary ...
... exists - just as the Turkish Parliament exists - but as to what it does , except making a prodigious fuss and sweeping the streets when a great official is expected , or after the European residents have presented a more than ordinary ...
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... exist , and owing to the priestly influence obtained great power throughout the country . The monarch was often ruled by females , the tales of whose ferocity were stock subjects for the early chroniclers . The empire of Congo is ...
... exist , and owing to the priestly influence obtained great power throughout the country . The monarch was often ruled by females , the tales of whose ferocity were stock subjects for the early chroniclers . The empire of Congo is ...
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... exist consists of a few tufts of grass or some bulbous plants , which the Bushmen search for , knowing that they contain a refreshing supply of water . A few antelopes roam over it , and are killed by the nomadic savages , who lie in ...
... exist consists of a few tufts of grass or some bulbous plants , which the Bushmen search for , knowing that they contain a refreshing supply of water . A few antelopes roam over it , and are killed by the nomadic savages , who lie in ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Sultans Principal Palace on the Bosphorus | 9 |
TURKEY PROPER | 15 |
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