A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central AsiaCassell, 1895 - 334 pages |
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... CASSELL AND COMPANY , LIMITED LONDON , PARIS & MELBOURNE 1895 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED C.H. PUBLIC LIBRARY 196662A ASTOR , LENOX D TILDEN FOUND ....
... CASSELL AND COMPANY , LIMITED LONDON , PARIS & MELBOURNE 1895 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED C.H. PUBLIC LIBRARY 196662A ASTOR , LENOX D TILDEN FOUND ....
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... company . This the Rus- sian gentleman objected to in very strong terms . In addition to the smell of the pedlar's body and his garments , there was good reason to believe that a vast amount of what it is not necessary here to men- tion ...
... company . This the Rus- sian gentleman objected to in very strong terms . In addition to the smell of the pedlar's body and his garments , there was good reason to believe that a vast amount of what it is not necessary here to men- tion ...
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... company , who appeared a little annoyed at my evident unwillingness to undergo this process of pumping , remarked that there had been several rob- beries in the neighbourhood . " Yes , there have , " said another , and the assemblage ...
... company , who appeared a little annoyed at my evident unwillingness to undergo this process of pumping , remarked that there had been several rob- beries in the neighbourhood . " Yes , there have , " said another , and the assemblage ...
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... firm in St. Petersburg , so as to inquire what price he would give . I then discovered that no one else in Orenburg would change the sovereigns on any terms whatever , and so had to accept these conditions . The following day I was ...
... firm in St. Petersburg , so as to inquire what price he would give . I then discovered that no one else in Orenburg would change the sovereigns on any terms whatever , and so had to accept these conditions . The following day I was ...
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... . You are too old a soldier not to have done so , " and with these words he shut a door which separated me from the rest of the company . I had fortunately , in anticipation of some such event , brought an air mattress from England . It.
... . You are too old a soldier not to have done so , " and with these words he shut a door which separated me from the rest of the company . I had fortunately , in anticipation of some such event , brought an air mattress from England . It.
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Page 233 - Not only was it far from the intention of the Emperor to take possession of Khiva, but positive orders had been prepared to prevent it, and directions given that the conditions imposed should be such as could not in any way lead to a prolonged occupancy of Khiva.