A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central AsiaCassell, 1895 - 334 pages |
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... Furs , in Asia by his Retinue - Worn Out - The Pretty Ice - bearer - Moon - faced Girls- Seville - Gitanas - Buying a Sheep- " Fat ! " - A Beautiful Butcher- A Kirghiz Pipe - Kirghiz Tobacco - Heart Disease - Desultory Warfare -Progress ...
... Furs , in Asia by his Retinue - Worn Out - The Pretty Ice - bearer - Moon - faced Girls- Seville - Gitanas - Buying a Sheep- " Fat ! " - A Beautiful Butcher- A Kirghiz Pipe - Kirghiz Tobacco - Heart Disease - Desultory Warfare -Progress ...
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... furs , had not made the aperture large enough . The consequence was that the difficulties , when I attempted to take a header into the recess of my sleeping apartment , were almost insurmountable . Only on one occasion , and when ...
... furs , had not made the aperture large enough . The consequence was that the difficulties , when I attempted to take a header into the recess of my sleeping apartment , were almost insurmountable . Only on one occasion , and when ...
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... furs , sought the arms of Morpheus . It was an unusual thing to experience such cold in a North German railway - carriage , as generally they are well warmed by means of stoves , and the more fre- quent fault to find with them is ...
... furs , sought the arms of Morpheus . It was an unusual thing to experience such cold in a North German railway - carriage , as generally they are well warmed by means of stoves , and the more fre- quent fault to find with them is ...
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... furs . At Riazan , where it was necessary to wait an hour , and to change trains , a Russian nobleman , who had entered the carriage at an intermediate station , was furious with an old man , the stoker . The latter had omitted to keep ...
... furs . At Riazan , where it was necessary to wait an hour , and to change trains , a Russian nobleman , who had entered the carriage at an intermediate station , was furious with an old man , the stoker . The latter had omitted to keep ...
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... furs and all , and penetrates to the very bones . Determining to be on my guard against the frost , I dressed myself , as I thought , as warmly as possible , and so as to be utterly impervious to the elements . First came three pairs of ...
... furs and all , and penetrates to the very bones . Determining to be on my guard against the frost , I dressed myself , as I thought , as warmly as possible , and so as to be utterly impervious to the elements . First came three pairs of ...
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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.