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Page 11
... seven ; and this sum will cover all expenses on the road to guides , ostlers , etc. , amounting to seven piastres per hour , or about four miles . On the ordinary lines of road he may travel three hours in two , being six miles an hour ...
... seven ; and this sum will cover all expenses on the road to guides , ostlers , etc. , amounting to seven piastres per hour , or about four miles . On the ordinary lines of road he may travel three hours in two , being six miles an hour ...
Page 113
... Seven Sleepers : a Among the insipid legends of ecclesiastical history , I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of the younger Theodosius and the conquest ...
... Seven Sleepers : a Among the insipid legends of ecclesiastical history , I am tempted to distinguish the memorable fable of the SEVEN SLEEPERS ; whose imaginary date corresponds with the reign of the younger Theodosius and the conquest ...
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... seven years from his home in Sassoun , to do penance killing demons as well as heathens in Azerbaijan , Aleppo and Baghdad . When Meherr came back to the castle seven years later he found his mace hanging from the door exactly as he ...
... seven years from his home in Sassoun , to do penance killing demons as well as heathens in Azerbaijan , Aleppo and Baghdad . When Meherr came back to the castle seven years later he found his mace hanging from the door exactly as he ...
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