The Foreign quarterly review [ed. by J.G. Cochrane]., Volume 19John George Cochrane 1837 |
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... naturally much more detailed in his description of the capital than in that of the other towns , where his residence had been more brief , and , on the whole , under less favourable circumstances . The city of Algiers - which in form ...
... naturally much more detailed in his description of the capital than in that of the other towns , where his residence had been more brief , and , on the whole , under less favourable circumstances . The city of Algiers - which in form ...
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... natural history of the country , the second to the characteristics and manners of the different tribes who inhabit it , and the third to the descrip- tion of the country itself . We have preferred taking the latter first , as containing ...
... natural history of the country , the second to the characteristics and manners of the different tribes who inhabit it , and the third to the descrip- tion of the country itself . We have preferred taking the latter first , as containing ...
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... natural apathy , the Bedouins had been struck with the appearance of these monuments ; they easily perceived that the stones which composed them were not there in their natural position ; they had made searches about several , probably ...
... natural apathy , the Bedouins had been struck with the appearance of these monuments ; they easily perceived that the stones which composed them were not there in their natural position ; they had made searches about several , probably ...
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... natural steps in the rock . Here the scenery was very desolate , with scarcely any vegetation ; but the prospect was mag- nificent , with the vast plains of the Metidja below , traversed in a thousand windings by the Aratsch , the ...
... natural steps in the rock . Here the scenery was very desolate , with scarcely any vegetation ; but the prospect was mag- nificent , with the vast plains of the Metidja below , traversed in a thousand windings by the Aratsch , the ...
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... natural scenery , and his narrative becomes here extremely interesting . He afterwards visited the coast of the Metidja and Cape Matifou , and then returned to Algiers . The population of the regency of Algiers , of whose manners ...
... natural scenery , and his narrative becomes here extremely interesting . He afterwards visited the coast of the Metidja and Cape Matifou , and then returned to Algiers . The population of the regency of Algiers , of whose manners ...
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