Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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Page 23
... existed between such portions as are still left . It happened by a singular fatality that , through the neglect of the chief of the staff , this alone , of all the buildings in Algiers , was shamefully plundered im- mediately after the ...
... existed between such portions as are still left . It happened by a singular fatality that , through the neglect of the chief of the staff , this alone , of all the buildings in Algiers , was shamefully plundered im- mediately after the ...
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... else it implies a superior education . The Spanish language is pro- bably a traditionary acquirement with them from the time of their exile from Spain , although the 52 RITUAL OF JEWS . many Spanish settlements which existed E 2.
... else it implies a superior education . The Spanish language is pro- bably a traditionary acquirement with them from the time of their exile from Spain , although the 52 RITUAL OF JEWS . many Spanish settlements which existed E 2.
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... existed until recently on the northern coast of Africa must have always rendered it very useful . Their ritual is , as every- where , Hebrew ; but the rabbins preach to them ( at least on some occasions ) in Arabic . I attended a ...
... existed until recently on the northern coast of Africa must have always rendered it very useful . Their ritual is , as every- where , Hebrew ; but the rabbins preach to them ( at least on some occasions ) in Arabic . I attended a ...
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... existed , with the reputation of being insect and reptile - proof , in the neighbourhood of the Cyrenaica , five hundred years afterwards , † and in the time of the Antonines were in repute all over Greece for their skill in curing ...
... existed , with the reputation of being insect and reptile - proof , in the neighbourhood of the Cyrenaica , five hundred years afterwards , † and in the time of the Antonines were in repute all over Greece for their skill in curing ...
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... centres of popu- lation . " The apparent economy of utilizing buildings which already existed outweighed , as was natural , the apprehension of distant and contingent evils , especially A FATAL INVENTION . 99 in the times when the.
... centres of popu- lation . " The apparent economy of utilizing buildings which already existed outweighed , as was natural , the apprehension of distant and contingent evils , especially A FATAL INVENTION . 99 in the times when the.
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