Four Months in Algeria: With a Visit to Carthage |
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... passed the Marseilles lighthouse , carrying twelve or fourteen deck and second cabin passengers , but only myself in the chief cabin . I was well con- tent to accept the dulness of my solitary state in consideration of the comfort ...
... passed the Marseilles lighthouse , carrying twelve or fourteen deck and second cabin passengers , but only myself in the chief cabin . I was well con- tent to accept the dulness of my solitary state in consideration of the comfort ...
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... passing through the channel which separates that island from Majorca . While about two leagues off the former , we were met by the packet from Algiers , the first vessel we had seen since quitting the shores of France , as the ordinary ...
... passing through the channel which separates that island from Majorca . While about two leagues off the former , we were met by the packet from Algiers , the first vessel we had seen since quitting the shores of France , as the ordinary ...
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... passing over the latter struck most piercingly whenever an ascent of the Sahel brought one within its range . The greatest peril which an invalid has to encounter during an Algerian winter undoubtedly arises from this cause . The snow ...
... passing over the latter struck most piercingly whenever an ascent of the Sahel brought one within its range . The greatest peril which an invalid has to encounter during an Algerian winter undoubtedly arises from this cause . The snow ...
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... by Algerian antiquaries to have occupied the site of Fouka , ncar Koleah . It passed from thence to Tipasa , and Julia Cæsarea , the modern Cherchel . The other , following the course of the The LIMIT OF ITS SIZE . 15 Rue Bab - Azoun.
... by Algerian antiquaries to have occupied the site of Fouka , ncar Koleah . It passed from thence to Tipasa , and Julia Cæsarea , the modern Cherchel . The other , following the course of the The LIMIT OF ITS SIZE . 15 Rue Bab - Azoun.
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... passed through Kabylie at no great distance from the coast , which it probably struck at all points where the nature of the shore allowed the formation of a marine town , and finally terminated at Carthage . Icosium could never have ...
... passed through Kabylie at no great distance from the coast , which it probably struck at all points where the nature of the shore allowed the formation of a marine town , and finally terminated at Carthage . Icosium could never have ...
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