Scenes in Asia: For the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-home Travellers |
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Alexander Amusement ancient animals Arabs Asia ASIA MINOR Bajazet Bashkir beauty better built buried burning called caravan Caravanserai China Chinese Christ Christian Circassian coloured commerce corner of S.Pauls creatures dead desart dominion eastern Emperor engravings famous fancy feet friends FURTHER INDIA grand grave ground half bound Harris HARRIS AND SON Harris,corner HINDOOSTAN HOFFLAND HOLY LAND horse hundred idols ignorant India inhabitants island J.Harris Jaggernaut Jesus Judea king king of Pegu Lee Boo live look Mahomet mountain Naptha nations natives neighbours o'er once Persia pilgrims plain prey Price pride priests prince principal Published Jan 20 religion river river Jordan ruins Samoieds shores shuttlecock Siberia silk soon sort St Pauls street superstition Syria Tamerlane Tartar temple thing thousand tiger Tonquin tribes Turks Tyre vast vessel walls wear whole wild wonderful worship
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