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... God is great . " Linkum Fidelius's " Calm Crocodile , or the Sphinx unriddled . " 66 -He saw all the rarities at Cairo , as also the Pyramids , and sailing up the Nile , viewed the famous towns on each side of that river . " Story of ...
... God is great . " Linkum Fidelius's " Calm Crocodile , or the Sphinx unriddled . " 66 -He saw all the rarities at Cairo , as also the Pyramids , and sailing up the Nile , viewed the famous towns on each side of that river . " Story of ...
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... GOD , XXXIV . - FLAMINGOES , XXXV . - CLEOPATRA , XXXVI . - MEMNON , XXXVII . - DEAD KINGS , PAGE 168 . 175 184 . 192 197 206 215 224 · 234 250 260 € 265 283 • • . 293 300 XXXVIII . - BURIED , • XXXIX . - DEAD QUEENS , XL . - ET CETERA ...
... GOD , XXXIV . - FLAMINGOES , XXXV . - CLEOPATRA , XXXVI . - MEMNON , XXXVII . - DEAD KINGS , PAGE 168 . 175 184 . 192 197 206 215 224 · 234 250 260 € 265 283 • • . 293 300 XXXVIII . - BURIED , • XXXIX . - DEAD QUEENS , XL . - ET CETERA ...
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... sour limes cries , " God make them light - limes " -meaning not the fruit nor the stomach of the purchaser , but his purse . And what would the prisoners of the pass- • ing black balloons say to the ambiguousness of " 4 NILE NOTES .
... sour limes cries , " God make them light - limes " -meaning not the fruit nor the stomach of the purchaser , but his purse . And what would the prisoners of the pass- • ing black balloons say to the ambiguousness of " 4 NILE NOTES .
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... God , the compassionate , the merciful . " For so say all pious Muslim , undertaking an arduous task ; and so let all pious Howadji exclaim when they set forth with any of those " guides , philoso- phers , and friends , " the couriers ...
... God , the compassionate , the merciful . " For so say all pious Muslim , undertaking an arduous task ; and so let all pious Howadji exclaim when they set forth with any of those " guides , philoso- phers , and friends , " the couriers ...
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... gods , and their sculptors and painters represented him with the face and legs of a goat . Why they did so , Herodotus prefers not to mention ; as , indeed , our good father of history was so careful of his children's morals , that he ...
... gods , and their sculptors and painters represented him with the face and legs of a goat . Why they did so , Herodotus prefers not to mention ; as , indeed , our good father of history was so careful of his children's morals , that he ...
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Страница 3 - But he rather stared than saluted, as friends may, in a masquerade. There was Sinbad the porter, too, hurrying to Sinbad the sailor. I turned and watched his form fade in the twilight, yet I doubt if he reached Bagdad in time for the eighth history. Scarce had he passed when a long string of donkeys ambled by, bearing each, one of the inflated balloons. It was a hareem taking the evening air. A huge eunuch was the captain, and rode before.