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... Woman an ' Outcast ' - A Souvenir- Wonderful Scene - A Mirage - Fearful Thirst — A briny Liquid - Rich Drink - Our Companions - A mendacious Attendant - Peaks of the Alatau - Cutting Wind — Overcome by Fatigue - Welcome Reception ...
... Woman an ' Outcast ' - A Souvenir- Wonderful Scene - A Mirage - Fearful Thirst — A briny Liquid - Rich Drink - Our Companions - A mendacious Attendant - Peaks of the Alatau - Cutting Wind — Overcome by Fatigue - Welcome Reception ...
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... Woman - Enormous Child - A Contrast - Institution for Husbands - A modest Request - Ingenuity of the Russians - A sin- gular Place Enchanting Scene - A pastoral Land - Descent of the Lepsou - A Land of Enchantment - Another Thunderstorm ...
... Woman - Enormous Child - A Contrast - Institution for Husbands - A modest Request - Ingenuity of the Russians - A sin- gular Place Enchanting Scene - A pastoral Land - Descent of the Lepsou - A Land of Enchantment - Another Thunderstorm ...
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... woman , clever and very witty , also very beautiful , with a large well - formed head , thick luxuriant hair , stout , but not too stout for so tall a woman as she appeared to be . When we rose to depart I again shook hands with her ...
... woman , clever and very witty , also very beautiful , with a large well - formed head , thick luxuriant hair , stout , but not too stout for so tall a woman as she appeared to be . When we rose to depart I again shook hands with her ...
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... woman ; but the comical figure she presented when walking across the room with me was ludicrous in the extreme . Whether the husband , who was a very tall man , had been attracted by her singular appearance or by her money ( for she was ...
... woman ; but the comical figure she presented when walking across the room with me was ludicrous in the extreme . Whether the husband , who was a very tall man , had been attracted by her singular appearance or by her money ( for she was ...
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... woman , her husband was dead ; many of these poor unfor- tunates ' have married with the peasantry , or with the daughters of the Cossacks . This woman came with her two children ; I was the bearer of many a message , as well as little ...
... woman , her husband was dead ; many of these poor unfor- tunates ' have married with the peasantry , or with the daughters of the Cossacks . This woman came with her two children ; I was the bearer of many a message , as well as little ...
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