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... heard of my impending departure sent a sufficiently large collection of wooden pipes , ' in case I ran short of those useful commodities , ' to stock a tobacconist shop in the valley of the Euphrates or on the top of the Kop - Dagh ...
... heard of my impending departure sent a sufficiently large collection of wooden pipes , ' in case I ran short of those useful commodities , ' to stock a tobacconist shop in the valley of the Euphrates or on the top of the Kop - Dagh ...
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... heard that simultaneous feints were to take place at many points , so as to weaken the Turkish line of defence ; and that the troops , concentrated at its weakest spot , were to cross by pontoons into Bulgaria . Then came that delay ...
... heard that simultaneous feints were to take place at many points , so as to weaken the Turkish line of defence ; and that the troops , concentrated at its weakest spot , were to cross by pontoons into Bulgaria . Then came that delay ...
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... heard the people talking ; every now and then they fired shot and musketry , but I hardly heard the whiz of the projectiles . My principal anxiety was that we might get on one of the many banks so common in the Danube , and I had ...
... heard the people talking ; every now and then they fired shot and musketry , but I hardly heard the whiz of the projectiles . My principal anxiety was that we might get on one of the many banks so common in the Danube , and I had ...
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... heard no sound whatever , save that of our horses ' hoofs , on the almost untrodden bridle - path . On emerging , we found ourselves on a vast open plain , across which we made great haste , so as to secure before nightfall our first ...
... heard no sound whatever , save that of our horses ' hoofs , on the almost untrodden bridle - path . On emerging , we found ourselves on a vast open plain , across which we made great haste , so as to secure before nightfall our first ...
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... heard to complain on that score , having no maudlin sentiment with reference to water , save perhaps for the purpose of coffee - making . We did occasion- ally find a primitive Turkish bath , which we invariably made IM THE VILLAGE ...
... heard to complain on that score , having no maudlin sentiment with reference to water , save perhaps for the purpose of coffee - making . We did occasion- ally find a primitive Turkish bath , which we invariably made IM THE VILLAGE ...
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