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... usually ride on asses , if they go but a mile or two in the city , and call for an ass as they do for a coach in London ; and the women ride astride as men do . These asses pace as fast as any horse , and for one parrah ( or penny ) you ...
... usually ride on asses , if they go but a mile or two in the city , and call for an ass as they do for a coach in London ; and the women ride astride as men do . These asses pace as fast as any horse , and for one parrah ( or penny ) you ...
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... usually retire for his solitary devotion , medita- tions , and fastings . And here , they believe , he had a great part of the alcoran brought him by the angel Gabriel . I have been in this cave , and observ'd that it is not at all ...
... usually retire for his solitary devotion , medita- tions , and fastings . And here , they believe , he had a great part of the alcoran brought him by the angel Gabriel . I have been in this cave , and observ'd that it is not at all ...
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... usually lay open without any bed covering , on the top of the house . Only I took a linen cloth , dipt in water , and after I had wrung it , cover'd myself with it in the night ; and when I awoke , I should find it dry . Then I would ...
... usually lay open without any bed covering , on the top of the house . Only I took a linen cloth , dipt in water , and after I had wrung it , cover'd myself with it in the night ; and when I awoke , I should find it dry . Then I would ...
Contents
THE JOURNEY OF WILLIAM DANIEL FROM LONDON | 51 |
DANIELS ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPENSES | 86 |
DE BRÈVEDENTS ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY TO SENNAR | 166 |
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