Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara: Who, Under the Assumed Name of Mahomet, Made the Campaigns Against the Wahabees for the Recovery of Mecca and Medina; and Since Acted as Interpreter to European Travellers in Some Parts Least Visited of Asia and AfricaJ. Murray, 1830 |
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Pàgina 13
... tion . I myself was sent to the military depôt , with the strictest orders that no intercourse or communication should be permitted with my family ; and after five days of close confinement there , was marched off with the other fresh ...
... tion . I myself was sent to the military depôt , with the strictest orders that no intercourse or communication should be permitted with my family ; and after five days of close confinement there , was marched off with the other fresh ...
Pàgina 64
... tion is quick and fiery , but feeling and sensitive , and no less strong and faithful in their attachments ; their great failing is an extreme greediness after money , so that , as they are not sufficiently advanced in civilization to ...
... tion is quick and fiery , but feeling and sensitive , and no less strong and faithful in their attachments ; their great failing is an extreme greediness after money , so that , as they are not sufficiently advanced in civilization to ...
Pàgina 66
... tion or prospect that could reconcile me to putting it in execution . Amongst others , I received such bril- liant and high - coloured accounts of Egypt , from all with whom I spoke on the subject , that I felt a great curiosity and ...
... tion or prospect that could reconcile me to putting it in execution . Amongst others , I received such bril- liant and high - coloured accounts of Egypt , from all with whom I spoke on the subject , that I felt a great curiosity and ...
Pàgina 96
... tion , and before night - fall some had been winners of considerable sums . The losers were now in no temper to leave off , and so , when it grew dark , lanthorns were lighted , and hung from the trees , that the game might be continued ...
... tion , and before night - fall some had been winners of considerable sums . The losers were now in no temper to leave off , and so , when it grew dark , lanthorns were lighted , and hung from the trees , that the game might be continued ...
Pàgina 138
... naviga- tion is subject ; add to this description the most lazy crew of sailors imaginable , and the reader has then a very just picture of a transport on the Red Sea . - This species of 138 LIFE AND ADVENTURES [ Ch . III .
... naviga- tion is subject ; add to this description the most lazy crew of sailors imaginable , and the reader has then a very just picture of a transport on the Red Sea . - This species of 138 LIFE AND ADVENTURES [ Ch . III .
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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara ... Giovanni Finati Visualització completa - 1830 |
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of ..., Volum 1 Giovanni Finati Previsualització no disponible - 2005 |
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara ... Giovanni Finati Previsualització no disponible - 2019 |
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