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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... reached or passed the second cataract of the Nile seven several times ; that he has visited both Mecca and Medina , and places lower down to the very borders of Yemen , and Jerusalem frequently ; that Petra , and Palmyra , and all the ...
... reached or passed the second cataract of the Nile seven several times ; that he has visited both Mecca and Medina , and places lower down to the very borders of Yemen , and Jerusalem frequently ; that Petra , and Palmyra , and all the ...
Side 15
... reached the place named in our instructions . Here our corps took up its quarters for some time ; and as we were in a new and intricate country , I thought the opportu- nity a good one for effecting my desertion , which I did , not ...
... reached the place named in our instructions . Here our corps took up its quarters for some time ; and as we were in a new and intricate country , I thought the opportu- nity a good one for effecting my desertion , which I did , not ...
Side 21
... reached Venice , where it so happened that Buonaparte himself , now King of Italy , was at that time * ; and it was , as I believe , owing entirely to this circum- stance that my worst forebodings were not realized , and that my life ...
... reached Venice , where it so happened that Buonaparte himself , now King of Italy , was at that time * ; and it was , as I believe , owing entirely to this circum- stance that my worst forebodings were not realized , and that my life ...
Side 27
... proceeded but a very few miles from the island , so as scarce to have reached the open part of the gulf , before the gale rose at once to a most furious height , every wave breaking over our vessel . Ch . I. ] 27 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
... proceeded but a very few miles from the island , so as scarce to have reached the open part of the gulf , before the gale rose at once to a most furious height , every wave breaking over our vessel . Ch . I. ] 27 OF GIOVANNI FINATI .
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... reached it before the sun was down , and peeping cautiously from thence upon the city , so commanded it as to be able to discern almost every thing that was passing there ; amongst the rest , we could very plainly distinguish the mus ...
... reached it before the sun was down , and peeping cautiously from thence upon the city , so commanded it as to be able to discern almost every thing that was passing there ; amongst the rest , we could very plainly distinguish the mus ...
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