Bubbles from Some Brunnens of NassauWiley & Putnam, 1845 - 3 páginas |
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admire appeared Arab ascend Bad-Haus bath bazaar beautiful blue boat bottles brunnen Cairo carriage cheerful church Constantinople countenance crowd dark delightful dirty donkey door dragoman dressed duchy of Nassau Duke Duke of Nassau England English enjoyed eyes face fancy feeling fellow Frauenstein French German Gibraltar grave Greek hand handsome head heard hills horses hour houses huge immense inhabitants Jaffa Janissaries Jerusalem Jews kreuzers ladies Langen-Schwalbach light look magnificent Malta Mattiaci mind morning mosque mountain Nassau nature never Nieder-Selters night noble observed once palace party passed peasants picture poor postilion Rhine round Rudesheim scarcely scene Schlangenbad Schwalbach seemed seen shining ship short side sight Smyrna soon sort stood stranger street suddenly tion town traveller trees Turks Valetta valley village walk walls Wiesbaden women wonder young
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