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... Egypt , but Gordon was neither in the councils that directed nor the armies that conducted hostilities . Nay , he was almost a stranger in his own land , and when nearly a genera- tion had passed away , and the fruit of many blunders ...
... Egypt , but Gordon was neither in the councils that directed nor the armies that conducted hostilities . Nay , he was almost a stranger in his own land , and when nearly a genera- tion had passed away , and the fruit of many blunders ...
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... Egyptian Minister soon noted the vast difference that lay between the officer of engineers and any other English official with whom he had ever come in contact.1 Clearly this rich treasure in soldier - shape , now floating waif - like ...
... Egyptian Minister soon noted the vast difference that lay between the officer of engineers and any other English official with whom he had ever come in contact.1 Clearly this rich treasure in soldier - shape , now floating waif - like ...
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... Egypt in February 1874. He spent a fortnight in Cairo , had many interviews with Khedive Ismail and the Minis- ters , and then started , by way of Suez and Suakim , for his new command . We must pause a moment to sketch the dim and ...
... Egypt in February 1874. He spent a fortnight in Cairo , had many interviews with Khedive Ismail and the Minis- ters , and then started , by way of Suez and Suakim , for his new command . We must pause a moment to sketch the dim and ...
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... Egypt practically rainless regions , and at the same time sends the summer in- undations to fertilise the long line of river and the far distant delta of Lower Egypt . All across the vast breadth of the Indian Ocean from Australia to ...
... Egypt practically rainless regions , and at the same time sends the summer in- undations to fertilise the long line of river and the far distant delta of Lower Egypt . All across the vast breadth of the Indian Ocean from Australia to ...
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... Egypt would know no inundation , and would be only a strip of fertile land along its river ; but for the White Nile , Egypt would be a perfectly waterless land for six months in every year . So much for the river and the rain by which ...
... Egypt would know no inundation , and would be only a strip of fertile land along its river ; but for the White Nile , Egypt would be a perfectly waterless land for six months in every year . So much for the river and the rain by which ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition 4th Edition A. S. WALPOLE A. W. VERRALL Abu Hamed Africa Arab army BEGINNERS Berber Book Cairo CHARLES Charles George Gordon China CHURCH Crown 8vo Darfour desert Dongola Edited by E. S. Edited by Prof Edited by Rev Egypt Egyptian ELEMENTARY England English ESSAYS expedition Extra fcp F. T. PALGRAVE FASNACHT fighting force French GALLIC WAR garrison Globe 8vo Gondokoro Gordon Government GREEK HENRY HISTORY honour hundred Illustrated Introduction Jakdul JOHN Khartoum Khedive King lakes land Large Paper Edition LATIN Lectures LESSONS LETTERS LIST OF PUBLICATIONS LL.D Lord M.A. Fcp MACMILLAN'S Mahdi Maps Medium 8vo Metemma miles months Nile Notes officers Pacha POEMS Portrait PRIMER Quin-san reached revised revolt river Russian SCHOOLS Selected SERMONS sewed siege slaves soldiers Soo-chow Soudan steamers STORY Suakim Taiping thousand tion Translated TREATISE troops Vocabulary vols White Nile words writes
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