Travels Through the Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt: Performed During the Years 1825-1828 : Including Particulars of the Last Illness and Death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the Russian Conspiracy in 1825, Volume 2H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1830 |
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Alexander Bestoujeff Alexandria antient appearance Arabs army arrived Assuan Batenkoff Bestoujeff Bestoujeff Rumine boat Boyars Cairo character chief church Colonel columns conspirators court Crimea declares desert dromedaries Ear of Dionysius Egypt Egyptian Elfy Emperor Alexander English entablature favour feet formed four Girgeh governor Grand granite Greek half hand head hieroglyphics hundred Ibrahim inscription island Ismael Kahovsky Mahomed Majesty Malta Maltese Mamlukes ment miles morning Moscow mosque night Nikita Mouravieff Nile oath Odessa officers Pacha Palermo passed Pestel Petersburgh Poggio Porte present Prince Serge Prince Troubetzkoy principal propyleon pyramids regiment remains river rocks ruins Russia Ryleieff secret society Sehood sent Serge Mouravieff Sheiks shew Sicily side soldiers stones Sublime Porte Taganrog temple Thebes thousand tion tombs Toulczyn Toussoun town troops Turkish Turks union Valetta Viceroy visited Wahabees wall wind wished Yakoubovitch
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