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| | Notes From Nineveh And Travels In Mesopotamia, Assyria, And Syria |
 | | Notes From Nineveh And Travels In Mesopotamia, Assyria, And Syria |
 | | My anticipations were, perhaps, less brilliant than those of the untraveled generally are, for, during my stay at Malta, I had heard much of the region to which I was going, and some of my illusions were beginning to fade away. |
 | | My legs were enveloped in long woolen hose, which, although comfortable in the extreme, must have made one resemble externally one of those straw-stuffed effigies of Guy Fawkes which are, or rather were, the delight of London boys on the fifth of November. |
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