The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 465
... Oxus , was killed in the same district and nearly at the same time . Dr. Forbes , a most promising young traveller , was also murdered in Seistan , in 1841 ; and Lieut . Pattinson , the only officer who ever explored the valley of the ...
... Oxus , was killed in the same district and nearly at the same time . Dr. Forbes , a most promising young traveller , was also murdered in Seistan , in 1841 ; and Lieut . Pattinson , the only officer who ever explored the valley of the ...
Page 466
... Oxus and the Indus , and is altogether a most valuable contribution to our knowledge of the East . Since the period of the Afghan war , discovery has somewhat languished ; yet there are still a few recent journeys which must not be ...
... Oxus and the Indus , and is altogether a most valuable contribution to our knowledge of the East . Since the period of the Afghan war , discovery has somewhat languished ; yet there are still a few recent journeys which must not be ...
Page 467
... Oxus , which nevertheless contains matter of considerable interest , we pass on to the scene of England's greatest geographical triumph . Cashmere and Thibet , which even as late as the time of Humboldt were to a certain extent ...
... Oxus , which nevertheless contains matter of considerable interest , we pass on to the scene of England's greatest geographical triumph . Cashmere and Thibet , which even as late as the time of Humboldt were to a certain extent ...
Page 472
... Oxus ; and , secondly , the recent work of M. Vambéry which has been already reviewed in this journal , and which describes the wanderings of the Hungarian dervish - carry- ing , as the Orientals would say , ' his life in his hand ...
... Oxus ; and , secondly , the recent work of M. Vambéry which has been already reviewed in this journal , and which describes the wanderings of the Hungarian dervish - carry- ing , as the Orientals would say , ' his life in his hand ...
Page 475
... Oxus , debouching finally upon Kashgar ; from that point he had returned to Badakhshan and had passed several months in the neighbouring districts , after which he had struck across the Pamír Uplands to Kokand , and had sought to return ...
... Oxus , debouching finally upon Kashgar ; from that point he had returned to Badakhshan and had passed several months in the neighbouring districts , after which he had struck across the Pamír Uplands to Kokand , and had sought to return ...
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