After seeing nothing but flat plains from the time of leaving Umritsur, I caught sight from Sher Shah of the great Sooleiman chain of the Afghan Mountains, rising in black masses through the fiery mist that fills the Indus valley.
— from Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866-7 by Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir
Did Adolphe think all this of little use in connection with the art and practice of literature?
— from My Memoirs, Vol. II, 1822 to 1825 by Alexandre Dumas
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