item: #1 of 8 id: 10608 author: Smith, Arthur Cosslett title: The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert date: None words: 27798 flesch: 91 summary: There was a time when _men_ built churches, beautified them, and went to them. I am going to marry Lady Nora. keywords: abdullah; ali; biskra; camels; cardinal; commandant; cup; day; desert; door; earl; girl; good; hand; lady; lawyer; love; man; mirza; miss; nora; phelim; pietro; time; white; woman cache: 10608.txt plain text: 10608.txt item: #2 of 8 id: 21488 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Saved from the Sea; Or, The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures date: None words: 77182 flesch: 77 summary: Our arrival at the camp was announced by loud shouts from the people assembled in front of it; on which a number of other men, with women and children, came rushing out of the tents. The boats, instead of returning to our assistance, continued to pull away to the southward; they did not even stop to take on board Ben and his companion, who, by the light of the burning ship, could be seen at some distance. keywords: arabs; ben; black; boxall; camels; camp; desert; distance; escape; feet; food; good; ground; halliday; having; hope; length; little; look; man; men; people; raft; rest; sail; sand; selim; sheikh; ship; shore; sight; thought; time; water; way cache: 21488.txt plain text: 21488.txt item: #3 of 8 id: 31410 author: Reid, Mayne title: The Boy Slaves date: None words: 99177 flesch: 76 summary: At that moment old Bill, chancing to look up, gave utterance to a shout of joy, which was instantly echoed by his youthful companions: all had at the same time perceived the long sand-spit projecting far out into the water, and which looked like the hand of some friend held out to bid them welcome. The three midshipmen were but boys, not so long from the nursery as to have altogether escaped from the weird influence which many a nursery tale had wrapped around them; and as for old Bill, fifty years spent in ploughing the ocean had only confirmed _him_ keywords: adventurers; animal; arab; bill; black; blount; camel; chapter; children; coast; colin; come; companions; course; danger; day; desert; direction; distance; english; eyes; feet; food; golah; good; ground; half; hands; harry; head; hope; jim; journey; krooman; life; little; maherry; making; man; master; men; merchants; moment; night; place; sailor; sailor bill; sand; saära; sea; sheik; ship; shore; slaves; terence; thought; time; water; way; white; years cache: 31410.txt plain text: 31410.txt item: #4 of 8 id: 36914 author: Gerard, Louise title: A Son of the Sahara date: None words: 84542 flesch: 89 summary: It was love Pansy had wanted in the moonlit garden with Le Breton's arms about her. I'll be there in ten minutes or so, They parted company, Le Breton going along the shore, Pansy up the shadowed steps. keywords: ammeh; arab; arms; barclay; black; boy; breton; casim; chapter; day; desert; english; eyes; face; father; french; george; girl; half; hand; heart; horse; le breton; life; look; looking; love; man; manner; men; night; pansy; raoul; rayma; room; sultan; things; thought; time; voice; way; white; wild; woman; world; years cache: 36914.txt plain text: 36914.txt item: #5 of 8 id: 40832 author: Le Queux, William title: The Veiled Man Being an Account of the Risks and Adventures of Sidi Ahamadou, Sheikh of the Azjar Maraude date: None words: 49627 flesch: 75 summary: A few years later, according to Tarik e Sudan, Koti edited a history of the Kingdoms of Ganata, Songhoi, and Timbuktu, the only history written of those once all-powerful centres of civilisation, and in addition he dealt with the concerns of many peoples and many men. Ruined temples, with long rows of broken columns, and great houses cracked and fallen into decay, stood silent and deserted, grim, grey relics of a glorious past. keywords: allah; art; azjar; city; country; dark; darkness; day; days; death; desert; ere; eyes; face; feet; french; gold; half; hand; head; hour; instant; life; light; lips; love; man; men; moment; people; place; rock; sand; secret; sheikh; sultan; sun; thee; thine; thou; time; water; white cache: 40832.txt plain text: 40832.txt item: #6 of 8 id: 40994 author: Le Queux, William title: Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara date: None words: 137552 flesch: 76 summary: When they had placed them beside the lamp, and the heavy curtains had fallen behind the two girls, Zoraida turned her great dark eyes upon me, exclaiming-- Thou wilt ere long learn a wonderful secret which hath been revealed to none on earth except myself. Long hast thou held in the harem the lives of the houris in thine hands, and in consequence thou art held in awe and hatred; while, to tell the truth, I, as Grand Vizier, have ruled with the sword and bastinado, and the people would rejoice could they see my head mounted on a spear in the Azarmadarangh [place of execution]. keywords: absalam; agadez; allah; arab; arms; art; beauty; black; camel; city; crescent; dark; daughter; day; days; death; desert; door; enemies; ennitra; ere; escape; eyes; face; feet; fell; friend; gold; great; ground; hadj; half; hand; harem; hath; head; heart; hour; journey; knife; knowledge; left; life; lips; love; man; men; moment; mystery; night; order; people; place; power; return; rose; sand; save; second; secret; set; sheikh; silence; sultan; sun; thee; thine; thou; thou art; thy; time; turning; voice; way; white; wilt; woman; wonders; words; zoraida cache: 40994.txt plain text: 40994.txt item: #7 of 8 id: 43267 author: Foster, James H. title: Captured by the Arabs date: None words: 50123 flesch: 88 summary: While the others are taking in the situation, it might be well to tell something about Bob Holton and Joe Lewis and, incidentally, their fathers. Nobody here but our dads and Dr. Kirshner, observed Bob, glancing about. keywords: arabs; bob; camels; cave; desert; dromedaries; explorers; feet; fekmah; find; good; holton; joe; kirshner; lewis; look; moment; right; sand; thought; time; tishmak; water; way; youths cache: 43267.txt plain text: 43267.txt item: #8 of 8 id: 51799 author: Reynolds, Mack title: Farmer date: None words: 10929 flesch: 88 summary: He scowled at Johnny McCord with a this-better-be-important expression, not helping Johnny's disposition. Johnny McCord said, Mademoiselle Hélène Desage, I am John McCord, and these are my associates, Monsieur Pierre Marimbert and Mr. Derek Mason. keywords: commission; derek; desage; desert; hélène; johnny; johnny mccord; mccord; mellor; mohammed; mohmoud; pierre; pumps; sahara; tuareg cache: 51799.txt plain text: 51799.txt