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"East African" Quotes from Famous Books

... The flower you have forwarded to us is not a flower at all. It is an East African rhinoceros. We have returned it as ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 • Various

... of the troops was secured not only by hostages collected from the Spanish communities and detained in the stronghold of Saguntum, but by the removal of the soldiers from the districts where they were raised to other quarters: the east African militia were moved chiefly to Spain, the Spanish to Western Africa, the West African to Carthage. Adequate provision was thus made for defence. As to offensive measures, a squadron of 20 quinqueremes with 1000 soldiers on board was to sail from Carthage for the west coast ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... arduous, involving many days of marching across the East African veld and through its forests, where game of all sorts was extraordinarily plentiful, and at night they were surrounded by lions. At length, however, with the exception of one man who remained with the lions, they arrived safely at the town of ...

— Love Eternal • H. Rider Haggard

... secured similar rights over the coastline of their district, and in 1890 bought it outright. By an agreement of December 1896, the River Rovuma was recognised by Germany and Portugal as the boundary of their East African possessions. ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... 'stiffen his back' a bit, with regard to the tougher and tentative Teuton, 'the arts and valour' of the Britishers will not make as great an impression on the minds of the Africans as your ill-used East African ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 • Various

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