The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Adventures of two youths in a journey to Egypt and the Holy Land. Part fourthHarper & brothers, 1883 - 438 páginas |
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... buildings are unoccupied , and there is a general appearance of desolation . There are a few cottages near the banks of Lake Timsah , and of late years the town has obtained popularity with some of the European residents of Cairo , who ...
... buildings are unoccupied , and there is a general appearance of desolation . There are a few cottages near the banks of Lake Timsah , and of late years the town has obtained popularity with some of the European residents of Cairo , who ...
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... buildings were a disappointment to the youths , who had expected to see quite the reverse . " Don't be impatient , " said the Doctor , " we shall come to the narrow streets by - and - by . This part of Cairo is quite modern , and was ...
... buildings were a disappointment to the youths , who had expected to see quite the reverse . " Don't be impatient , " said the Doctor , " we shall come to the narrow streets by - and - by . This part of Cairo is quite modern , and was ...
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... build- ing had tumbled . A PROJECTING WINDOW . While they were engrossed with the strange sights and sounds around them , the carriage halted at the head of a narrow lane , and our three friends descended to walk to the hotel . FRA ...
... build- ing had tumbled . A PROJECTING WINDOW . While they were engrossed with the strange sights and sounds around them , the carriage halted at the head of a narrow lane , and our three friends descended to walk to the hotel . FRA ...
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... building a city not far from Fostat ; the latter is called Masr - el - Ateekah , or Old Cairo , and was formerly the capital ; but the new city grew so fast that it became the capital very soon after it was founded . It has gone through ...
... building a city not far from Fostat ; the latter is called Masr - el - Ateekah , or Old Cairo , and was formerly the capital ; but the new city grew so fast that it became the capital very soon after it was founded . It has gone through ...
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... build any new ones , as it has more practical uses for its money , and the followers of Mohammed seem to be growing more and more indifferent to religious observances every year . The Moslem Sabbath is on Friday ; the mosques are ...
... build any new ones , as it has more practical uses for its money , and the followers of Mohammed seem to be growing more and more indifferent to religious observances every year . The Moslem Sabbath is on Friday ; the mosques are ...
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ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians Arabs ascended backsheesh Banias bank bath bazaars Bedouins boat boys building built Cairo called camels Canal carried cataract centuries Christian church Cloth covered dahabeeah Damascus Dead Sea desert Doctor Bronson says donkeys dragoman dynasty Frank and Fred friends Gate Girgeh Greek hills Holy Land horses hundred inhabitants interesting Jaffa Jerusalem Jordan journey Karnak Kedesh King lake looked Luxor Mar Saba miles modern Mohammed monks Moslem mosque Mount Mount of Olives Mount Tabor mountains mummy Nabulus natives Nile Oriental Palestine party passed picture pilgrims plain pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramleh Red Sea ride river road rock ruins Sakkara sand scene sculptures seen shadoof side Sioot sometimes soon Sphinx spot steamer stone streets Suez tell temple Thebes things Tiberias told tombs town travellers Valley village walk walls wonder youths
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Página 416 - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.