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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... feet long . The pilgrims walk seven times around the Caaba , repeating their prayers at every step , and they begin their walk by prostrating themselves in front of the Black Stone A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA . 19 and kissing it . 18 THE BOY ...
... feet long . The pilgrims walk seven times around the Caaba , repeating their prayers at every step , and they begin their walk by prostrating themselves in front of the Black Stone A PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA . 19 and kissing it . 18 THE BOY ...
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... feet , and the sand - bank is only slightly covered when the tide is out ; now , when the wind blows from the north with great force the water is driven away , and parts of the sand - bank. A SHOP IN SUEZ . " AYOON MOOSA " -THE WELLS OF ...
... feet , and the sand - bank is only slightly covered when the tide is out ; now , when the wind blows from the north with great force the water is driven away , and parts of the sand - bank. A SHOP IN SUEZ . " AYOON MOOSA " -THE WELLS OF ...
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... feet . When you go on a sight - seeing tour in an Egyptian city , it is well to carry your own slippers along , or intrust them to your guide , as the Moslems are rigid enforcers of the rule prohibiting you to wear your boots inside a ...
... feet . When you go on a sight - seeing tour in an Egyptian city , it is well to carry your own slippers along , or intrust them to your guide , as the Moslems are rigid enforcers of the rule prohibiting you to wear your boots inside a ...
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... feet in width , and appeared to be five or six feet deep . Beyond it was the Maritime Canal , a narrow channel , where steamers were slowly making their way , the distances between them being regulated by the pilots , so as to give the ...
... feet in width , and appeared to be five or six feet deep . Beyond it was the Maritime Canal , a narrow channel , where steamers were slowly making their way , the distances between them being regulated by the pilots , so as to give the ...
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... feet from where they were at work , and the dry cuttings at higher points were made by similar excavators mounted on wheels . At one place , just south of Lake Timsah , there was a bed of solid rock , where it was necessary to do a ...
... feet from where they were at work , and the dry cuttings at higher points were made by similar excavators mounted on wheels . At one place , just south of Lake Timsah , there was a bed of solid rock , where it was necessary to do a ...
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Página 361 - Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Página 360 - And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Página 113 - Tell us, for doubtless thou canst recollect, To whom should we assign the Sphinx's fame ? Was Cheops or Cephrenes architect Of either pyramid that bears his name ? Is Pompey's pillar really a misnomer ? Had Thebes a hundred gates, as sung by Homer...
Página 113 - And thou hast walked about (how strange a story !) In Thebes's streets, three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous ! 2.
Página 408 - Are not Pharpar and Abana, rivers of Damascus, better than all the rivers of Israel?" Your objections to such an attempt, my dear Doctor, were, you may remember, two-fold. You insisted upon the advantages which the Scotsman possessed, from the very recent existence of that state of society in which his scene was to be laid. Many now alive, you remarked, well remembered...
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.