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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... and in type previous to July , 1882 . Consequently the revolt of Arabi Pasha and the important events that followed could not be included in the narrative of the " Boy Travellers . " T. W. K. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. FROM BOMBAY TO SUEZ . -
... and in type previous to July , 1882 . Consequently the revolt of Arabi Pasha and the important events that followed could not be included in the narrative of the " Boy Travellers . " T. W. K. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. FROM BOMBAY TO SUEZ . -
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... followed the example of Burckhardt and wore the Arab dress ; he spoke the language fluently , but in spite of this his disguise was penetrated while he was returning to Jeddah , and he was obliged to flee from his companions and travel ...
... followed the example of Burckhardt and wore the Arab dress ; he spoke the language fluently , but in spite of this his disguise was penetrated while he was returning to Jeddah , and he was obliged to flee from his companions and travel ...
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... followed the pier , nearly two miles in length , which leads from the south part of the town to the harbor ; the water is very shallow near Suez , and this pier was built so that the railway trains could be taken along - side the ...
... followed the pier , nearly two miles in length , which leads from the south part of the town to the harbor ; the water is very shallow near Suez , and this pier was built so that the railway trains could be taken along - side the ...
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... followed by a south - west wind that rendered the passage impossible even for camels . M. De Lesseps , the projector of the Suez Canal , says he has seen the northern end of the sea blown almost dry , while the next day the waters were ...
... followed by a south - west wind that rendered the passage impossible even for camels . M. De Lesseps , the projector of the Suez Canal , says he has seen the northern end of the sea blown almost dry , while the next day the waters were ...
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... followed the line of the present Fresh - Water Canal to the head of the Bitter Lake . The Red Sea then extended to the Bitter Lake , and the shallow places were dredged out sufficient to allow the passage of the small craft that were in ...
... followed the line of the present Fresh - Water Canal to the head of the Bitter Lake . The Red Sea then extended to the Bitter Lake , and the shallow places were dredged out sufficient to allow the passage of the small craft that were in ...
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Alexandria ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians Arabs ascended backsheesh bank bath bazaars Bedouins Bitter Lake boat boys building built Cairo called camels Canal carried cataract centuries Christian church Cloth covered dahabeeah Damascus Dead Sea desert Doctor Bronson says Doctor explained donkeys dragoman dynasty feet high Frank and Fred friends Gate Girgeh Gizeh hills horses hour hundred interesting Jaffa Jerusalem Jordan journey Karnak kings Lake looked Luxor Mar Saba Mariette miles modern Mohammed Moslem mosque Mount mountains mummy Nabulus natives Nile Oriental party passed pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramleh Red Sea ride river road rock ruins Sakkara sand scene sculptures seen shadoof Shtora side Sioot sometimes soon Sphinx spot statue steamer stone streets Suez Suez Canal tell temple Thebes things Tiberias told tombs town travellers Valley village walk walls wonder youths
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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.