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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... friends they were about leaving Bom- bay under " sealed orders . " When the steamer was fairly outside of the beautiful harbor of that city , and the passengers were bidding fare- well to Colaba Light - house , Dr. Bronson called the ...
... friends they were about leaving Bom- bay under " sealed orders . " When the steamer was fairly outside of the beautiful harbor of that city , and the passengers were bidding fare- well to Colaba Light - house , Dr. Bronson called the ...
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... friends passed by Jeddah , the port of Mecca , and from the deck of the steamer the white walls and towers of the town were distinctly ** visible . Frank and Fred would have been delighted to land at Jeddah and make a pilgrimage to ...
... friends passed by Jeddah , the port of Mecca , and from the deck of the steamer the white walls and towers of the town were distinctly ** visible . Frank and Fred would have been delighted to land at Jeddah and make a pilgrimage to ...
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... friends bargained with a boatman to carry them and their baggage to the steps of the Hotel de Suez for a rupee each . The town , with the hotel , was about two miles from the anchorage , and the breeze carried them swiftly over the ...
... friends bargained with a boatman to carry them and their baggage to the steps of the Hotel de Suez for a rupee each . The town , with the hotel , was about two miles from the anchorage , and the breeze carried them swiftly over the ...
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... friends a straggling collection of flat - roofed houses and whitewashed walls , where the sea terminates and the desert begins . Before the construction of the Canal it was little better than an SCENE NEAR SUEZ . Arab village , with ...
... friends a straggling collection of flat - roofed houses and whitewashed walls , where the sea terminates and the desert begins . Before the construction of the Canal it was little better than an SCENE NEAR SUEZ . Arab village , with ...
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... friends stood there and contemplated the scene before them , the Doctor reminded the boys that in all probability they were in sight of the spot where the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned after the Israelites had crossed over in safety ...
... friends stood there and contemplated the scene before them , the Doctor reminded the boys that in all probability they were in sight of the spot where the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned after the Israelites had crossed over in safety ...
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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.