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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... looked in the direction indicated and saw an irregular patch of verdure , on which the white walls of several houses made a sharp contrast to the green of the grass and the palm - trees that waved above them . " That spot , " said the ...
... looked in the direction indicated and saw an irregular patch of verdure , on which the white walls of several houses made a sharp contrast to the green of the grass and the palm - trees that waved above them . " That spot , " said the ...
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... looked like our Indian - corn . The Doctor ex- plained that the stalks were probably intended for feed for cattle , and that the article in question was known as " doora " among the natives , and was a close relative of the corn grown ...
... looked like our Indian - corn . The Doctor ex- plained that the stalks were probably intended for feed for cattle , and that the article in question was known as " doora " among the natives , and was a close relative of the corn grown ...
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... looked very pretty , and we resolved to buy some of these coffee services to send to our friends at home . " We can't say much for the coffee , though possibly we may come to like it in time . It is made much thicker than with us , and ...
... looked very pretty , and we resolved to buy some of these coffee services to send to our friends at home . " We can't say much for the coffee , though possibly we may come to like it in time . It is made much thicker than with us , and ...
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... hour or more . We looked for some of them to fall down ; but they were accustomed to this kind of A MOSLEM RELIGIOUS CEREMONY . 83 PERFORMANCE OF THE WHIRLING. 82 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND . A Whirling Dervish.
... hour or more . We looked for some of them to fall down ; but they were accustomed to this kind of A MOSLEM RELIGIOUS CEREMONY . 83 PERFORMANCE OF THE WHIRLING. 82 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND . A Whirling Dervish.
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... looked at the printed page , and readily distinguished the dif- ference between the three kinds of writing . While they were discussing its curious features the carriage halted in front of the entrance to the museum , and the dialogue ...
... looked at the printed page , and readily distinguished the dif- ference between the three kinds of writing . While they were discussing its curious features the carriage halted in front of the entrance to the museum , and the dialogue ...
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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.