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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... returning to Jeddah , and he was obliged to flee from his companions and travel all night away from the road till he ... returned , and nothing was ever heard of them . It is supposed they were discovered and murdered . " - " What ...
... returning to Jeddah , and he was obliged to flee from his companions and travel all night away from the road till he ... returned , and nothing was ever heard of them . It is supposed they were discovered and murdered . " - " What ...
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... returned , and the army of the Egyptian ruler was drowned in the waves . The rise of the tide at this place is from three to six feet , and the sand - bank is only slightly covered when the tide is out ; now , when the wind blows from ...
... returned , and the army of the Egyptian ruler was drowned in the waves . The rise of the tide at this place is from three to six feet , and the sand - bank is only slightly covered when the tide is out ; now , when the wind blows from ...
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... returned along the quay to Suez , and strolled through some of the streets of the town . There was not much to be seen , as the shops are neither numerous nor well stocked , and evidently are not blessed with an enormous business . They ...
... returned along the quay to Suez , and strolled through some of the streets of the town . There was not much to be seen , as the shops are neither numerous nor well stocked , and evidently are not blessed with an enormous business . They ...
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... returned to the hotel in season for dinner . The evening was passed in the house , and the party went to bed in good season , as they were to leave at eight o'clock in the morning for Cairo . They were at the station in due time for ...
... returned to the hotel in season for dinner . The evening was passed in the house , and the party went to bed in good season , as they were to leave at eight o'clock in the morning for Cairo . They were at the station in due time for ...
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... returning from it . The population grew more dense , the houses and gardens assumed a more substantial appearance , roads gave way to streets , and gardens to blocks of houses , and all too soon for our excited travellers the train ...
... returning from it . The population grew more dense , the houses and gardens assumed a more substantial appearance , roads gave way to streets , and gardens to blocks of houses , and all too soon for our excited travellers the train ...
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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.