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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... taken along - side the steamers , and thus facilitate the transfer of passengers and freight . The pier is about fifty feet wide , and has a solid foundation of artificial stone sunk deep into the sand . At the end of the pier are ...
... taken along - side the steamers , and thus facilitate the transfer of passengers and freight . The pier is about fifty feet wide , and has a solid foundation of artificial stone sunk deep into the sand . At the end of the pier are ...
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... taken of depressions in the desert below the level of the sea , and when the water was let in , these depressions were filled up and became lakes ( Timsah and Bitter Lakes ) , as you see on the map . There were thirty miles of these ...
... taken of depressions in the desert below the level of the sea , and when the water was let in , these depressions were filled up and became lakes ( Timsah and Bitter Lakes ) , as you see on the map . There were thirty miles of these ...
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... taken as a fair sample of the Oriental hotel . " The rooms , " said he , " are let out to travellers or merchants for a small sum , and the keeper will provide food for man and beast , just as a tavern - keeper would in America . The ...
... taken as a fair sample of the Oriental hotel . " The rooms , " said he , " are let out to travellers or merchants for a small sum , and the keeper will provide food for man and beast , just as a tavern - keeper would in America . The ...
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... taken from the pyramids of Gizeh , and was begun in the year 1356. According to the traditions it occupied three years in building , and was considered so fine that the Sultan ordered the hands of the archi- tect to be cut off , in ...
... taken from the pyramids of Gizeh , and was begun in the year 1356. According to the traditions it occupied three years in building , and was considered so fine that the Sultan ordered the hands of the archi- tect to be cut off , in ...
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... taken away by Mohammed Ali , and has never been restored . " The instruction in the university is mostly religious . When his religious course is ended the student is instructed in law , which is always INSTRUCTION IN A MOSLEM ...
... taken away by Mohammed Ali , and has never been restored . " The instruction in the university is mostly religious . When his religious course is ended the student is instructed in law , which is always INSTRUCTION IN A MOSLEM ...
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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.