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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... whole length , so that the pilots can easily find their way by day or at night . " One of the boys asked why the body of water in question was called the Red Sea . The Doctor explained that the origin of the name was unknown , as it had ...
... whole length , so that the pilots can easily find their way by day or at night . " One of the boys asked why the body of water in question was called the Red Sea . The Doctor explained that the origin of the name was unknown , as it had ...
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... whole operation ; while , if he were not temporarily deprived of sight , he would . be very restive , and perhaps would break away from his driver , and scat- ter things around him very miscellaneously . " Just beyond the sakkieh they ...
... whole operation ; while , if he were not temporarily deprived of sight , he would . be very restive , and perhaps would break away from his driver , and scat- ter things around him very miscellaneously . " Just beyond the sakkieh they ...
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... whole year . " " All the year , from January to January again ? " said Fred . " Yes , " was the reply , " though some attention must be paid to the change of seasons in order to get the best crops . From two to five crops , according to ...
... whole year . " " All the year , from January to January again ? " said Fred . " Yes , " was the reply , " though some attention must be paid to the change of seasons in order to get the best crops . From two to five crops , according to ...
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... whole stock is not worth a hundred francs , and if she makes a franc a day at her business she thinks she is doing well . " There are women who sell vege- tables , fruits , and sweetmeats , which they carry in the same way as the one we ...
... whole stock is not worth a hundred francs , and if she makes a franc a day at her business she thinks she is doing well . " There are women who sell vege- tables , fruits , and sweetmeats , which they carry in the same way as the one we ...
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... whole thing is so simple that it does not require much skill for a burglar to get into a house . The keys are so large that they must be slung over the shoulder or fastened to the belt , since they cannot go into an ordinary pocket ...
... whole thing is so simple that it does not require much skill for a burglar to get into a house . The keys are so large that they must be slung over the shoulder or fastened to the belt , since they cannot go into an ordinary pocket ...
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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.