The Boy Travellers in the Far East: Part Fourth, Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy LandHarper & brothers, 1883 - 438 páginas |
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... asked how long it would take them to go from Bom- bay to Suez . " About ten days , " was the reply . " The distance is three thousand miles , in round numbers , and I believe we are not to stop anywhere on the way . " The time was ...
... asked how long it would take them to go from Bom- bay to Suez . " About ten days , " was the reply . " The distance is three thousand miles , in round numbers , and I believe we are not to stop anywhere on the way . " The time was ...
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... 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 been called the Red Sea since the time of Herodotus and other early writers . It is referred to in ...
... 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 been called the Red Sea since the time of Herodotus and other early writers . It is referred to in ...
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... asked what could be seen at Mecca , and whether the place was really worth visiting . " As to that , " the Doctor answered , " tastes might differ . Mecca is said to be a well - built city , seventy miles from Jeddah , with a population ...
... asked what could be seen at Mecca , and whether the place was really worth visiting . " As to that , " the Doctor answered , " tastes might differ . Mecca is said to be a well - built city , seventy miles from Jeddah , with a population ...
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... asked how far it was from Mecca to Medina , the place where Mohammed died and was buried . " Medina is about two hundred and fifty miles north of Mecca , " said the Doctor , " and is only a third the. CAPTAIN BURTON IN NATIVE DRESS ...
... asked how far it was from Mecca to Medina , the place where Mohammed died and was buried . " Medina is about two hundred and fifty miles north of Mecca , " said the Doctor , " and is only a third the. CAPTAIN BURTON IN NATIVE DRESS ...
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... asked the Doctor why she did not put on full steam and go ahead . " That would be against the rules of the Canal Company , " was the reply . " If the steamers should go at full speed they would destroy the Canal in a short time ; the ...
... asked the Doctor why she did not put on full steam and go ahead . " That would be against the rules of the Canal Company , " was the reply . " If the steamers should go at full speed they would destroy the Canal in a short time ; the ...
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Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land Thomas Wallace Knox Vista completa - 1882 |
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Página 347 - 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 346 - 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 101 - 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.
Página 291 - OH ! weep for those that wept by Babel's stream, Whose shrines are desolate, whose land a dream : Weep for the harp of Judah's broken shell ; Mourn — where their God hath dwelt the godless dwell!
Página 404 - 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.
Página 345 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Página 131 - Name, especially in the formula of the confession of faith: There is no God but God and Mohammed is the Prophet of God.
Página 427 - TIM AND TIP; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY AND A DOG. By JAMES OTIS.
Página 400 - Palestine, were its dependencies. ] 0. Damas'cus is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is mentioned in Scripture as early as the days of Abraham, whose servant, Eliezer, was born there. (Gen. xv. 2.) It was besieged and taken by David, and afterwards by Jerobo'am. It was captured by Tig'lath-pile'ser, 740 BC 11. It is noted as the place where Paul received his sight, after the vision which he saw in...