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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... friends they were about leaving Bom- bay under " sealed orders . " When the steamer was fairly outside of the beautiful harbor of that city , and the passengers were bidding fare- well to Colaba Light - house , Dr. Bronson called the ...
... friends they were about leaving Bom- bay under " sealed orders . " When the steamer was fairly outside of the beautiful harbor of that city , and the passengers were bidding fare- well to Colaba Light - house , Dr. Bronson called the ...
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... friends passed by Jeddah , the port of Mecca , and from the deck of the steamer the white walls and towers of the town were distinctly visible . Frank and Fred would have been delighted to land at Jeddah and make a pilgrimage to Mecca ...
... friends passed by Jeddah , the port of Mecca , and from the deck of the steamer the white walls and towers of the town were distinctly visible . Frank and Fred would have been delighted to land at Jeddah and make a pilgrimage to Mecca ...
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... friends bargained with a boatman to carry them and their baggage to the steps of the Hotel de Suez for a rupee each . The town , with the hotel , was about two miles from the anchorage , and the breeze carried them swiftly over the ...
... friends bargained with a boatman to carry them and their baggage to the steps of the Hotel de Suez for a rupee each . The town , with the hotel , was about two miles from the anchorage , and the breeze carried them swiftly over the ...
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... friends a straggling collection of flat - roofed houses and whitewashed walls , where the sea terminates and the desert begins . Before the construction of the Canal it was little better than an SCENE NEAR SUEZ , Arab village , with ...
... friends a straggling collection of flat - roofed houses and whitewashed walls , where the sea terminates and the desert begins . Before the construction of the Canal it was little better than an SCENE NEAR SUEZ , Arab village , with ...
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... friends stood there and contemplated the scene before them , the Doctor reminded the boys that in all probability they were in sight of the spot where the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned after the Israelites had crossed over in safety ...
... friends stood there and contemplated the scene before them , the Doctor reminded the boys that in all probability they were in sight of the spot where the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned after the Israelites had crossed over in safety ...
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ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians Arabs backsheesh bank bath bazaars Bedouins Bethlehem boat boys building built Cairo called camels Canal carried cataract centuries Chapel Christian church Cloth convent covered Damascus Dead Sea desert Doctor Bronson says Doctor explained donkeys dragoman dynasty feet Frank and Fred friends Gate Girgeh Greek grotto hills Holy Land horses hour hundred inhabitants interesting Jaffa Jerusalem Jordan journey Karnak King lake looked Luxor Mar Saba miles modern Mohammed monks Moslems mosque Mount Mount of Olives Mount Tabor mountains mummy Nabulus natives Nazareth Nile Palestine party passed pilgrims plain pyramids Rameses Rameses II Ramleh Red Sea ride river road rock ruins sand scene sculptures seen shadoof side soon sphinxes spot steamer stone streets Suez tell temple Thebes things thousand Tiberias told tombs Tower town travellers Valley village walk walls youths
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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...