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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... once . The Canal Company's repair - shops and ware- houses stand on artificial ground , which was made by dredging the sand and piling it into the space between the pier and the land , and Frank thought that not less than fifty acres ...
... once . The Canal Company's repair - shops and ware- houses stand on artificial ground , which was made by dredging the sand and piling it into the space between the pier and the land , and Frank thought that not less than fifty acres ...
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... once in a while from the same cause . On the map prepared by the officers of the maritime canal to show the dif ference between high and low water , you will see that the conditions are just as I have stated them . " Some writers ...
... once in a while from the same cause . On the map prepared by the officers of the maritime canal to show the dif ference between high and low water , you will see that the conditions are just as I have stated them . " Some writers ...
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... once ? " " Hardly that , " said the Doctor , with a smile ; " but at different times there have been canals between the two seas . They differ from the pres- ent one in one respect : the maritime Canal of to - day runs from one sea to ...
... once ? " " Hardly that , " said the Doctor , with a smile ; " but at different times there have been canals between the two seas . They differ from the pres- ent one in one respect : the maritime Canal of to - day runs from one sea to ...
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... once devoted to wheat is now given up to cotton . Coffee is grown in some localities , and so are indigo and sugar ; there is a goodly variety of beans , peas , lentils , and the like , and water- melons , onions , and cucumbers are ...
... once devoted to wheat is now given up to cotton . Coffee is grown in some localities , and so are indigo and sugar ; there is a goodly variety of beans , peas , lentils , and the like , and water- melons , onions , and cucumbers are ...
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... once took charge of the strangers and their bag- gage , and showed the way to the waiting carriage . Frank said he should advise all his friends on their first visit to Cairo to follow the Doctor's example , and thus save themselves a ...
... once took charge of the strangers and their bag- gage , and showed the way to the waiting carriage . Frank said he should advise all his friends on their first visit to Cairo to follow the Doctor's example , and thus save themselves a ...
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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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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 349 - 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 348 - 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 103 - 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 293 - 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 406 - 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 347 - 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 133 - Name, especially in the formula of the confession of faith: There is no God but God and Mohammed is the Prophet of God.
Página 429 - TIM AND TIP; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY AND A DOG. By JAMES OTIS.
Página 402 - 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...