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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... seemed to be composed of ame- thysts and garnets , mixed and melted together in a gigantic crucible . The Doctor told him he was not the first to make such a description , as the idea had occurred to previous travellers , some of whom ...
... seemed to be composed of ame- thysts and garnets , mixed and melted together in a gigantic crucible . The Doctor told him he was not the first to make such a description , as the idea had occurred to previous travellers , some of whom ...
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... seemed to rise higher and higher , till it was difficult to believe that ACARETT & EDMONDS.56 . THE PYRAMIDS . they were the work of human hands , and were only a few hundred feet in height . In a little while the attention of the ...
... seemed to rise higher and higher , till it was difficult to believe that ACARETT & EDMONDS.56 . THE PYRAMIDS . they were the work of human hands , and were only a few hundred feet in height . In a little while the attention of the ...
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... seemed as though the Eastern characteristics of Cairo would be blotted out . But the money to carry on the improvements could not be had , and the new part of Cairo has an unhappy and half desolate appearance . The natives prefer- red ...
... seemed as though the Eastern characteristics of Cairo would be blotted out . But the money to carry on the improvements could not be had , and the new part of Cairo has an unhappy and half desolate appearance . The natives prefer- red ...
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... Egypt , and the manner of playing it is the same as of old . ' " So much for the band of music , which I am sure will interest you . We sat down on little chairs , so low that it seemed like sitting on the floor , and then coffee.
... Egypt , and the manner of playing it is the same as of old . ' " So much for the band of music , which I am sure will interest you . We sat down on little chairs , so low that it seemed like sitting on the floor , and then coffee.
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... seemed like sitting on the floor , and then coffee was brought to us in little brass cups about as large as an egg - shell , but a great deal thicker . Each cup had a holder of brass filigree work , with a knob or handle at the bottom ...
... seemed like sitting on the floor , and then coffee was brought to us in little brass cups about as large as an egg - shell , but a great deal thicker . Each cup had a holder of brass filigree work , with a knob or handle at the bottom ...
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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.
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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...