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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... standing near a shop we saw the owner shutting it up , which he did by folding some wooden doors , very much like the wooden window - shutters we have at home ; then he fast- ened them with a great padlock , and started off with the key ...
... standing near a shop we saw the owner shutting it up , which he did by folding some wooden doors , very much like the wooden window - shutters we have at home ; then he fast- ened them with a great padlock , and started off with the key ...
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... standing quietly , or being led by their owners according to the will of the latter . Near one side of the square there was a fountain like a pile of whitewashed bricks , and a horse was drinking from a trough in front of it . AN ...
... standing quietly , or being led by their owners according to the will of the latter . Near one side of the square there was a fountain like a pile of whitewashed bricks , and a horse was drinking from a trough in front of it . AN ...
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... standing on thy legs above - ground , mummy , Revisiting the glimpses of the moon ; Not like pale ghosts or disembodied creatures , But with thy bones , and legs , and limbs , and features . " Tell us , for doubtless thou canst ...
... standing on thy legs above - ground , mummy , Revisiting the glimpses of the moon ; Not like pale ghosts or disembodied creatures , But with thy bones , and legs , and limbs , and features . " Tell us , for doubtless thou canst ...
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... standing solitary in the surrounding waste . On the land there were trains of stately camels , and on the water the boats of the natives ploughed slowly along , many of them laden till their gunwales . were dangerously near the water ...
... standing solitary in the surrounding waste . On the land there were trains of stately camels , and on the water the boats of the natives ploughed slowly along , many of them laden till their gunwales . were dangerously near the water ...
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... standing by themselves , and others built on the tops of dwellings . The pig- eons are kept in great flocks . Sometimes they are owned in common by a whole village , while at others they are the private property of indi- viduals . The ...
... standing by themselves , and others built on the tops of dwellings . The pig- eons are kept in great flocks . Sometimes they are owned in common by a whole village , while at others they are the private property of indi- viduals . The ...
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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...