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Pagina 18
... eye could reach in that clear atmo- sphere ; but the first stage of my journey , the head of the gulf , and the little fortress of Akaba , were still invisible . We rode about an hour along the shore , passing at a dis- tance the tents ...
... eye could reach in that clear atmo- sphere ; but the first stage of my journey , the head of the gulf , and the little fortress of Akaba , were still invisible . We rode about an hour along the shore , passing at a dis- tance the tents ...
Pagina 28
... eyes constantly fixed upon me , I remembered , with feelings of envy , my tent in the desert . There I could at least be alone , and I resolved , at all hazards , not to pass another night in the fortress . In the midst of my exceeding ...
... eyes constantly fixed upon me , I remembered , with feelings of envy , my tent in the desert . There I could at least be alone , and I resolved , at all hazards , not to pass another night in the fortress . In the midst of my exceeding ...
Pagina 31
... eye of feel- ing the little fortress is not without its interest ; for , as the governor told me , it was built by ... eyes , glowing with a fire approaching to ferocity ; figures thin and shrunken , though sinewy ; chests standing out ...
... eye of feel- ing the little fortress is not without its interest ; for , as the governor told me , it was built by ... eyes , glowing with a fire approaching to ferocity ; figures thin and shrunken , though sinewy ; chests standing out ...
Pagina 32
... eyes upon me , and not one of them uttering a word . With a view to making some approach to acquaintance , and removing their jealousy of me as a stranger , I asked some casual question about the road ; but I might better have held my ...
... eyes upon me , and not one of them uttering a word . With a view to making some approach to acquaintance , and removing their jealousy of me as a stranger , I asked some casual question about the road ; but I might better have held my ...
Pagina 33
... eyes to heaven , with an expression of deep and confiding piety , he added , " God grant that you may soon become a strong man ; " and then the others all took their pipes from their mouths , and , turning up their eyes to heaven , the ...
... eyes to heaven , with an expression of deep and confiding piety , he added , " God grant that you may soon become a strong man ; " and then the others all took their pipes from their mouths , and , turning up their eyes to heaven , the ...
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumul 2 John L. Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumul 2 John L. Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumul 2 John L. Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
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Akaba altar ancient Arab asked beautiful Bedouins Bethlehem bucksheesh Cairo camels Capernaum caravan chamber chapel Christ Christian church companions convent dark Dead Sea descended desert desolate dismounted door dress dromedary East Edom Egypt entered eyes face fathers feeling feet foot fortress gate gave governor grave ground hand Hebron Holy Land holy places Holy Sepulchre horse hour hundred Idumea Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan journey knew lake land of Idumea looked Lord marble monks morning mosque Mount Gerizim Mount Hor Mount of Olives mountains Mussulman never night Pacha passed Paul Petra pilgrims pistols plain Prophet road rock ruins Saviour scene seen sheik shore side sitting sleep soldiers soon spot standing stone stood stranger summit sword temple tent thing told tomb of Samuel Toualeb traveller tribe Turk Turkish turned valley village Wady Moussa walls whole wild