The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour in North-western ArabiaC.K. Paul & Company, 1878 - 395 pagini |
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... never dreamt of such trea- sures and paid no attention to the geological features which denote the presence of the precious metal . The other travellers seem to have been wholly innocent of natural history . Gold has been connected with ...
... never dreamt of such trea- sures and paid no attention to the geological features which denote the presence of the precious metal . The other travellers seem to have been wholly innocent of natural history . Gold has been connected with ...
Pagina 5
... never had any earthly connection with Pompey ; and whose Cleopatra's ' Baths ' are , according to veracious travellers , no baths at all . " Yet it is her unlucky fate to be abused by every traveller . Never a tourist of a few hours ...
... never had any earthly connection with Pompey ; and whose Cleopatra's ' Baths ' are , according to veracious travellers , no baths at all . " Yet it is her unlucky fate to be abused by every traveller . Never a tourist of a few hours ...
Pagina 6
... never brought forth anything better than the new Harbour . The " improvements " which , at Alexandria , really deserve that much - abused term , culminate about the Place de Consuls , now named Place Méhémet Aali . In 1853 this big ...
... never brought forth anything better than the new Harbour . The " improvements " which , at Alexandria , really deserve that much - abused term , culminate about the Place de Consuls , now named Place Méhémet Aali . In 1853 this big ...
Pagina 7
... - witnesses , was con- vincing : " Turkey has abolished the stake by law , consequently men are never impaled . " Yemen , in Southern Arabia , could tell another tale . Mareotis , Eastern and Western , cools the eye that AT ALEXANDRIA . 7.
... - witnesses , was con- vincing : " Turkey has abolished the stake by law , consequently men are never impaled . " Yemen , in Southern Arabia , could tell another tale . Mareotis , Eastern and Western , cools the eye that AT ALEXANDRIA . 7.
Pagina 20
... never visits it on account of its being the scene of domestic bereavement . It was burnt down , and , between building and rebuilding , it cost , they say , a million sterling . In 1853 visitors to Ramleh still pitched tents on the sand ...
... never visits it on account of its being the scene of domestic bereavement . It was burnt down , and , between building and rebuilding , it cost , they say , a million sterling . In 1853 visitors to Ramleh still pitched tents on the sand ...
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The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour ... Sir Richard Francis Burton Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour ... Sir Richard Francis Burton Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
The Gold-mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A Fortnight's Tour ... Sir Richard Francis Burton Vizualizare completă - 1878 |
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