Letters from Palestine: Description of a Tour Through Galilee and Judea. To which are Added Letters from EgyptBlack, Young & Young, 1822 |
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... necessary explanations had taken place . The portal is very massive , and has an air of military importance ; but the instant it is unbarred , the delusion vanishes . As there is no Bri- tish agent at Saida , we were directed to the ...
... necessary explanations had taken place . The portal is very massive , and has an air of military importance ; but the instant it is unbarred , the delusion vanishes . As there is no Bri- tish agent at Saida , we were directed to the ...
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... necessary to leave our Tyrian hosts very early . The bishop called to give us his valedictory blessing soon after five o'clock , and reiterated his best wishes for our safe arrival in the capital of Judæa , -though 16 LETTERS FROM ...
... necessary to leave our Tyrian hosts very early . The bishop called to give us his valedictory blessing soon after five o'clock , and reiterated his best wishes for our safe arrival in the capital of Judæa , -though 16 LETTERS FROM ...
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... the wretched condition of his former protégé , he raised him from his suppliant attitude , and reinstated him in his affec- tions ; and having procured from Constantinople the necessary insignia 22 LETTERS FROM PALESTINE .
... the wretched condition of his former protégé , he raised him from his suppliant attitude , and reinstated him in his affec- tions ; and having procured from Constantinople the necessary insignia 22 LETTERS FROM PALESTINE .
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... necessary insignia of three horse - tails , contrived to have him sent as his proxy in the annual visit to the shrine at Mecca , and ultimately adopted him as his successor in the Pachalic . It was not , however , till after many severe ...
... necessary insignia of three horse - tails , contrived to have him sent as his proxy in the annual visit to the shrine at Mecca , and ultimately adopted him as his successor in the Pachalic . It was not , however , till after many severe ...
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... necessary to recruit his spirits with a cordial before he was enabled to proceed . The distance from the bath to the Jordan is about six miles ; the stream , as it issues from the lake , is bright and transparent , about fifty feet wide ...
... necessary to recruit his spirits with a cordial before he was enabled to proceed . The distance from the bath to the Jordan is about six miles ; the stream , as it issues from the lake , is bright and transparent , about fifty feet wide ...
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