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249 THE PATRIARCH KNEW ALL ABOUT JAFFA . . . . " 264 JERUSALEM - ITS
BUBBLE - ROOFED HOUSES AND DOMES , ITS CYPRESS AND OLIVE TREES
. . . . . . Facing p . 294 A CAMEL TRAIN LED THE WAY THROUGH THE GATES ...
249 THE PATRIARCH KNEW ALL ABOUT JAFFA . . . . " 264 JERUSALEM - ITS
BUBBLE - ROOFED HOUSES AND DOMES , ITS CYPRESS AND OLIVE TREES
. . . . . . Facing p . 294 A CAMEL TRAIN LED THE WAY THROUGH THE GATES ...
Page 109
There was only that one road and train . We took our seats in an open car , on
account of the scenery . We didn ' t know it was thirdclass till later , but we didn ' t
mind that . What we did mind was plunging into a thick , black , choking tunnel as
...
There was only that one road and train . We took our seats in an open car , on
account of the scenery . We didn ' t know it was thirdclass till later , but we didn ' t
mind that . What we did mind was plunging into a thick , black , choking tunnel as
...
Page 120
We went ashore in boats that had pretty Greek rugs in them , and took a little train
on which all the cars were smoking - cars ( there are no other kind in Greece ) ,
and we looked out the windows trying to imagine we were really in Greece where
...
We went ashore in boats that had pretty Greek rugs in them , and took a little train
on which all the cars were smoking - cars ( there are no other kind in Greece ) ,
and we looked out the windows trying to imagine we were really in Greece where
...
Page 136
... I was certain we were going straight through the next , and I think the boatmen
had some such idea , for they prayed steadily and crossed themselves whenever
safety permitted . We arrived , however , and I took the little train for the Theseus ...
... I was certain we were going straight through the next , and I think the boatmen
had some such idea , for they prayed steadily and crossed themselves whenever
safety permitted . We arrived , however , and I took the little train for the Theseus ...
Page 165
We have done a good deal in the four and a half centuries since - more than the
Turk will do in four and a half million years . The Turk is not an express train . He
is not even a slow freight . He is not a train at all , but an old caboose on the hind
...
We have done a good deal in the four and a half centuries since - more than the
Turk will do in four and a half million years . The Turk is not an express train . He
is not even a slow freight . He is not a train at all , but an old caboose on the hind
...
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Page 136 - Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 32 IT And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Page 135 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
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Page 300 - For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
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Page 300 - Reader. Because of the Temple which is destroyed, Because of the walls which are broken down, Because of our greatness which is departed, Because of the precious stones of the Temple ground to powder, Because of our priests who have erred and gone astray, Because of our kings who have contemned God — People. We sit alone and weep.
Page 226 - And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
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| Title | The Lure of the Mediterranean: The Ship Dwellers: a Story of a Happy Cruise The Lure of the Mediterranean: The Ship Dwellers: a Story of a Happy Cruise, Albert Bigelow Paine |
| Author | Albert Bigelow Paine |
| Publisher | Harper & brothers, 1911 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 393 pages |
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