Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy LandWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1891 - 161 páginas |
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... , JERICHO , DEAD SEA , V. MOUNT CARMEL , AND THE 288 61 78 VI . GALILEE , 97 VII . DAMASCUS AND THE LEBANON , 117 • VIII . THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE , 133 NOTES OF A PILGRIMAGE . I. INTRODUCTORY AND CHIEFLY PRACTICAL.
... , JERICHO , DEAD SEA , V. MOUNT CARMEL , AND THE 288 61 78 VI . GALILEE , 97 VII . DAMASCUS AND THE LEBANON , 117 • VIII . THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE , 133 NOTES OF A PILGRIMAGE . I. INTRODUCTORY AND CHIEFLY PRACTICAL.
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... powers of conversation to such weighty remarks as " good morning " and " thank you . " It was an opportunity lost for both of us . We were to have seen an exhibition of native dancing , and were regaled for some time with cinnamon - tea ...
... powers of conversation to such weighty remarks as " good morning " and " thank you . " It was an opportunity lost for both of us . We were to have seen an exhibition of native dancing , and were regaled for some time with cinnamon - tea ...
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... boars in plenty in the lower valley of the Jordan , to kill which is an act of charity to the native proprietors , —and Mount Carmel simply swarms with porcupines . 133 VIII . THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE . 132 NOTES OF A PILGRIMAGE .
... boars in plenty in the lower valley of the Jordan , to kill which is an act of charity to the native proprietors , —and Mount Carmel simply swarms with porcupines . 133 VIII . THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE . 132 NOTES OF A PILGRIMAGE .
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... future of Palestine . Diplomatists in general are apt to make no very great account of this corner of the earth , though its value , even from the prosaic point of view of fertility , is considerable ; and THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE,
... future of Palestine . Diplomatists in general are apt to make no very great account of this corner of the earth , though its value , even from the prosaic point of view of fertility , is considerable ; and THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE,
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... remonstrance only brings further evils on their devoted heads . The Kaimakam is absolute in his small way , and there is no hope - of making a stand against him or his myrmidons THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE . 137.
... remonstrance only brings further evils on their devoted heads . The Kaimakam is absolute in his small way , and there is no hope - of making a stand against him or his myrmidons THE BALANCE OF POWER IN PALESTINE . 137.
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