Around the World with General Grant: A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-president of the United States, to Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1979 : to which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History, Volume 1, Part 2American News Company, 1879 |
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... remain of a movement that took its rise in New England some years ago , a movement based upon the belief that the way to follow Christ was to come and occupy Palestine . The Bible is sprinkled with texts that justified.
... remain of a movement that took its rise in New England some years ago , a movement based upon the belief that the way to follow Christ was to come and occupy Palestine . The Bible is sprinkled with texts that justified.
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... England friends came and camped in Jaffa . They built houses , planted orange trees , and one would suppose that upon soil so fertile and in a climate so mild there would have been a practical success - the achievement of mate- rial ...
... England friends came and camped in Jaffa . They built houses , planted orange trees , and one would suppose that upon soil so fertile and in a climate so mild there would have been a practical success - the achievement of mate- rial ...
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... England . It is true that a people who , living in a semi - tempe- rate zone , by fighting against the inclemency of a climate , en- gender habits of industry and thrift . Looking back to the ge- ological conditions of Holland , and ...
... England . It is true that a people who , living in a semi - tempe- rate zone , by fighting against the inclemency of a climate , en- gender habits of industry and thrift . Looking back to the ge- ological conditions of Holland , and ...
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... England . We visit the royal palace , and are somewhat interested in the stables , from whence come the famous black and cream ani- mals , which are used even to - day on occasions of state by Queen Victoria . Some of us make a slight ...
... England . We visit the royal palace , and are somewhat interested in the stables , from whence come the famous black and cream ani- mals , which are used even to - day on occasions of state by Queen Victoria . Some of us make a slight ...
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... England , and all Europe wherever a ship could sail has felt her power . Denmark , standing as she did at the entrance . of the Baltic , exacted for many years feudal rights over the expanse of waters . I trust my country has been ...
... England , and all Europe wherever a ship could sail has felt her power . Denmark , standing as she did at the entrance . of the Baltic , exacted for many years feudal rights over the expanse of waters . I trust my country has been ...
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