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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Page 324
... coming of our Lord , our feather - brained fellow country- men thought that it would do no harm to sit down and wait , feeling that there would be money enough for all expenses . when the Lord did come . So the movement went into bank ...
... coming of our Lord , our feather - brained fellow country- men thought that it would do no harm to sit down and wait , feeling that there would be money enough for all expenses . when the Lord did come . So the movement went into bank ...
Page 325
... coming . There was an archway , and an inscription over it , " Welcome General Grant . " There was a large tent , called the headquarters of tourist expeditions through the Holy Land . The proprietor was at the door in a state of ...
... coming . There was an archway , and an inscription over it , " Welcome General Grant . " There was a large tent , called the headquarters of tourist expeditions through the Holy Land . The proprietor was at the door in a state of ...
Page 326
... coming into bloom . We had been so many days in Egypt with no forest companions save the drooping date- palms that we missed the parched and barren fields . It was grateful , then , to see Palestine in its greenness . Even the rain was ...
... coming into bloom . We had been so many days in Egypt with no forest companions save the drooping date- palms that we missed the parched and barren fields . It was grateful , then , to see Palestine in its greenness . Even the rain was ...
Page 328
... coming in view were the mountains of Judea . Our road is toward the southeast . The rain falls , but it is not an exact- ing shower . The General has found a horse , and when offered the affectation of an umbrella and urged to swathe ...
... coming in view were the mountains of Judea . Our road is toward the southeast . The rain falls , but it is not an exact- ing shower . The General has found a horse , and when offered the affectation of an umbrella and urged to swathe ...
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... coming to see the Holy City , awed by its renowned memories . But , lo and behold ! here is an army with banners , and we are commanded to enter as con- querors , in a triumphal manner ! Well , I know of one in that company who looked ...
... coming to see the Holy City , awed by its renowned memories . But , lo and behold ! here is an army with banners , and we are commanded to enter as con- querors , in a triumphal manner ! Well , I know of one in that company who looked ...
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