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 328
... hills . We are passing into the country of rocks . The summits of the hills glisten with the white , shining stone , which afar off looks like snow . In some of the valleys we note clusters of olive trees . The fertility of Palestine ...
... hills . We are passing into the country of rocks . The summits of the hills glisten with the white , shining stone , which afar off looks like snow . In some of the valleys we note clusters of olive trees . The fertility of Palestine ...
Page 330
... hills for a short tramp while the horses munch their grain , and come back bearing anemones and but- tercups and daisies , which we lay at the feet of the lady of our expedition as an offering from the Holy Land . We are off an hour ...
... hills for a short tramp while the horses munch their grain , and come back bearing anemones and but- tercups and daisies , which we lay at the feet of the lady of our expedition as an offering from the Holy Land . We are off an hour ...
Page 332
... hill -the hill which sheltered Jeru- salem from the Canaanite and Philistine . Jerusalem is two thousand five hundred feet above the sea , and even then it lies beyond a hill that must be passed . We wind around and around , patiently ...
... hill -the hill which sheltered Jeru- salem from the Canaanite and Philistine . Jerusalem is two thousand five hundred feet above the sea , and even then it lies beyond a hill that must be passed . We wind around and around , patiently ...
Page 334
... hills , and above all with the memories that rest upon these domes and roofs , these valleys and hills , this gray , sloping mass of houses and churches . You BETHLEHEM . have for company all the memories that come to you from the pious ...
... hills , and above all with the memories that rest upon these domes and roofs , these valleys and hills , this gray , sloping mass of houses and churches . You BETHLEHEM . have for company all the memories that come to you from the pious ...
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... hills beyond the city , of which there are many ; that the cross would have been more imposing on the top of the Mount of Olives , for instance , than here within the walls near the market places , under a dome . But executions , we ...
... hills beyond the city , of which there are many ; that the cross would have been more imposing on the top of the Mount of Olives , for instance , than here within the walls near the market places , under a dome . But executions , we ...
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