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
... passing from the plain of Sharon into the country of Joshua and Sam- son . The road becomes rough and stony , and we who are in the carts go bumping , thumping along , over the very worst road perhaps in the world . But there is no one ...
... passing from the plain of Sharon into the country of Joshua and Sam- son . The road becomes rough and stony , and we who are in the carts go bumping , thumping along , over the very worst road perhaps in the world . But there is no one ...
Page 329
... pass away from them . " We pass the ruins of Gezer , which Mr. Hardegg tells us was once a royal city of the land of Canaan - that an Egyptian monarch captured it and gave it to Solomon , when that wise king but widely disseminated ...
... pass away from them . " We pass the ruins of Gezer , which Mr. Hardegg tells us was once a royal city of the land of Canaan - that an Egyptian monarch captured it and gave it to Solomon , when that wise king but widely disseminated ...
Page 330
... pass a village some way off , which in former years was the home of a bandit sheik . We are told that this is the village of Kirjath Jearim , about which you may read in the Bible , where , as Samuel informs us , the ark remained twenty ...
... pass a village some way off , which in former years was the home of a bandit sheik . We are told that this is the village of Kirjath Jearim , about which you may read in the Bible , where , as Samuel informs us , the ark remained twenty ...
Page 333
... passes away . We ride about a mile through a suburb , the highway lined with people . The General passes on with bared ... pass under the walls of the tower of David , and the flag that floats from the pole on the consulate tells us that ...
... passes away . We ride about a mile through a suburb , the highway lined with people . The General passes on with bared ... pass under the walls of the tower of David , and the flag that floats from the pole on the consulate tells us that ...
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... pass from our hotel on Mount Zion through a narrow , dingy street , paved with jagged cobble - stones , rendered smooth by rain and mud . We make our way with difficulty . We stumble and slide rather than walk . We pass beggars who cry ...
... pass from our hotel on Mount Zion through a narrow , dingy street , paved with jagged cobble - stones , rendered smooth by rain and mud . We make our way with difficulty . We stumble and slide rather than walk . We pass beggars who cry ...
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