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 323
... walls of a town sacred to all who believe in Christian teachings , made us think lightly of the mud through which we trudged . The consul lives in a little settlement that looks like one of our Western railway towns . Here was the ...
... walls of a town sacred to all who believe in Christian teachings , made us think lightly of the mud through which we trudged . The consul lives in a little settlement that looks like one of our Western railway towns . Here was the ...
Page 328
... walls . The utter absence of all civiliza- tion , of all trace of human existence , is the fact that meets and oppresses you . The hills have been washed bare by centuries of neglect , and terraced slopes that were once rich with all ...
... walls . The utter absence of all civiliza- tion , of all trace of human existence , is the fact that meets and oppresses you . The hills have been washed bare by centuries of neglect , and terraced slopes that were once rich with all ...
Page 333
... walls of the tower of David , and the flag that floats from the pole on the consulate tells us that our journey is at an end and that we are within the walls of Jerusalem . We were taken to a small hotel - the only one of any value in ...
... walls of the tower of David , and the flag that floats from the pole on the consulate tells us that our journey is at an end and that we are within the walls of Jerusalem . We were taken to a small hotel - the only one of any value in ...
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... walls near the market places , under a dome . But executions , we must remember , are not pageants , and it THE VIA DOLOROSA . 337 would have been a weary. which Christ carried his cross . MAP OF TURKEY AND ITALY . 336 THE HOLY LAND .
... walls near the market places , under a dome . But executions , we must remember , are not pageants , and it THE VIA DOLOROSA . 337 would have been a weary. which Christ carried his cross . MAP OF TURKEY AND ITALY . 336 THE HOLY LAND .
Page 337
... walls , that it was about sixty feet above the lower streets of the city , as high as Mount Moriah and Mount Zion . So that each his- torical condition of place and convenience is satisfied . We pass from our hotel on Mount Zion through ...
... walls , that it was about sixty feet above the lower streets of the city , as high as Mount Moriah and Mount Zion . So that each his- torical condition of place and convenience is satisfied . We pass from our hotel on Mount Zion through ...
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