The Writings of Mark Twain, Volume 2Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899 |
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Pagina 171
... Damascus , and thence down through the full length of Palestine . It would be a tedious , and also a too risky journey , at this hot season of the year , for any but strong , healthy men , accustomed somewhat to fatigue and rough life ...
... Damascus , and thence down through the full length of Palestine . It would be a tedious , and also a too risky journey , at this hot season of the year , for any but strong , healthy men , accustomed somewhat to fatigue and rough life ...
Pagina 172
... Damascus , and horses for the ruins of Baalbec . As might have been expected , a notion got abroad in Syria and Egypt that the whole population of the Province of America ( the Turks consider us a trifling little province in some ...
... Damascus , and horses for the ruins of Baalbec . As might have been expected , a notion got abroad in Syria and Egypt that the whole population of the Province of America ( the Turks consider us a trifling little province in some ...
Pagina 174
... Damascus , the Sea of Tiberias , and thence southward by the way of the scene of Jacob's Dream and other notable Bible localities to Jerusalem - from thence probably to the Dead Sea , but possibly not- and then strike for the ocean and ...
... Damascus , the Sea of Tiberias , and thence southward by the way of the scene of Jacob's Dream and other notable Bible localities to Jerusalem - from thence probably to the Dead Sea , but possibly not- and then strike for the ocean and ...
Pagina 193
... Damascus . It was neces- sary that we should do it in less than two . It was necessary because our three pilgrims would not travel on the Sabbath day . We were all perfectly willing to keep the Sabbath day , but there are times when to ...
... Damascus . It was neces- sary that we should do it in less than two . It was necessary because our three pilgrims would not travel on the Sabbath day . We were all perfectly willing to keep the Sabbath day , but there are times when to ...
Pagina 197
... Damascus Saturday night . We saw ancient tombs and temples of fanciful architecture carved out of the solid rock high up in the face of precipices above our heads , but we had neither time nor strength to climb up there and examine them ...
... Damascus Saturday night . We saw ancient tombs and temples of fanciful architecture carved out of the solid rock high up in the face of precipices above our heads , but we had neither time nor strength to climb up there and examine them ...
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ancient Arab Baalbec beautiful Bedouins Bible Bosporus bucksheesh built called camel camel trains camp Capernaum centuries Christ Christian church Constantinople costumes crown Damascus dead desert desolate dogs donkeys dragoman earth Egypt Emperor Ephesus eyes feet fell Galilee Gennesaret girl Grand grotto half hand head hill Holy Land horses hundred Jaffa Jerusalem Jordan journey King knew lived look marble miles Mosque Mount mountain Naples never night once oyster palace Palestine party passed picture pilgrims plain pleasant Pompeii princes Prion ragged rock rode ruin Russia sail Saviour Sea of Galilee Sebastopol seemed seen Shechem ship Smyrna spot stand stone stood strange stranger streets Syrian Temple things thousand Tiberias tion to-day tomb took town true cross unto valley Vesuvius village visited walk walls wonderful
Populaire passages
Pagina 179 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care. And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day. Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Pagina 238 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Pagina 143 - Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Pagina 308 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Pagina 160 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
Pagina 236 - And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Pagina 69 - Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Pagina 69 - For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars...
Pagina 69 - Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Pagina 308 - And he came and touched the bier, (and they that bare him stood still,) and he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak : and he delivered him to his mother.