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... hours we passed two large mounds of earth , on which was no appearance of ruins , but which , from the sunken nature of the ground all around , seemned to me to be artificial , and were probably ancient 18 PLAIN OF BEKAA .
... hours we passed two large mounds of earth , on which was no appearance of ruins , but which , from the sunken nature of the ground all around , seemned to me to be artificial , and were probably ancient 18 PLAIN OF BEKAA .
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William John Woodcock. to me to be artificial , and were probably ancient sepulchral memorials of a similar kind to those of Antilochus and Achilles in the plains of Troy , or to some of our ancient British barrows . The land here was ...
William John Woodcock. to me to be artificial , and were probably ancient sepulchral memorials of a similar kind to those of Antilochus and Achilles in the plains of Troy , or to some of our ancient British barrows . The land here was ...
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... probably be staggered to find , that of all the ancient wall but one little fragment remains , which is prudently made the scene of the second . The beauties of shade appear in all their highest perfections in the gardens of Damascus ...
... probably be staggered to find , that of all the ancient wall but one little fragment remains , which is prudently made the scene of the second . The beauties of shade appear in all their highest perfections in the gardens of Damascus ...
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... probably left you lifeless . This fate had well - nigh been mine ; and if these long strings of heavily - laden camels are permitted silently to thread these narrow passages ( ' tis almost like passing the needle's eye ) , such will ...
... probably left you lifeless . This fate had well - nigh been mine ; and if these long strings of heavily - laden camels are permitted silently to thread these narrow passages ( ' tis almost like passing the needle's eye ) , such will ...
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... probably the road from Damascus to Jerusalem , along which St. Paul was travel- ling at the time of his conversion , we passed next a rising ground , covered with bushes of white thorn , and enlivened by the flowers of a scarlet poppy ...
... probably the road from Damascus to Jerusalem , along which St. Paul was travel- ling at the time of his conversion , we passed next a rising ground , covered with bushes of white thorn , and enlivened by the flowers of a scarlet poppy ...
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