The Morning Land, المجلدات 1-21870 |
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الصفحة 14 - ... came, so the skipper turned round, putting out to sea, and anchored. When the sail was furled, the boat rolled a good deal. We spent the evening playing poker. Early next morning we found the opening and entered the lagoon. It was shallow and clear so that the bottom could be seen distinctly. There was not a cloud in the sky, not a ripple on the water. The coast was heavily wooded. It was a scene of perfect tranquillity. Presently we lowered a dinghy and landed in a little cove. There was a small...
الصفحة 232 - WE read that when David was withdrawn into the wilderness from the rage of Saul, every one that was in distress, or in debt, or discontented, gathered themselves unto him, and he became their captain, 1 Sam.
الصفحة 99 - At Kantara the Canal crosses the track of the highway between Cairo and Syria. A floating bridge carries the caravans across, and...
الصفحة 233 - ... gathered himself to David. Of the traditions associating certain spots with the deeds of the Bible worthies, there are few more clear and definite than that which connects the caves of the Valley of Khoreitoun with those of Adullam. Assuredly this mountain-side cavern might serve to-day as the refuge and stronghold of a band of outlaws, even as it served some three thousand years ago.
الصفحة 175 - Said without the slightest difficulty. The approach from the sea is far better than that into the port of Alexandria : and it must be a tempest of a violence very unusual in the Mediterranean which could hinder vessels from making the port by daylight. In fact, as the distance across the mouth of the harbour is half a mile, sailing vessels will have room to tack in entering it.