This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...but, on a journey which was to last a month, this was a point which could not be yielded, and the English consul for Caiapha and the French consul kindly came to our aid. We felt sure the contest would end as we wished, and meantime could do nothing but watch the progress of the debate and regret the loss of time. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...but, on a journey which was to last a month, this was a point which could not be yielded, and the English consul for Caiapha and the French consul kindly came to our aid. We felt sure the contest would end as we wished, and meantime could do nothing but watch the progress of the debate and regret the loss of time. Voices were raised to angry shrieks and lowered to fierce, menacing murmurs; the faces of the disputants eszriftsed the anise--j lecc tas=ii;ns-The lark eyes xmi inii iishei. the hhts it.cjne iamed with rage, and Raj iia weri raised in iecraatcry ir thrfcKinir, g gesicjtiatiiia. Tie muleteers cesii K iecaii die fagcvr and aeemed it the pi hit i Vadr-rj Iwut their animals and ahac-dccing the ear-gain. Our dragoman helplessly sciimed ir.d jleaded: the English consul atxd Ciln an.: dst the tempest, oocasiccally throwing in a few strong qiiet words, which at first increased tLe el&moar, but finally calmed it The whole was to us like a most vivid drama or pantomime, the gestures ar, d expression of the disputants rendering the knowledge of the language scarcely necessary to the comprehension of their meaning. At length the horses we declined were led away, the horses we wanted were brought in their stead, and our whole caravan clattered out of the courtyard and over the rough, stony streets. But the loss of time in this debate had left us only one hour's daylight for the four hours' journey to Bethel, where our tents were to be pitched for the night. After we turned from our last lingering gaze at Jerusalem, the sun sank behind the western hills, and almost before we had begun to think of the decline of day the brief twilight was over, and it was dark. The guide, who rode before us, was deaf to all our entreaties to relax his pace. We scra...
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