 | 1850 - 704 pages
...would get the first plum off the branches. We both arrived at the same moment ; and, snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths ; when, on biting it, instead of the cool, delicious fruit which we expected, our mouths were filled with a dry, bitter dust, and we sat under the tree... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1849 - 468 pages
...get the first plum from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment ; and, each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths ; when,...be relieved of the nauseous taste of this strange fruit. We then perceived, and to my great delight, that we had discovered the famous apple of the Dend... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1849 - 486 pages
...got the first plum from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment ; and, each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths ; when,...be relieved of the nauseous taste of this strange fruit. We then perceived, and to my great delight, that we had discovered the famous apple of the Dead... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1849 - 554 pages
...get the first plum from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment ; and, each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths ; when,...sputtering, and hemming, and doing all we could to lie relieved of the nauseous taste of this strange fruit. Chap. XV. APPLE OF THE DEAD SEA. 207 We then... | |
 | 1856 - 348 pages
...get the first plum from its branches. We both arrived at the same moment, and, each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths, when,...expected, our mouths were filled with a dry, bitter dust, an d we sat under the tree upon our horses, doing all we could to be relieved of the nauseous taste... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1850 - 518 pages
...get the first plum from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment ; and, each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths ; when,...expected, our mouths were filled with a dry bitter dust, K and we sat under the tree upon our horses, sputtering, and hemming, and doing all we could to be... | |
 | Robert Curzon - 1851 - 522 pages
...we expected, our mouths were filled with a dry bitter dust, 194 THE APPLE OF THE DEAD SEA. Chap. XV. and we sat under the tree upon our horses, sputtering, and hemming, and doing all we could to he relieved of the nauseous taste of this strange fruit. We then perceived, and to my great delight,... | |
 | 1852 - 820 pages
...from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment, and each snatching a fine plum, put it at onoe into our mouths; when, on biting it, instead of the...we sat under the tree, upon our horses, sputtering nr<d hemming, »ad LIFE'S DECLINE, 475 doing all we conld to be relieved of the MUSJOUS taste of this... | |
 | International society for the evangelization of the Jews - 1852 - 1178 pages
...would get the first plum from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment; and, each snapping a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths; when,...our mouths were filled with a dry bitter dust, and wo sat under the trees upon our horses, spluttering and hemming, and doing all that we could to be... | |
 | B. J. Wallace, Albert Barnes - 1853 - 714 pages
...would get the first plum from the branches. We both arrived at the same moment; and each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths; when,...be relieved of the nauseous taste of this strange fruit . I brought several of them to England. They are a kind of gall-nut . I found others afterwards... | |
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We both arrived at the same moment, and each snatching at a fine ripe plum, put it at once into our mouths ; when, on biting it, instead of the cool, delicious, juicy fruit which we expected, our mouths were filled with a dry bitter dust... 
