The Golden Horn: And Sketches in Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, and the Hauraan, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1851 - 652 pages |
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... miles from one another , villages almost hidden by the palms that surrounded them , or perched on the summit of a mound of considerable extent , mark- ing the site of an ancient town . Part of the way lay across a large tract of ground ...
... miles from one another , villages almost hidden by the palms that surrounded them , or perched on the summit of a mound of considerable extent , mark- ing the site of an ancient town . Part of the way lay across a large tract of ground ...
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... miles above Cairo , where we arrived late the same evening , intending to visit the pyramids of Dashoor and Sakkára , and Mitra- henny , the site of ancient Memphis , on the morrow . An English and an American boat that we passed on ...
... miles above Cairo , where we arrived late the same evening , intending to visit the pyramids of Dashoor and Sakkára , and Mitra- henny , the site of ancient Memphis , on the morrow . An English and an American boat that we passed on ...
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... mile and a half out of my road to a bridge . I must have presented a strange appearance to the Arabs in my European dress , my trowsers turned up to no purpose above the knee , my gun in the right hand above my shoulder , a pair of ...
... mile and a half out of my road to a bridge . I must have presented a strange appearance to the Arabs in my European dress , my trowsers turned up to no purpose above the knee , my gun in the right hand above my shoulder , a pair of ...
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... miles , but by the route we were constrained to take it could scarcely have been less than seven . It is situated about half a mile from the verge of cultivation , which is bounded by a pretty picturesque little grove of acanthus ...
... miles , but by the route we were constrained to take it could scarcely have been less than seven . It is situated about half a mile from the verge of cultivation , which is bounded by a pretty picturesque little grove of acanthus ...
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... mile from the others . The entire coating , which was of lime- stone , has been carried away or broken ; fragments ... miles , in order to be ready to start early the next morning in search of the site and remains of the mighty Memphis ...
... mile from the others . The entire coating , which was of lime- stone , has been carried away or broken ; fragments ... miles , in order to be ready to start early the next morning in search of the site and remains of the mighty Memphis ...
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Page 167 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 73 - And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 60 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ; there remained not so much as one of them.
Page 231 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Page 231 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Page 170 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Page 61 - So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
Page 61 - And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
Page 220 - Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle...
Page 149 - Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.