A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... Dead Sea 147 173 195 CHAPTER XXV . Great Mosque of Omar - Mosque of El Aksa- Pools of Solomon - Sheikh Said of Gaza- Convent of Mar - Saba - Latin Convent - The French Bishop of Babylon - Tahir Pacha CHAPTER XXVI . - Samaria - Valleys ...
... Dead Sea 147 173 195 CHAPTER XXV . Great Mosque of Omar - Mosque of El Aksa- Pools of Solomon - Sheikh Said of Gaza- Convent of Mar - Saba - Latin Convent - The French Bishop of Babylon - Tahir Pacha CHAPTER XXVI . - Samaria - Valleys ...
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... Dead Sea . It was , indeed , a glorious con- trast , as the sun bathed the hills about Mount Sion in a flood of light , to look upon the gloomy outline of those dark waters that cover the doomed cities of the plain . It seemed as if ...
... Dead Sea . It was , indeed , a glorious con- trast , as the sun bathed the hills about Mount Sion in a flood of light , to look upon the gloomy outline of those dark waters that cover the doomed cities of the plain . It seemed as if ...
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... , however , is half in ruins , and here they show a print of the foot of our Lord . We looked down upon Bethany , the distant and dreary waters of the Dead Sea , and the purple mountains beyond Jordan 118 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... , however , is half in ruins , and here they show a print of the foot of our Lord . We looked down upon Bethany , the distant and dreary waters of the Dead Sea , and the purple mountains beyond Jordan 118 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). the Dead Sea , and the purple mountains beyond Jordan . A murky vapour always seems to hover over the valley and around these shores . June 19th . - To - day being Sunday , we ...
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). the Dead Sea , and the purple mountains beyond Jordan . A murky vapour always seems to hover over the valley and around these shores . June 19th . - To - day being Sunday , we ...
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... Dead Sea is not visible , but the vapour which floats above it marked its locality . The young Arabs of the village were amusing themselves by flinging stones at the Hadjis , or pilgrims , as they called us ; upon which the Janizary ...
... Dead Sea is not visible , but the vapour which floats above it marked its locality . The young Arabs of the village were amusing themselves by flinging stones at the Hadjis , or pilgrims , as they called us ; upon which the Janizary ...
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Akaba Alouins appeared Arabs Armenian arrived ascended Baalbec baggage beautiful Bedouins Beirout camels chapel CHAPTER chasm church cliffs colour convent covered crags cultivated Dead Sea defile desert dromedary Edom encamped entered excavations Fellaheen gardens glen goats Hebron hills Holy Horeb horses Howâts Hussein Ibrahim Jehoshaphat Jerusalem JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS July Khasné ladies land Lebanon looked Mehemet Ali Mezeiné monks morning mosque Mount Hor Mount Lebanon Mount of Olives mountain ornaments Oulad Pacha party passed peaks Petra pitched plain pool of Siloam precipices ravines reached rising road rocks rode round ruins sacred sand scene seems seen sepulchres Sheikh side Sinai spot stone summit Taif Allah Tancred temple tent Tiyayah told tombs took Toualeb town track travellers trees tribe valley valley of Jehoshaphat village visited Wady Araba Wady Mousa walls wild winding Zion
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Page 135 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter ; for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
Page 309 - OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, DURING THE YEARS 1841 AND 1842, BY SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S TERRITORIES. In one very neat crown octavo volume, rich extra crimson cloth, or in two parts, paper, price 75 cents each.
Page 309 - It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry and research could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work.
Page 136 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Page 135 - And they have built the high places of tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which J commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.