A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... ascended , step by step , to the summit . The print of a camel's foot upon the granite , is curious , and very distinct ; and by tradition is ascribed both to Mahomet and Moses . Mount St. Catherine , which we see rising before us , is ...
... ascended , step by step , to the summit . The print of a camel's foot upon the granite , is curious , and very distinct ; and by tradition is ascribed both to Mahomet and Moses . Mount St. Catherine , which we see rising before us , is ...
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Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). Leaving Mount Sinai , we ascended to the peak of Sassafeh . This point entirely com- mands the plain of Er Rahab , and countless hosts might be gathered beneath it . There is ...
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). Leaving Mount Sinai , we ascended to the peak of Sassafeh . This point entirely com- mands the plain of Er Rahab , and countless hosts might be gathered beneath it . There is ...
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... ascend- ing the pass in single file . We placed our- selves in the van , and the rear was brought up by the servants , one of whom carried a blunt carving - knife , and another a huge pair of horse pistols , with an empty powder - horn ...
... ascend- ing the pass in single file . We placed our- selves in the van , and the rear was brought up by the servants , one of whom carried a blunt carving - knife , and another a huge pair of horse pistols , with an empty powder - horn ...
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... ascend the long pass we had come down on our way to Akaba . - The murder of Suleiman , and the previous attack on and death of the Mezeiné Sheikh's VOL . II . E son , on account of disputes and jealousies about the TO DAMASCUS . 49.
... ascend the long pass we had come down on our way to Akaba . - The murder of Suleiman , and the previous attack on and death of the Mezeiné Sheikh's VOL . II . E son , on account of disputes and jealousies about the TO DAMASCUS . 49.
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... ascended a little hill above the encampment , without arms or stick , or any weapon either for show or defence . Just as I crossed the ridge , I found myself close to a dozen Bedouins of the Tiyayah , all with their matches lighted ...
... ascended a little hill above the encampment , without arms or stick , or any weapon either for show or defence . Just as I crossed the ridge , I found myself close to a dozen Bedouins of the Tiyayah , all with their matches lighted ...
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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.