A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 12
... bear , and asked him if he thought they would really forewarn him if they meant to attack us . He said it was always their way to give fair notice . It is impossible to under- stand the bickerings and jealousy of these tribes . The 12 ...
... bear , and asked him if he thought they would really forewarn him if they meant to attack us . He said it was always their way to give fair notice . It is impossible to under- stand the bickerings and jealousy of these tribes . The 12 ...
Page 72
... bears marks of severe rains . The watercourse looks like the bed of a torrent , and is covered with large stones . Above this , on a steep acclivity , stand the shattered remnants of a castle and a church , the former marked by its ...
... bears marks of severe rains . The watercourse looks like the bed of a torrent , and is covered with large stones . Above this , on a steep acclivity , stand the shattered remnants of a castle and a church , the former marked by its ...
Page 77
... bear witness that the stones which lie there were once the dwellings of men . But there is nothing at all interesting in these sites , except their having been so rarely visited . After Karnac and Medinet Habou they are but pigmy ruins ...
... bear witness that the stones which lie there were once the dwellings of men . But there is nothing at all interesting in these sites , except their having been so rarely visited . After Karnac and Medinet Habou they are but pigmy ruins ...
Page 88
... bears the signs of cultivation as high as the summits of the rocks . But these fields are now left to their original wildness . The habitations are destroyed , and the land- marks thrown down . Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is ...
... bears the signs of cultivation as high as the summits of the rocks . But these fields are now left to their original wildness . The habitations are destroyed , and the land- marks thrown down . Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is ...
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... bear record to the flight of centuries . Ascending , we found ourselves at the gate , near which a tent was established , and close to it a small wooden hut , where we were detained until the doctor made his appearance . He was very ...
... bear record to the flight of centuries . Ascending , we found ourselves at the gate , near which a tent was established , and close to it a small wooden hut , where we were detained until the doctor made his appearance . He was very ...
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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.