A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... close the space , which forms a gigantic amphitheatre . To the furthest part of the mountain , from the centre of the plain , there is nothing to break the view . Mr. Kinnear draws a distinction between Sinai and Horeb , resting his ...
... close the space , which forms a gigantic amphitheatre . To the furthest part of the mountain , from the centre of the plain , there is nothing to break the view . Mr. Kinnear draws a distinction between Sinai and Horeb , resting his ...
Page 61
... close to a dozen Bedouins of the Tiyayah , all with their matches lighted , and skulking under the rocks . On seeing me they advanced , and without taking the least notice , quietly sat down behind some crags , each taking up a position ...
... close to a dozen Bedouins of the Tiyayah , all with their matches lighted , and skulking under the rocks . On seeing me they advanced , and without taking the least notice , quietly sat down behind some crags , each taking up a position ...
Page 62
... close by them , to watch what they did . Meantime there was a great noise and confusion below , some mounted men had arrived , and to my surprise , another hill opposite us was in the same way occupied by armed Bedouins , with their ...
... close by them , to watch what they did . Meantime there was a great noise and confusion below , some mounted men had arrived , and to my surprise , another hill opposite us was in the same way occupied by armed Bedouins , with their ...
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... close around us , are covered with copses of various sorts of trees , and between them stretch away the silent glens and dingles , which are extremely picturesque , and from their very loneliness , sheltered amid 92 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... close around us , are covered with copses of various sorts of trees , and between them stretch away the silent glens and dingles , which are extremely picturesque , and from their very loneliness , sheltered amid 92 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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... close to the ruins of what appeared to be an old church , near which was an abundant spring . We walked over the rocks surrounding us , and soon found another flowing out of the bosom of the rock . Near it , hewn in the ledge of stone ...
... close to the ruins of what appeared to be an old church , near which was an abundant spring . We walked over the rocks surrounding us , and soon found another flowing out of the bosom of the rock . Near it , hewn in the ledge of stone ...
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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.
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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.