A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... Arab ever enters the walls . They profess extreme poverty ; but the riches of the church belie this , and I suspect if the Bedouins knew how much of value these old walls contain , they would risk a great deal to TO DAMASCUS . 13.
... Arab ever enters the walls . They profess extreme poverty ; but the riches of the church belie this , and I suspect if the Bedouins knew how much of value these old walls contain , they would risk a great deal to TO DAMASCUS . 13.
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Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). walls contain , they would risk a great deal to get at it . The monks feel that theirs is no established tenure , and are always in a defensive position . They have stores of ...
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). walls contain , they would risk a great deal to get at it . The monks feel that theirs is no established tenure , and are always in a defensive position . They have stores of ...
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... contains Santa Paola , another St. Jerome . Every sort of tradition and legend is mingled near the spot , of which , were it clearly proved to be what it professes , the associations would engross every thought and every prayer . Though ...
... contains Santa Paola , another St. Jerome . Every sort of tradition and legend is mingled near the spot , of which , were it clearly proved to be what it professes , the associations would engross every thought and every prayer . Though ...
Page 107
... containing a few trees . None but Maho- metans are permitted to enter this boundary . I believe some persons have succeeded in getting into the mosque , but it has been an affair of some danger and difficulty . Our quarantine doctor ...
... containing a few trees . None but Maho- metans are permitted to enter this boundary . I believe some persons have succeeded in getting into the mosque , but it has been an affair of some danger and difficulty . Our quarantine doctor ...
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... contains innu- merable daubs by way of pictures ; but the walls being covered to a certain height with blue tiles , have an air of neatness and clean- liness . From the roof are hung innumerable lamps and strings of eggs - offerings of ...
... contains innu- merable daubs by way of pictures ; but the walls being covered to a certain height with blue tiles , have an air of neatness and clean- liness . From the roof are hung innumerable lamps and strings of eggs - offerings of ...
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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 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.