A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page iv
... Convent , and its different Re- ligious Communities - Prospect of Jerusalem . -Armenian Convent - Valley of Jehoshaphat -The Great Mosque - The Convent Church -Protestant Congregation CHAPTER XX . 57 79 95 - 113 The Patriarch of the ...
... Convent , and its different Re- ligious Communities - Prospect of Jerusalem . -Armenian Convent - Valley of Jehoshaphat -The Great Mosque - The Convent Church -Protestant Congregation CHAPTER XX . 57 79 95 - 113 The Patriarch of the ...
Page v
... Convent of Mar - Saba - Latin Convent - The French Bishop of Babylon - Tahir Pacha CHAPTER XXVI . - Samaria - Valleys of Ephraim - Djanin - Naza- reth - Acre - Tyre - Sidon - Beirout 207 - 221 CHAPTER XXVII . Princesses of the Lebanon ...
... Convent of Mar - Saba - Latin Convent - The French Bishop of Babylon - Tahir Pacha CHAPTER XXVI . - Samaria - Valleys of Ephraim - Djanin - Naza- reth - Acre - Tyre - Sidon - Beirout 207 - 221 CHAPTER XXVII . Princesses of the Lebanon ...
Page 3
... convent . We had a host of Be- douins , who carried up our carpets and pro- visions , and two Greek servants of the Superior as Cicerones . The ascent is easy enough . Rough steps , formed of pieces of granite laid one above the other ...
... convent . We had a host of Be- douins , who carried up our carpets and pro- visions , and two Greek servants of the Superior as Cicerones . The ascent is easy enough . Rough steps , formed of pieces of granite laid one above the other ...
Page 4
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). convent , they found food had been sent to them . Here I saw the name of Lamartine , and that of Frances Trollope - a curious con- trast . Further on we arrived at an arched ...
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). convent , they found food had been sent to them . Here I saw the name of Lamartine , and that of Frances Trollope - a curious con- trast . Further on we arrived at an arched ...
Page 6
... convent monks rarely stir abroad , and would little think of turning anchorites . A great religious change has been effected here since devotion was evinced by soli- tude and privation , which , accompanied by penance and prayer , were ...
... convent monks rarely stir abroad , and would little think of turning anchorites . A great religious change has been effected here since devotion was evinced by soli- tude and privation , which , accompanied by penance and prayer , were ...
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.