A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... founded , a monk , who lived in the hills , having been warned in a dream , dis- covered the bones , and conveyed them to the shrine where they have ever since re- posed , shrouded in satin and gold , before the TO DAMASCUS . 9.
... founded , a monk , who lived in the hills , having been warned in a dream , dis- covered the bones , and conveyed them to the shrine where they have ever since re- posed , shrouded in satin and gold , before the TO DAMASCUS . 9.
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... covered with the dust of ages . The books appear to be mostly Greek , and I sus- pect the monks do not very often trouble their repose . The interior of the building is a strange medley of galleries and passages , dormi- tories and ...
... covered with the dust of ages . The books appear to be mostly Greek , and I sus- pect the monks do not very often trouble their repose . The interior of the building is a strange medley of galleries and passages , dormi- tories and ...
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... covered with stunted bushes and parched vegetation , opened upon us , and rocks and low hills assumed the place of crags and precipices . The caravan followed in due time ; while we halted at mid - day , a storm , which had been ...
... covered with stunted bushes and parched vegetation , opened upon us , and rocks and low hills assumed the place of crags and precipices . The caravan followed in due time ; while we halted at mid - day , a storm , which had been ...
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... covering our line of march , and as they bounded along , looking warily down every gully of the rocks that might have concealed an enemy . Just as we entered the glen , the man who had been sent up the hill , returned . He C 2 TO ...
... covering our line of march , and as they bounded along , looking warily down every gully of the rocks that might have concealed an enemy . Just as we entered the glen , the man who had been sent up the hill , returned . He C 2 TO ...
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... covered here and there with shrubs and low brushwood , and rising by a gentle ascent , till the eye could follow it no more . Down this bed , now covered with the sands of the desert , the Jordan formerly is supposed to have poured ...
... covered here and there with shrubs and low brushwood , and rising by a gentle ascent , till the eye could follow it no more . Down this bed , now covered with the sands of the desert , the Jordan formerly is supposed to have poured ...
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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.