A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 14
... heard ; the forked lightning flashed along the peaks of the mountains , and seemed to come from every direction . For two hours it rained inces- santly , and the wind was so strong that we were obliged to get our Arabs to hold on by 14 ...
... heard ; the forked lightning flashed along the peaks of the mountains , and seemed to come from every direction . For two hours it rained inces- santly , and the wind was so strong that we were obliged to get our Arabs to hold on by 14 ...
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... heard some more reports , which were clearly notes of defiance . Our Arabs shook their heads , looked wise , and evidently did not like it at all . and I Sheikh Hussein was perfectly cool , and said that we must enter the defiles , and ...
... heard some more reports , which were clearly notes of defiance . Our Arabs shook their heads , looked wise , and evidently did not like it at all . and I Sheikh Hussein was perfectly cool , and said that we must enter the defiles , and ...
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... heard were the noisy debates of the Arabs , and the last sight I saw as I closed my eyes was the fitful gleam of their watch - fires with the wild figures surround- ing them . CHAPTER XV . - Akaba- The Hadji Road to Mecca.
... heard were the noisy debates of the Arabs , and the last sight I saw as I closed my eyes was the fitful gleam of their watch - fires with the wild figures surround- ing them . CHAPTER XV . - Akaba- The Hadji Road to Mecca.
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... heard the news of what had happened to Messrs . Fiske and Erskine . The Mezeiné , after hearing of the death of the son of their Sheikh , in the first heat of passion , gave chase to the small party who were under Sheikh Sulei- man's ...
... heard the news of what had happened to Messrs . Fiske and Erskine . The Mezeiné , after hearing of the death of the son of their Sheikh , in the first heat of passion , gave chase to the small party who were under Sheikh Sulei- man's ...
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... bathing , sud- denly heard some shots and saw a disturb- ance in the Mezeiné camp . Being so few in number , they held aloof , but returned in haste , to receive the dreadful news that Sheikh Suleiman 32 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... bathing , sud- denly heard some shots and saw a disturb- ance in the Mezeiné camp . Being so few in number , they held aloof , but returned in haste , to receive the dreadful news that Sheikh Suleiman 32 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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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.