A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... St. Catherine , which we see rising before us , is the finest object in the view from hence ; the rest of the land- scape , though grand and striking , is con- fused . Leaving Mount Sinai , we ascended to the peak of 4 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... St. Catherine , which we see rising before us , is the finest object in the view from hence ; the rest of the land- scape , though grand and striking , is con- fused . Leaving Mount Sinai , we ascended to the peak of 4 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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... land flowing with milk and honey ; " the region is deserted and de- solate ; the very rocks look stricken with ruin . The cities are gone . Their sites even are unknown . Their names exist no more ; and you search in vain for Elath and ...
... land flowing with milk and honey ; " the region is deserted and de- solate ; the very rocks look stricken with ruin . The cities are gone . Their sites even are unknown . Their names exist no more ; and you search in vain for Elath and ...
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... lands , and that the disappointment of losing so much profit might perhaps incite some of the fiery spirits among them to make our departure as dis- agreeable as possible . No such thing , how- ever , took place . Soon after daylight ...
... lands , and that the disappointment of losing so much profit might perhaps incite some of the fiery spirits among them to make our departure as dis- agreeable as possible . No such thing , how- ever , took place . Soon after daylight ...
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... Land without a deep feeling of veneration , and thoughts most probably of a very different nature from any to which the mind has been devoted . The valley here is called Wady Seba , the well is Bir Seba . From Elusa or Khulasa the ...
... Land without a deep feeling of veneration , and thoughts most probably of a very different nature from any to which the mind has been devoted . The valley here is called Wady Seba , the well is Bir Seba . From Elusa or Khulasa the ...
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... as the summits of the rocks . But these fields are now left to their original wildness . The habitations are destroyed , and the land- marks thrown down . Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is larger 88 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... as the summits of the rocks . But these fields are now left to their original wildness . The habitations are destroyed , and the land- marks thrown down . Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is larger 88 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.