A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 10
... looked very carefully at the relative po- sitions of Horeb and Er Rahab . From the base of Horeb to the end of the plain there is a gentle rise on each side ; large hills en- close the space , which forms a gigantic amphitheatre . To ...
... looked very carefully at the relative po- sitions of Horeb and Er Rahab . From the base of Horeb to the end of the plain there is a gentle rise on each side ; large hills en- close the space , which forms a gigantic amphitheatre . To ...
Page 15
... looked back upon the bold granite peaks of Sinai , gradually fading from our view , the contrast was most remarkable . On reaching our night quarters we found that the Arabs had kept all their camels together , instead of allowing them ...
... looked back upon the bold granite peaks of Sinai , gradually fading from our view , the contrast was most remarkable . On reaching our night quarters we found that the Arabs had kept all their camels together , instead of allowing them ...
Page 17
... 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 force our passage . He then asked me for some powder , gave him a supply in his cap , which I ...
... 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 force our passage . He then asked me for some powder , gave him a supply in his cap , which I ...
Page 28
... looked like ruined castles . Near these , we pitched our tents , on a wide plain , from whence we could see the moun- tains above Akaba red with the setting sun . I insisted upon having the large tent pitched , much against the wishes ...
... looked like ruined castles . Near these , we pitched our tents , on a wide plain , from whence we could see the moun- tains above Akaba red with the setting sun . I insisted upon having the large tent pitched , much against the wishes ...
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... looked at everything in the tent , but never in my face . The young chief , who was on my left , watched everything I did , never took his glance from me , and evidently was as deeply interested in the matter as if he had been thirty ...
... looked at everything in the tent , but never in my face . The young chief , who was on my left , watched everything I did , never took his glance from me , and evidently was as deeply interested in the matter as if he had been thirty ...
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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.