A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... and magnificent repose , no mass is said , nor are beads told upon the hill side , or in the secret valleys and recesses of Sinai or Horeb , but , in- stead of this , the monks fatten on their messes 6 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... and magnificent repose , no mass is said , nor are beads told upon the hill side , or in the secret valleys and recesses of Sinai or Horeb , but , in- stead of this , the monks fatten on their messes 6 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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... masses of columns and capitals fill up the interior . Nothing is left to show accu- rately the style of the building . Indeed , there is little to see here , to tempt either the artist or the savant , except he be curious to behold a ...
... masses of columns and capitals fill up the interior . Nothing is left to show accu- rately the style of the building . Indeed , there is little to see here , to tempt either the artist or the savant , except he be curious to behold a ...
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... mass of stones , overthrown and heaped together without form or shape ; not even the spaces of streets or large buildings are left . The briars spread everywhere , and it was not without difficulty that we made our way among the heaps ...
... mass of stones , overthrown and heaped together without form or shape ; not even the spaces of streets or large buildings are left . The briars spread everywhere , and it was not without difficulty that we made our way among the heaps ...
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... Kings - Pool of Siloam - Church of the Holy Sepulchre . VOL . II . I CHAPTER XX . JUNE 18th . - Mass was performed CHAPTER XX The Patriarch of the Armenian Church-Tomb of the Kings-Pool of Siloam-Church of Holy Sepulchre -
... Kings - Pool of Siloam - Church of the Holy Sepulchre . VOL . II . I CHAPTER XX . JUNE 18th . - Mass was performed CHAPTER XX The Patriarch of the Armenian Church-Tomb of the Kings-Pool of Siloam-Church of Holy Sepulchre -
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... Mass was performed in the church of the convent , and we attended the ceremony . The Patriarch is seated on a throne , near which is another , never occu- pied , that is called the chair of St. James -the saint having been , as they ...
... Mass was performed in the church of the convent , and we attended the ceremony . The Patriarch is seated on a throne , near which is another , never occu- pied , that is called the chair of St. James -the saint having been , as they ...
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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.
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.