A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 10
... probably , enveloped the entire mountain , and the presence of God must have shone upon the remotest recesses as well as over every pinnacle . It is clearly impossible that , from the plain of Er Rahab , the whole host could have seen ...
... probably , enveloped the entire mountain , and the presence of God must have shone upon the remotest recesses as well as over every pinnacle . It is clearly impossible that , from the plain of Er Rahab , the whole host could have seen ...
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... probably met the murdering party on their return , and a ren- contre would have been the inevitable con- sequence . Akaba is a wretched village situated on the sea - shore , exactly at the opening of Wady Araba . When we reached our ...
... probably met the murdering party on their return , and a ren- contre would have been the inevitable con- sequence . Akaba is a wretched village situated on the sea - shore , exactly at the opening of Wady Araba . When we reached our ...
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... probably Eboda , a Roman city . About three miles from our encampment , and to the left of our track , we saw what seemed to be the remains of a ruined castle . The site is high and commanding , being nearly the centre of a plain ...
... probably Eboda , a Roman city . About three miles from our encampment , and to the left of our track , we saw what seemed to be the remains of a ruined castle . The site is high and commanding , being nearly the centre of a plain ...
Page 72
... a waste of sand , and speculate upon its origin and fate . There is a large square well in the castle , formerly used probably as a reservoir , for the Arabs declared there were no springs near . Two 72 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... a waste of sand , and speculate upon its origin and fate . There is a large square well in the castle , formerly used probably as a reservoir , for the Arabs declared there were no springs near . Two 72 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
Page 73
... probably as cisterns in which a sup- ply was accumulated in the rainy season . However , it is extraordinary how this city of Eboda , if Eboda it be , could have existed without a regular supply of water , not only for its own ...
... probably as cisterns in which a sup- ply was accumulated in the rainy season . However , it is extraordinary how this city of Eboda , if Eboda it be , could have existed without a regular supply of water , not only for its own ...
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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.