A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... scene was very curious and exciting , for even supposing that there was no danger of attack , the preparations for warfare were the same , and the people , animated by their old feuds with the Mezeiné tribe , were evidently eager to ...
... scene was very curious and exciting , for even supposing that there was no danger of attack , the preparations for warfare were the same , and the people , animated by their old feuds with the Mezeiné tribe , were evidently eager to ...
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... same unchanging scene . The desert lay like a vast sea before and around us , —the peaks and mountains looking like islands , and the ranges of hills like continents upon its bosom . The rocks are of 54 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... same unchanging scene . The desert lay like a vast sea before and around us , —the peaks and mountains looking like islands , and the ranges of hills like continents upon its bosom . The rocks are of 54 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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... scene of noise and strife . The quarrel had begun in earnest , and Hussein and Toualeb , apparently powerless , together with our companion the old Tiyayah man , were sur- rounded on all sides by mobs of Arabs , all screeching and ...
... scene of noise and strife . The quarrel had begun in earnest , and Hussein and Toualeb , apparently powerless , together with our companion the old Tiyayah man , were sur- rounded on all sides by mobs of Arabs , all screeching and ...
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... scene of Suleiman's death might be re - enacted upon a larger stage , and with even more fatal consequences . At last , there was an impetuous rush from the noisiest of the circles towards the spot where we stood , and a party of the ...
... scene of Suleiman's death might be re - enacted upon a larger stage , and with even more fatal consequences . At last , there was an impetuous rush from the noisiest of the circles towards the spot where we stood , and a party of the ...
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... scene ; suddenly , when words rose to the highest in the group before us , one of the speakers struck off the path on his camel , and , taking a branch Wady , went at full speed till we lost sight of him . He was followed by five or six ...
... scene ; suddenly , when words rose to the highest in the group before us , one of the speakers struck off the path on his camel , and , taking a branch Wady , went at full speed till we lost sight of him . He was followed by five or six ...
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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.