A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... seems to have no more foundation here , than she possesses for the site of the golden calf . Soon after appeared the deserted convent of El Ar- bain , the garden of which is beautiful , full of fruit trees , and adorned with noble ...
... seems to have no more foundation here , than she possesses for the site of the golden calf . Soon after appeared the deserted convent of El Ar- bain , the garden of which is beautiful , full of fruit trees , and adorned with noble ...
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... seems , are now confined in that fortress . Upon this the Mezeiné tribe have sent to warn Hussein that they know he is about to go to Akaba from the convent with a large caravan , and that he had better look out . In conse- quence , he ...
... seems , are now confined in that fortress . Upon this the Mezeiné tribe have sent to warn Hussein that they know he is about to go to Akaba from the convent with a large caravan , and that he had better look out . In conse- quence , he ...
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... seem to be a bed of limestone mixed with sand . Hour after hour , we toiled along them without seeing anything to break the desolate same- ness of our course , and when we looked back upon the bold granite peaks of Sinai , gradually ...
... seem to be a bed of limestone mixed with sand . Hour after hour , we toiled along them without seeing anything to break the desolate same- ness of our course , and when we looked back upon the bold granite peaks of Sinai , gradually ...
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... seems , was the reason why they were not in force sufficient to stop us when we marched through the pass . On reaching the party , they stopped and encamped , and then sent one of their number to invite Sheikh Su- leiman to a conference ...
... seems , was the reason why they were not in force sufficient to stop us when we marched through the pass . On reaching the party , they stopped and encamped , and then sent one of their number to invite Sheikh Su- leiman to a conference ...
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... . Not a word was said about our Petra trip ; and after the usual dumb show and civilities , pipes and coffee , they de- parted . It seems that the other tribes around Petra have come down in great num- bers , 34 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... . Not a word was said about our Petra trip ; and after the usual dumb show and civilities , pipes and coffee , they de- parted . It seems that the other tribes around Petra have come down in great num- bers , 34 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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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 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.