A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... situated on the sea - shore , exactly at the opening of Wady Araba . When we reached our tent , and were arranging matters , the Governor , or Nazir , marched in , and sat down with half a dozen of his attendants , and with him came the ...
... situated on the sea - shore , exactly at the opening of Wady Araba . When we reached our tent , and were arranging matters , the Governor , or Nazir , marched in , and sat down with half a dozen of his attendants , and with him came the ...
Page 82
... situated in the centre of a declivity , towards which the neighbouring hills slope gently down . Here we found goats , sheep , camels , and asses , in vast droves , collected around the spot , and the Bedouins of the country were busily ...
... situated in the centre of a declivity , towards which the neighbouring hills slope gently down . Here we found goats , sheep , camels , and asses , in vast droves , collected around the spot , and the Bedouins of the country were busily ...
Page 88
... high as the summits of the rocks . But these fields are now left to their original wildness . The habitations are destroyed , and the land- marks thrown down . Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is larger 88 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... high as the summits of the rocks . But these fields are now left to their original wildness . The habitations are destroyed , and the land- marks thrown down . Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is larger 88 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is larger and better built than we had expected . In the middle of the town , more conspicuous than any other building , stands the ...
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). Hebron is situated on a declivity , and is larger and better built than we had expected . In the middle of the town , more conspicuous than any other building , stands the ...
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... situated . Visiting these immense reservoirs , we ad- mired their size and skilful construction . There is a large Khan or building for the accommodation of pilgrims , near the upper pool . VOL . II . H The country now becomes more bare ...
... situated . Visiting these immense reservoirs , we ad- mired their size and skilful construction . There is a large Khan or building for the accommodation of pilgrims , near the upper pool . VOL . II . H The country now becomes more bare ...
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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.