A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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Page 44
... surrounded by a crowd of Alouins . They were in far better condi- tion than our Mount Sinai animals , and their saddles and trappings looked in better order , and altogether more solid and useful . The 44 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... surrounded by a crowd of Alouins . They were in far better condi- tion than our Mount Sinai animals , and their saddles and trappings looked in better order , and altogether more solid and useful . The 44 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
Page 50
... course along the Hadji road , towards Cairo , we came about sunset , into a plain surrounded by peaked hills , of no great height in themselves , never- theless , at a considerable elevation from the sea . 50 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... course along the Hadji road , towards Cairo , we came about sunset , into a plain surrounded by peaked hills , of no great height in themselves , never- theless , at a considerable elevation from the sea . 50 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
Page 60
... he declared upon the faith of his head , that all was settled with every tribe upon our march - we lay down with our arms near us , and surrounded by watch- fires , within ten yards all round the tent . 60 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... he declared upon the faith of his head , that all was settled with every tribe upon our march - we lay down with our arms near us , and surrounded by watch- fires , within ten yards all round the tent . 60 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
Page 64
... begged us to go on . At last , We moved forward , accordingly , at a slow pace , surrounded by the mixed multitude ; some who had come with us , and others who had joined us at the commencement of the affray . 64 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... begged us to go on . At last , We moved forward , accordingly , at a slow pace , surrounded by the mixed multitude ; some who had come with us , and others who had joined us at the commencement of the affray . 64 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
Page 71
... surrounded by low and distant hills . As we approached , our track lay through a watercourse , from which occa- sionally we diverged into small patches of recent cultivation , intersected by walls and ruins of stone fences of much more ...
... surrounded by low and distant hills . As we approached , our track lay through a watercourse , from which occa- sionally we diverged into small patches of recent cultivation , intersected by walls and ruins of stone fences of much more ...
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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.
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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.