A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... took place . If the Lord was upon the mount , surely He must have been omni- present , and His glory must have filled the whole of it . The cloud , probably , enveloped the entire mountain , and the presence of God must have shone upon ...
... took place . If the Lord was upon the mount , surely He must have been omni- present , and His glory must have filled the whole of it . The cloud , probably , enveloped the entire mountain , and the presence of God must have shone upon ...
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... took two prisoners as hos- tages for the missing ones , who , it 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 ...
... took two prisoners as hos- tages for the missing ones , who , it 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 ...
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... be pitched near the wells said to be held by the Mezeiné . The party took care , however , so to linger on the way , as to allow us to arrive very soon after them . They told us that when they came to the place , they 16 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
... be pitched near the wells said to be held by the Mezeiné . The party took care , however , so to linger on the way , as to allow us to arrive very soon after them . They told us that when they came to the place , they 16 DIARY OF A JOURNEY.
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... cept Hussein , were talking together loudly , and preparing their arms . They stripped to their shirts , and took off their turbans , hav- VOL . II . C ing nothing on their heads but small woollen caps ; TO DAMASCUS . 17.
... cept Hussein , were talking together loudly , and preparing their arms . They stripped to their shirts , and took off their turbans , hav- VOL . II . C ing nothing on their heads but small woollen caps ; TO DAMASCUS . 17.
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... took up the matter , and as the Terabin says , started with thirty drome daries to catch Mr. Fiske and Mr. Erskine , who had preceded us from Sinai , in order to have their revenge upon another party of the Oulad Said who were ...
... took up the matter , and as the Terabin says , started with thirty drome daries to catch Mr. Fiske and Mr. Erskine , who had preceded us from Sinai , in order to have their revenge upon another party of the Oulad Said who were ...
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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.