A Journey to Damascus Through Egypt, Nubia, Arabia Petræa, Palestine, and Syria, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1847 |
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... of Ephraim - Djanin - Naza- reth - Acre - Tyre - Sidon - Beirout 207 - 221 CHAPTER XXVII . Princesses of the Lebanon - Natural Bridge at Nahr Leban - Antiquities - 239 CHAPTER XXVIII . Village of Akoura - Hosrun - Cedars CONTENTS . V.
... of Ephraim - Djanin - Naza- reth - Acre - Tyre - Sidon - Beirout 207 - 221 CHAPTER XXVII . Princesses of the Lebanon - Natural Bridge at Nahr Leban - Antiquities - 239 CHAPTER XXVIII . Village of Akoura - Hosrun - Cedars CONTENTS . V.
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Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). CHAPTER XXVIII . Village of Akoura - Hosrun - Cedars of Lebanon Base of Mount Lebanon Baalbec - Quarries - Zebdeni - Suburb of Damascus 261 CHAPTER XXIX . Damascus - The ...
Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess). CHAPTER XXVIII . Village of Akoura - Hosrun - Cedars of Lebanon Base of Mount Lebanon Baalbec - Quarries - Zebdeni - Suburb of Damascus 261 CHAPTER XXIX . Damascus - The ...
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... village belonging to the Mezeiné , on the sea side . This , it 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 ...
... village belonging to the Mezeiné , on the sea side . This , it 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 ...
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... village 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 ...
... village 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 ...
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... village , with either a church or castle occupying the highest ground . Before we arrived , the track wound round the grassy hills as before , and so closed in was it at last , that we had no prospect whatever of the surrounding country ...
... village , with either a church or castle occupying the highest ground . Before we arrived , the track wound round the grassy hills as before , and so closed in was it at last , that we had no prospect whatever of the surrounding country ...
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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 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.