Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumele 1-2Harper, 1837 |
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... Mountains . - Arab Graves . - The Pacha and the Bedouins . - The Value of Water . - Perplexing Inscriptions . -Habits of the Arabs . - Ethics of the Desert . - Breach of the Marriage Vow . - Arrival at the Convent . - An Excess of Wel ...
... Mountains . - Arab Graves . - The Pacha and the Bedouins . - The Value of Water . - Perplexing Inscriptions . -Habits of the Arabs . - Ethics of the Desert . - Breach of the Marriage Vow . - Arrival at the Convent . - An Excess of Wel ...
Pagina 33
... mountains of the Libyan desert , the atmosphere became dark and more indistinct , and their clear outline continued to be seen after the whole earth was shrouded in gloom . The next morning at seven o'clock we were alongside the Island ...
... mountains of the Libyan desert , the atmosphere became dark and more indistinct , and their clear outline continued to be seen after the whole earth was shrouded in gloom . The next morning at seven o'clock we were alongside the Island ...
Pagina 54
... mountain- ous range on the edge of the desert , without any object with which to compare them , the immense size of the ... mountains . The base of the great pyramid is about eight hundred feet square , covering a surface of about eleven ...
... mountain- ous range on the edge of the desert , without any object with which to compare them , the immense size of the ... mountains . The base of the great pyramid is about eight hundred feet square , covering a surface of about eleven ...
Pagina 55
... no man can stand on the top of the great pyramid of Cheops , and look out upon the dark mountains of Mokattam bordering the Arabian desert , upon the ancient city of the Pharaohs , its domes , its mosques and minarets , glittering in the.
... no man can stand on the top of the great pyramid of Cheops , and look out upon the dark mountains of Mokattam bordering the Arabian desert , upon the ancient city of the Pharaohs , its domes , its mosques and minarets , glittering in the.
Pagina 69
... mountains ; and contains , as its most prominent objects , a mosque and minaret , and what is here called a palace or seraglio ; that is , a large coarse building covered with white ce- ment , and having grated windows for the harem ...
... mountains ; and contains , as its most prominent objects , a mosque and minaret , and what is here called a palace or seraglio ; that is , a large coarse building covered with white ce- ment , and having grated windows for the harem ...
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Pagina 140 - And they came unto the brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
Pagina 70 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, And all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: And it shall be an habitation of dragons, And a court for owls.
Pagina 88 - Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God...
Pagina 250 - And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
Pagina 310 - Sallust's Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline, with an English Commentary, and Geographical and Historical Indexes. By Charles Anthon, LL.D. Sixth Edition, corrected and enlarged. 12mo. With a Portrait. Select Orations of Cicero, with an English Commentary, and Historical, Geographical, and Legal Indexes.
Pagina 38 - It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Pagina 307 - The History of Modern Europe : with a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763.
Pagina 88 - Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity...
Pagina 167 - So I went in and saw ; and, behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.
Pagina 89 - And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.