A Journal of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræ, and the Holy Land: During 1841-2E. Shepard, 1843 - 352 pagini |
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Pagina 23
... steps . We then turned to the right , and proceeding a few yards entered the grotto or cave . It is round , or nearly so , arching to the top . At any part of it a person may stand erect , and its size would probably contain from forty ...
... steps . We then turned to the right , and proceeding a few yards entered the grotto or cave . It is round , or nearly so , arching to the top . At any part of it a person may stand erect , and its size would probably contain from forty ...
Pagina 24
... steps , we had ex- posed to our view a low entry , at the end of which the excavations commence . As we continued our way , the utmost care was necessary lest the head should come in contact with the stony crags above . At one moment ...
... steps , we had ex- posed to our view a low entry , at the end of which the excavations commence . As we continued our way , the utmost care was necessary lest the head should come in contact with the stony crags above . At one moment ...
Pagina 74
... steps to as- cend upon . It tapers in this regular manner , from all its sides . Some of the layers , however , are thicker than others , some being not more than eighteen inches , and some more than three feet . In this form the ...
... steps to as- cend upon . It tapers in this regular manner , from all its sides . Some of the layers , however , are thicker than others , some being not more than eighteen inches , and some more than three feet . In this form the ...
Pagina 75
... step . It is a passage of three feet and a half square , descending at an angle of twenty - seven de- grees . Its sides and covering are of polished granite . This descent extends straight forward ninety - two feet , keeping a person in ...
... step . It is a passage of three feet and a half square , descending at an angle of twenty - seven de- grees . Its sides and covering are of polished granite . This descent extends straight forward ninety - two feet , keeping a person in ...
Pagina 76
... steps , while at your side is a chasm deepening as you rise . You at length step on solid footing , and have a clear passage the rest of the way , at the termination of which you en- ter the King's Chamber . This is about thirty - seven ...
... steps , while at your side is a chasm deepening as you rise . You at length step on solid footing , and have a clear passage the rest of the way , at the termination of which you en- ter the King's Chamber . This is about thirty - seven ...
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A Journal of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræ, and the Holy Land: During 1841-2 David Millard Vizualizare completă - 1843 |
A Journal of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land David Millard Vizualizare completă - 1857 |
A Journal of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræ, and the Holy Land David Millard Vizualizare completă - 1860 |
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Akabah Alexandria ancient appearance Arab village Arabs arrived ascended Atfe baggage beautiful Bedoin boat bucksheesh building Cairo called camels canal caravan chapel Christian church convent covered cross Dead Sea descended desert donkeys door dress dromedaries east Edom Egypt Egyptian Elath encamped English entered entire entrance Ezion-geber feet filthy gate governor Greek grotto hand Hassein Hebron hill Holy Land hour Idumea inhabitants Jerusalem Jews kind large number length lying Malta Mehemet Ali miles miserable Mohammedan monks morning mosque Mount Hor Mount Sinai mountain native nearly night Nile o'clock once Pacha passage passed Petra pilgrims plain Pompey's Pillar present Red Sea rock rods round ruins of Petra Saviour scenery seen Selim sepulchres sheik shore short distance side situated soon spot standing stone Suez summit tent tion tomb town travellers trees tribe Tueileb valley Waddy wall whole wind
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Pagina 194 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 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 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Pagina 95 - Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Pagina 122 - And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, ' Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death...
Pagina 168 - The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; the screech-owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Pagina 146 - For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Pagina 168 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: And all their host shall fall down, As the leaf falleth off from the vine, And as a falling fig from the fig tree. For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: Behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, And upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Pagina 168 - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: And he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, And all her princes shall be nothing.
Pagina 95 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on then' right hand, and on their left.
Pagina 169 - Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read : no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate : for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.