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Pagina 8
... exceedingly difficult for our camels to advance . I did not intend to push far that day ; and a little before dark I proposed to encamp in a narrow pass STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS . between the mountains , where 8 INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL .
... exceedingly difficult for our camels to advance . I did not intend to push far that day ; and a little before dark I proposed to encamp in a narrow pass STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS . between the mountains , where 8 INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL .
Pagina 9
... dark we were still in the ravine . Toualeb was right in his apprehensions ; for some time before we reached the end of the pass the rain was falling in torrents , the rocks and stones were wash- ing under our feet , and we heard the ...
... dark we were still in the ravine . Toualeb was right in his apprehensions ; for some time before we reached the end of the pass the rain was falling in torrents , the rocks and stones were wash- ing under our feet , and we heard the ...
Pagina 14
... Dark and swarthy as she is , and poor and ignorant , it would pay the traveller for many a weary hour to receive his welcome from the lips of an Arabian girl . But this the customs of the tribes forbid . When the stran- ger approaches ...
... Dark and swarthy as she is , and poor and ignorant , it would pay the traveller for many a weary hour to receive his welcome from the lips of an Arabian girl . But this the customs of the tribes forbid . When the stran- ger approaches ...
Pagina 16
... dark mountains bordering the Red Sea . Our course was now directly for this sea , but the mountain range ap peared so contiguous and unbroken that there seemed no way of getting to it but by crossing their rugged summits . There was a ...
... dark mountains bordering the Red Sea . Our course was now directly for this sea , but the mountain range ap peared so contiguous and unbroken that there seemed no way of getting to it but by crossing their rugged summits . There was a ...
Pagina 17
... dark waters of the Red Sea . About midway across I dismounted from my dromedary to survey the scene around me ; and , among the many of high interest presented to the traveller in the wil- derness of Sinai , I remember none more ...
... dark waters of the Red Sea . About midway across I dismounted from my dromedary to survey the scene around me ; and , among the many of high interest presented to the traveller in the wil- derness of Sinai , I remember none more ...
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumul 2 John L. Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumul 2 John L. Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Volumul 2 John L. Stephens Vizualizare completă - 1838 |
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Aaron Akaba altar ancient Arab asked beautiful Bedouins Bethlehem bucksheesh Cairo camels Capernaum caravan chamber chapel Christ Christian church companions convent dark Dead Sea descended desert desolate dismounted door dress dromedary East Edom Egypt entered eyes face fathers feet foot fortress gate gave governor grave ground hand Hebron Holy Land holy places Holy Sepulchre horse hour hundred Idumea Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan journey knew lake land of Idumea looked Lord marble monks morning mosque Mount Gerizim Mount Hor Mount of Olives mountains Mussulman never night Pacha passed Paul Petra pilgrims pistols plain Prophet road rock ruins Saviour scene seen sheik shore side sitting sleep soldiers soon spot standing stone stood stranger summit sword temple tent thing told tomb tomb of Samuel Toualeb traveller tribe Turk Turkish turned valley village Wady Moussa walls whole wild
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Pagina 112 - 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 58 - From generation to generation it shall lie waste ; None shall pass through it for ever and ever. 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. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: And it shall be an...
Pagina 238 - Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Pagina 34 - 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 262 - And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan.
Pagina 35 - 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.
Pagina 261 - I say unto you it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.
Pagina 85 - Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord. Also Edom shall be a desolation : every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there,...
Pagina 97 - Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? »the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound...
Pagina 271 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah : and he girded up his loins ; and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.