Travelling Sketches in Egypt and Sinai: Including a Visit to Mount Horeb, and Other Localities of the ExodusJ. W. Parker, 1839 - 308 pagini |
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Pagina 16
... formerly an island , in the centre of which stood the citadel , and at the eastern extremity the celebrated tower of Pharos , which gave light at the distance of thirty thousand paces , nothing now but a flat barren sand , 16 ALEXANDRIA .
... formerly an island , in the centre of which stood the citadel , and at the eastern extremity the celebrated tower of Pharos , which gave light at the distance of thirty thousand paces , nothing now but a flat barren sand , 16 ALEXANDRIA .
Pagina 35
... gave us their advice , which was , to offer a dozen piastres to the honest guardian of the post . As the Egyptian piastre is not a coin of high value , we saw no incon- venience in following their advice ; besides , we soon perceived ...
... gave us their advice , which was , to offer a dozen piastres to the honest guardian of the post . As the Egyptian piastre is not a coin of high value , we saw no incon- venience in following their advice ; besides , we soon perceived ...
Pagina 37
... gave to this wondrous pic- ture an air of life , calm and happiness , the more remarkable after the preparatory introduction of the desert which we had just traversed . Damanhour possesses only one hotel , though its population amounts ...
... gave to this wondrous pic- ture an air of life , calm and happiness , the more remarkable after the preparatory introduction of the desert which we had just traversed . Damanhour possesses only one hotel , though its population amounts ...
Pagina 38
... gave the first example of submission to the will of Providence , by drawing my clothes tight about me , lying down , and turning my back on the inhospitable city which had repulsed us from its bosom . Unluckily , at the opposite side of ...
... gave the first example of submission to the will of Providence , by drawing my clothes tight about me , lying down , and turning my back on the inhospitable city which had repulsed us from its bosom . Unluckily , at the opposite side of ...
Pagina 41
... gave a bak- shish to the slaves , we mounted our steeds , and about five hundred paces from Damanhour , found ourselves in the midst of the desert . We travelled for six or seven hours through the sand ; then at last we reached a ridge ...
... gave a bak- shish to the slaves , we mounted our steeds , and about five hundred paces from Damanhour , found ourselves in the midst of the desert . We travelled for six or seven hours through the sand ; then at last we reached a ridge ...
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Abdallah Al Arish Alexandria Amalek ancient animal appeared Araballah Arabs ascended asked Baron Taylor bazaar Bechara began brought Buonaparte burning Cairo camels caravan carpet children of Israel Cleopatra's needle coffee convent covered Damanhour Desert divan donkeys dromedaries Egypt Egyptians escort eyes fatigue feet felt Finally followed foot gallop gate gave governor granite haghin half halt hand head heard heat horizon hour immense journey Khaliphs Kordofan leagues Lord Mamelukes mashallah Mayer midst minarets minutes Mohammed Mokattan monks morning Moses mosque mountain mounted mouth Mussulman night Nile ourselves paces Pacha palm-trees passed Pharaoh piastres pipe pyramids raised reached recognised Red Sea replied rice road rock rose round saddle saluted sand scarcely seemed serpents shade sheikh side Sinai soon spite Suez Taleb tent tion told tombs took travellers traversed tribe turn unto walls whilst wind
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Pagina 252 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Pagina 250 - Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat 51 thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Pagina 173 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Pagina 253 - And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Pagina 252 - And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Pagina 243 - And he said, Draw not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Pagina 253 - And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
Pagina 181 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Pagina 256 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Pagina 253 - And He said, Thou canst not see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live.