The History of Arabia: Ancient and Modern ...Harper & Bros., 1834 |
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Side 38
... rocks , as dismal and barren as can well be conceived . Here and there they imbosom a low sandy beach , but they are entirely destitute of soil or herbage , offering to the eye of the mariner a striking picture of ruin and desolation ...
... rocks , as dismal and barren as can well be conceived . Here and there they imbosom a low sandy beach , but they are entirely destitute of soil or herbage , offering to the eye of the mariner a striking picture of ruin and desolation ...
Side 39
... rocks , and draw a precarious nourishment from the nightly dews . An inspired pen has truly described this steril country as 66 a land of deserts , and of pits ; a land of drought , and of the shadow of death ; a land that no man passed ...
... rocks , and draw a precarious nourishment from the nightly dews . An inspired pen has truly described this steril country as 66 a land of deserts , and of pits ; a land of drought , and of the shadow of death ; a land that no man passed ...
Side 41
... rocks . The air is more temper- ate , while the rains and dews descend more co- piously . The hills are wooded to the tops , or cov- ered with a rich alpine turf . From their sides fall perennial streams , sometimes in beautiful ...
... rocks . The air is more temper- ate , while the rains and dews descend more co- piously . The hills are wooded to the tops , or cov- ered with a rich alpine turf . From their sides fall perennial streams , sometimes in beautiful ...
Side 43
... rock that yielded water- the land of Uz , the scene of the wealth and the woes of Job , of the trial of his patience and the triumph of his piety - are all comprehended within the geography of Petræa . ARABIA DESERTA extended north and ...
... rock that yielded water- the land of Uz , the scene of the wealth and the woes of Job , of the trial of his patience and the triumph of his piety - are all comprehended within the geography of Petræa . ARABIA DESERTA extended north and ...
Side 45
... rocks afford nourishment to the plains below , which are clothed with verdure and shady trees . The vicinity of Mecca is bleak and bare ; for several miles it is sur- rounded with thousands of hills , all nearly of one height ; their ...
... rocks afford nourishment to the plains below , which are clothed with verdure and shady trees . The vicinity of Mecca is bleak and bare ; for several miles it is sur- rounded with thousands of hills , all nearly of one height ; their ...
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Abdallah Abu Beker Abu Moslem Abulfeda Africa Agatharcides Amru ancient apostle appear Arabia Arabs arms army Arrian authority battle beauty Bedouins besieged Burckhardt caliph camels capital captives celebrated chap chief Christian coast command conqueror conquests Damascus death descended desert Divine East Egypt emperor empire enemy Euphrates expedition faith famous favour gold Greeks gulf hand Hareth head heaven Hejaz Hejira Heraclius Hira Hist historians honour horse inhabitants Irak Islam Jews Kaaba Khaled Khoosroo kings Koran Koreish Mecca Medina miles Moawiyah Mohammed Mohammedan Moslems mosque mountains Musa Mussulman nations native Niebuhr Nooman Obeidah Omar Ommiades Persian plunder prince Prophet provinces Ptolemy reckoned Red Sea regions reign religion religious rocks Roman Sabæans sacred Saracens siege Sinai slave soldiers sovereign Strabo success Suez sword Syria Tarik temple territory throne tion town travellers tribes troops valour victory wealth whole writers Yemen Yezdijird Zobeir
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Side 90 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child, And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Side 151 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, And hatch, and gather under her shadow : There shall the vultures also be gathered, Every one with her mate.
Side 276 - The harmony and copiousness of style will not reach, in a version, the European infidel; he will peruse with impatience the endless incoherent rhapsody of fable, and precept, and declamation, which seldom excites a sentiment or an idea, which sometimes crawls in the dust, and is sometimes...
Side 230 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Side 158 - Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
Side 151 - 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.
Side 286 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Side 158 - Syria was thy merchant By reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making : They occupied in thy fairs With emeralds, purple, and broidered work, And fine linen, and coral and agate.
Side v - History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern. Containing' a Description of the Country — an Account of its Inhabitants, Antiquities, Political Condition. and early Commerce — the Life and Religion of Mohammed— the Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens — the Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain — the Civil Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs — Origin and Suppression of the Wahabees — the Institutions, Character, Manners, and Customs of the Bedouins —...
Side 385 - Great God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on to the unknown kingdoms of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy name, and putting to the sword the rebellious nations who worship any other Gods than thee.