A Journal of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræ, and the Holy Land: During 1841-2E. Shepard, 1843 - 352 sider |
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Side 14
... narrow space of water lying between this island and that continent . The wind , called the Sirocco , is prevalent in Malta . It is said to prevail most in September , but is not con- SIROCCO . 15 fined to that month alone . I.
... narrow space of water lying between this island and that continent . The wind , called the Sirocco , is prevalent in Malta . It is said to prevail most in September , but is not con- SIROCCO . 15 fined to that month alone . I.
Side 23
... narrow passage of a few feet , when we de- scended some twenty stone 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 ...
... narrow passage of a few feet , when we de- scended some twenty stone 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 ...
Side 24
... narrow lanes , a monk leading the way , I was stopped at a small door . Here torches were lit , preparatory to our descending into the labyrinth be- low . Descending some nine or ten steps , we had ex- posed to our view a low entry , at ...
... narrow lanes , a monk leading the way , I was stopped at a small door . Here torches were lit , preparatory to our descending into the labyrinth be- low . Descending some nine or ten steps , we had ex- posed to our view a low entry , at ...
Side 25
... narrow winding aisles , from one room to the other , till , no doubt , I should have been utterly lost had I been left alone . Some of these apartments bore the appearance of having once been places for depositing the dead , but if dead ...
... narrow winding aisles , from one room to the other , till , no doubt , I should have been utterly lost had I been left alone . Some of these apartments bore the appearance of having once been places for depositing the dead , but if dead ...
Side 26
... narrow strait . A tower and other fortifications in the vicinity serve to defend the bay , and were raised for that purpose by the Knights of Malta . A small chapel has been erected over the supposed spot where the barbarians lighted a ...
... narrow strait . A tower and other fortifications in the vicinity serve to defend the bay , and were raised for that purpose by the Knights of Malta . A small chapel has been erected over the supposed spot where the barbarians lighted a ...
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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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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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?
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.