Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 2Harper & Brothers, 1838 |
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Side 12
... desolate mountains , there was frequently a small space of ground , near some fountain or deposite of water , known only to the Arabs , capable of producing a scanty crop of grass to pasture a few camels and a small flock of sheep or ...
... desolate mountains , there was frequently a small space of ground , near some fountain or deposite of water , known only to the Arabs , capable of producing a scanty crop of grass to pasture a few camels and a small flock of sheep or ...
Side 17
... desolate , nor so wild and terrible as others I had seen , but different from all . The door by which we entered was undistinguishable , the rocks in the background completely closing it to the sight ; on all sides except towards the ...
... desolate , nor so wild and terrible as others I had seen , but different from all . The door by which we entered was undistinguishable , the rocks in the background completely closing it to the sight ; on all sides except towards the ...
Side 31
... desolate from the be- ginning of the year to its close ; the arrival of a traveller is of exceedingly rare occurrence , and seldom does even the wandering Bedouin stop within its walls ; no ship rides in its harbour , and not even a ...
... desolate from the be- ginning of the year to its close ; the arrival of a traveller is of exceedingly rare occurrence , and seldom does even the wandering Bedouin stop within its walls ; no ship rides in its harbour , and not even a ...
Side 36
... desolation stretched out before me ; and I would have regarded all the difficulties and dangers of the road merely as materials for a not unpleasant excitement , if I had only felt a confidence in my physical strength to carry me ...
... desolation stretched out before me ; and I would have regarded all the difficulties and dangers of the road merely as materials for a not unpleasant excitement , if I had only felt a confidence in my physical strength to carry me ...
Side 38
... desolation ; no trees grew in the valley , and no verdure on the mountain - tops . All was bare , dreary , and desolate . But the beauty of the weather atoned for this barrenness of scene ; and , mounted on the back of my Arabian , I ...
... desolation ; no trees grew in the valley , and no verdure on the mountain - tops . All was bare , dreary , and desolate . But the beauty of the weather atoned for this barrenness of scene ; and , mounted on the back of my Arabian , I ...
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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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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 262 - And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan.
Side 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.
Side 261 - I say unto you it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.
Side 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,...
Side 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...
Side 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.