Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 2Harper & Brothers, 1838 |
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Side 21
... stood before us , erect as age and infirmity would allow , I thought I had never seen such a miserable figure . I could not have be- lieved , without seeing it , that anything so wretched , made in God's image , existed on the earth ...
... stood before us , erect as age and infirmity would allow , I thought I had never seen such a miserable figure . I could not have be- lieved , without seeing it , that anything so wretched , made in God's image , existed on the earth ...
Side 35
... stood . I was about to journey through this land , and to see with my own eyes whether the Almighty had stayed his uplifted arm , or whether his sword had indeed come down " upon Idumea , and the people of his curse , to judgment . " I ...
... stood . I was about to journey through this land , and to see with my own eyes whether the Almighty had stayed his uplifted arm , or whether his sword had indeed come down " upon Idumea , and the people of his curse , to judgment . " I ...
Side 40
... stood in the door watching the progress of the fray . The larger of the two was engaged with the sheik's brother , and their swords were clashing in a way that would soon have put an end to one of them , when the sheik , who had been ...
... stood in the door watching the progress of the fray . The larger of the two was engaged with the sheik's brother , and their swords were clashing in a way that would soon have put an end to one of them , when the sheik , who had been ...
Side 51
... stood . In a few words , this ancient and extraordinary city is situated within a natural amphitheatre of two or three miles in cir- cumference , encompassed on all sides by rugged mountains five or six hundred feet in height . The ...
... stood . In a few words , this ancient and extraordinary city is situated within a natural amphitheatre of two or three miles in cir- cumference , encompassed on all sides by rugged mountains five or six hundred feet in height . The ...
Side 52
... stood upon the summit of the mountain , though I looked down upon the vast area filled with ruined buildings and heaps of rubbish , and saw the mountain - sides cut away so as to form a level surface , and presenting long ranges of ...
... stood upon the summit of the mountain , though I looked down upon the vast area filled with ruined buildings and heaps of rubbish , and saw the mountain - sides cut away so as to form a level surface , and presenting long ranges of ...
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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.