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... now passing in the faded and worn - out kingdoms of the Old World . For the plates on Mount Sinai and Pe- tra he is indebted to the work of Mr. Laborde . 1 ג CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . CHAPTER I. Alexandria . iv PREFACE .
... now passing in the faded and worn - out kingdoms of the Old World . For the plates on Mount Sinai and Pe- tra he is indebted to the work of Mr. Laborde . 1 ג CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . CHAPTER I. Alexandria . iv PREFACE .
Side vii
... Sinai . - A Miracle . - The Grotto of Elias . - A Monkish Legend . -The Pinnacle of Sinai . - Anchorites . - Mohammed and his Camel . - An Argument . - Legend of St. Catharine . - The Rock of the Tables . - The Stone struck by Moses ...
... Sinai . - A Miracle . - The Grotto of Elias . - A Monkish Legend . -The Pinnacle of Sinai . - Anchorites . - Mohammed and his Camel . - An Argument . - Legend of St. Catharine . - The Rock of the Tables . - The Stone struck by Moses ...
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... Sinai and the temple at Petra , though he promised to make himself generally useful , and was my only servant during my whole tour . He spoke French , Italian , Maltese , Greek , Turkish , and Arabic , but could not read any one of ...
... Sinai and the temple at Petra , though he promised to make himself generally useful , and was my only servant during my whole tour . He spoke French , Italian , Maltese , Greek , Turkish , and Arabic , but could not read any one of ...
Side 87
... Sinai , from thence to Hor , by the Red Sea to Cosseir , and thence across the desert to Thebes , where they had only arrived that day . I sat with them till a late hour . I cannot flatter myself that the evening passed as agreeably to ...
... Sinai , from thence to Hor , by the Red Sea to Cosseir , and thence across the desert to Thebes , where they had only arrived that day . I sat with them till a late hour . I cannot flatter myself that the evening passed as agreeably to ...
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... Sinai and the Red Sea , and they talked of Bagdad . I had often met on the Continent with Englishmen who " were out , " as they called it , for a certain time , one year or two years , but this party had no fixed time ; they " were out ...
... Sinai and the Red Sea , and they talked of Bagdad . I had often met on the Continent with Englishmen who " were out , " as they called it , for a certain time , one year or two years , but this party had no fixed time ; they " were out ...
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Side 160 - Noph ; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt. It shall be the basest of the nations, neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations : for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
Side 132 - So I went in and saw ; and, behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.
Side 131 - All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch...
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Side 132 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.