Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 1Harper, 1837 - 264 sider |
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... contain more than 50,000 inhabitants , and is decidedly growing . It stands outside the delta in the Libyan Desert ... containing a popu- lation of 300,000 citizens and as many slaves , one magnif- icent street 2000 feet broad ran the ...
... contain more than 50,000 inhabitants , and is decidedly growing . It stands outside the delta in the Libyan Desert ... containing a popu- lation of 300,000 citizens and as many slaves , one magnif- icent street 2000 feet broad ran the ...
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... contain six millions of cubic feet of stone , and a hundred thousand men are said * A few years ago an unfortunate accident happened at this pyramid . An English officer , Mr. M. , who had come up the Red Sea from India with his friend ...
... contain six millions of cubic feet of stone , and a hundred thousand men are said * A few years ago an unfortunate accident happened at this pyramid . An English officer , Mr. M. , who had come up the Red Sea from India with his friend ...
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... containing on one of the walls a single hieroglyphic . This hieroglyphic was then under the consideration of the savans and pupils of the Champolion school in Egypt ; and , whether they succeed in reading it or not , we cannot help ...
... containing on one of the walls a single hieroglyphic . This hieroglyphic was then under the consideration of the savans and pupils of the Champolion school in Egypt ; and , whether they succeed in reading it or not , we cannot help ...
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... containing my LIBRARY , which consisted of the Modern Traveller on Egypt , Volney's Travels , and an Italian grammar and dictionary . My only companion was my servant ; and as he is about to be somewhat inti- mate with me , I take the ...
... containing my LIBRARY , which consisted of the Modern Traveller on Egypt , Volney's Travels , and an Italian grammar and dictionary . My only companion was my servant ; and as he is about to be somewhat inti- mate with me , I take the ...
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... not know ; but I was quietly sitting under a large palm - tree near the cemetery when the procession came up . It approached with funeral banners and devices which I could not make out , but probably containing some precept.
... not know ; but I was quietly sitting under a large palm - tree near the cemetery when the procession came up . It approached with funeral banners and devices which I could not make out , but probably containing some precept.
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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.