Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 1Harper, 1837 - 264 sider |
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... interest which my haste had before prevented me from seeing . Among these were the Catacombs , situated about two miles from the city , on the edge of the Libyan Desert , and near the shore of the sea . These great repositories of the ...
... interest which my haste had before prevented me from seeing . Among these were the Catacombs , situated about two miles from the city , on the edge of the Libyan Desert , and near the shore of the sea . These great repositories of the ...
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... interest . My com- panion gave them a bottle of brandy , with which the rais carefully bathed the face and head of the child , all the crew leaning over to help ; and when they had finished to their satisfaction , these kind - hearted ...
... interest . My com- panion gave them a bottle of brandy , with which the rais carefully bathed the face and head of the child , all the crew leaning over to help ; and when they had finished to their satisfaction , these kind - hearted ...
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... interest him save the house in which the gallant Kleber , the hero of many a bloody field , died ingloriously by the hands of an assassin . Crossing this square , he will plunge into the narrow streets of Cairo . Winding his doubtful ...
... interest him save the house in which the gallant Kleber , the hero of many a bloody field , died ingloriously by the hands of an assassin . Crossing this square , he will plunge into the narrow streets of Cairo . Winding his doubtful ...
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... interest in their import ; and though I had been particularly recom- mended to him , he did not give me a single glance to inti- mate that he had ever seen me before , or cared ever to see me again . He was an ambitious man , and was ...
... interest in their import ; and though I had been particularly recom- mended to him , he did not give me a single glance to inti- mate that he had ever seen me before , or cared ever to see me again . He was an ambitious man , and was ...
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... interest of the time and scene was destroyed by the clamour of my guides . The descent I found ex- tremely easy ; many persons complain of the dizziness . caused by looking down from such a height , but I did not find myself so affected ...
... interest of the time and scene was destroyed by the clamour of my guides . The descent I found ex- tremely easy ; many persons complain of the dizziness . caused by looking down from such a height , but I did not find myself so affected ...
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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.