Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land, Bind 1Harper, 1837 - 264 sider |
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Side 58
... living . On the seventh the wind was still ahead and blowing strong , and the air was very cold . Having no books , no society , and no occupation except talking with Paul and my boatmen , and the stragglers on shore , I became ...
... living . On the seventh the wind was still ahead and blowing strong , and the air was very cold . Having no books , no society , and no occupation except talking with Paul and my boatmen , and the stragglers on shore , I became ...
Side 61
... living skeleton , who had been more than forty years a scrubber in the bath . He took me through the first pro- cess of rubbing with the glove and brush ; and having thrown over me a copious ablution of warm water , left me to recover ...
... living skeleton , who had been more than forty years a scrubber in the bath . He took me through the first pro- cess of rubbing with the glove and brush ; and having thrown over me a copious ablution of warm water , left me to recover ...
Side 67
... living as slaves in the land where their fathers reigned as masters . I do not believe that the contents of all the bazars in Si- out , one of the largest towns in Egypt , were worth as much as the stock of an ordinary dealer in dry ...
... living as slaves in the land where their fathers reigned as masters . I do not believe that the contents of all the bazars in Si- out , one of the largest towns in Egypt , were worth as much as the stock of an ordinary dealer in dry ...
Side 70
... living upon the willing though necessarily stinted charity of their miserable countrymen . I could read all this at the first glance ; I could see that poverty had been their portion through life ; that they had drunk the bitter cup to ...
... living upon the willing though necessarily stinted charity of their miserable countrymen . I could read all this at the first glance ; I could see that poverty had been their portion through life ; that they had drunk the bitter cup to ...
Side 78
... living , and embalment and a mighty tomb when dead . While walking by the river - side I met an Arab with a gun in his hand , who pointed to the dozing crocodiles on a bank before us , and , marking out a space on the ground , turned to ...
... living , and embalment and a mighty tomb when dead . While walking by the river - side I met an Arab with a gun in his hand , who pointed to the dozing crocodiles on a bank before us , and , marking out a space on the ground , turned to ...
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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.