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Page 28
... continued pic- ture of plenty and fertility . " This , probably , is the region alluded to by the Arabs who reported to Volney , " that there are , to the south - east of the Dead Sea , within three days ' journey , upwards of three ...
... continued pic- ture of plenty and fertility . " This , probably , is the region alluded to by the Arabs who reported to Volney , " that there are , to the south - east of the Dead Sea , within three days ' journey , upwards of three ...
Page 31
... continued street of tombs ; beyond which , the rocks , gradually ap- proaching each other , seemed all at once to close without any outlet . There is , however , one fright- ful chasm for the passage of the stream ; which furnishes , as ...
... continued street of tombs ; beyond which , the rocks , gradually ap- proaching each other , seemed all at once to close without any outlet . There is , however , one fright- ful chasm for the passage of the stream ; which furnishes , as ...
Page 34
... continued thus far , without any increase of breadth , spreads on both sides into an open area of a moderate size , whose sides are by nature inacces- sible , and present the same awful and romantic fea- tures as the avenues which lead ...
... continued thus far , without any increase of breadth , spreads on both sides into an open area of a moderate size , whose sides are by nature inacces- sible , and present the same awful and romantic fea- tures as the avenues which lead ...
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... continued our course without affecting to take notice of them ; but the caravan coming towards us did not conceal their alarm . The men unfastened their guns , and striking a light kindled their 62 A CARAVAN . matches ; they held us in.
... continued our course without affecting to take notice of them ; but the caravan coming towards us did not conceal their alarm . The men unfastened their guns , and striking a light kindled their 62 A CARAVAN . matches ; they held us in.
Page 79
... continued to be frequented for that purpose , down even to the time of the Venetians . From this point I observed the profile of Attaka , a high mountain on the border of the Red Sea ; and on the other side the commencement of the range ...
... continued to be frequented for that purpose , down even to the time of the Venetians . From this point I observed the profile of Attaka , a high mountain on the border of the Red Sea ; and on the other side the commencement of the range ...
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Aaron Akaba Alaouins amongst ancient appearance Arabia Petræa Arabs arch attention Bedouins Burckhardt Cairo camels caravan chamber coast colour columns convent descended desert desolate distance dromedaries Edom Egypt Egyptian encampment entered excavated exhibit feet Fellahs formed fortress front Gharendel GRAIA Greek guides Gulf Gulf of Suez height Hussein Idumea inhabitants inscriptions interior Irby and Mangles Israel Israelites journey Khasné Laborde Linant Lord Mecca ment midst Mokatteb monks monument Moses moun Mount Hor Mount Seir Mount Sinai mountain Nabatheans nature NAUMACHIA neighbouring observed ornaments palm trees passage passed peninsula Petra Pharaoh Phenicians pilgrims plain present preserved ravine Red Sea render road rocks route ruins sand SARBOUT Scriptures seen Shobek side stone Suez summit Syria tains temple theatre thee thou tion Tohrats tombs town traces trade traveller traversed tribes unto valley visited Wady Araba Wady Mousa walls whole
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Page 113 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 58 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 11 And there will I nourish thee...
Page 271 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 9 - 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.
Page 215 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Page 271 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 9 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 216 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 271 - And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the. smoke of a furnace.
Page 254 - And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.