Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra... |
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... established myself for a while at Cairo , to study the Arabian language , and to wait the chance of some favourable oppor- tunity for effecting my purpose , either through the 4 NABATHEANS . kind interposition of the Pacha , or Б 2.
... established myself for a while at Cairo , to study the Arabian language , and to wait the chance of some favourable oppor- tunity for effecting my purpose , either through the 4 NABATHEANS . kind interposition of the Pacha , or Б 2.
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... established by the crowds of attendants to be found in all oriental mansions ; one division appearing to be specially attached to the coffee department , under the direction of the Caouedjibachi , while another set are employed in ...
... established by the crowds of attendants to be found in all oriental mansions ; one division appearing to be specially attached to the coffee department , under the direction of the Caouedjibachi , while another set are employed in ...
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... established its course , and its junction with the Nile ; he then entered into details as to the levels of the two seas , which exhibit a considerable dif- ference ; and laid down a plan , which might be speedily and economically ...
... established its course , and its junction with the Nile ; he then entered into details as to the levels of the two seas , which exhibit a considerable dif- ference ; and laid down a plan , which might be speedily and economically ...
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... established by God from the beginning , for the creation , preservation , and government of his creatures . It is therefore , in our humble view , not merely con- sistent with , but indispensable to , a rational faith in the Scriptural ...
... established by God from the beginning , for the creation , preservation , and government of his creatures . It is therefore , in our humble view , not merely con- sistent with , but indispensable to , a rational faith in the Scriptural ...
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... establish , before setting out , all the conditions of the bargain in the most positive manner . They added , that they had quitted Cairo to accompany us during our journey , and that they risked not only their dromedaries but their ...
... establish , before setting out , all the conditions of the bargain in the most positive manner . They added , that they had quitted Cairo to accompany us during our journey , and that they risked not only their dromedaries but their ...
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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.