Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra... |
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Page xi
... sand hills , but the depth of sand pre- cludes all vegetation of herb- age . The sand which thus covers the ancient cultivated soil appears to have been brought from the shores of the Red Sea , by the southern winds . " - Burckhardt , p ...
... sand hills , but the depth of sand pre- cludes all vegetation of herb- age . The sand which thus covers the ancient cultivated soil appears to have been brought from the shores of the Red Sea , by the southern winds . " - Burckhardt , p ...
Page 46
... sand is used instead . With respect to provisions , a sufficient quantity of rice should be purchased : it may be had at Suez and Akaba . Wheat is excellent cooked with rice , or even by itself , as a pilau : the Arabs supply it . An ...
... sand is used instead . With respect to provisions , a sufficient quantity of rice should be purchased : it may be had at Suez and Akaba . Wheat is excellent cooked with rice , or even by itself , as a pilau : the Arabs supply it . An ...
Page 56
... sand , having within our horizon the minarets and palm trees of Bel- beis , which the morning sun tinted with a pale gold colour . We rose stiff with cold ; but the rapid trot of our dromedaries soon gave flexibility to our benumbed ...
... sand , having within our horizon the minarets and palm trees of Bel- beis , which the morning sun tinted with a pale gold colour . We rose stiff with cold ; but the rapid trot of our dromedaries soon gave flexibility to our benumbed ...
Page 58
... sand , and so mutilated as to be scarcely deserving of notice . Some blocks of plain granite , and a few heaps of broken pottery , indicate this spot as the site of an ancient Egyptian town . In Denon's work it is called Aboucheycheyd ...
... sand , and so mutilated as to be scarcely deserving of notice . Some blocks of plain granite , and a few heaps of broken pottery , indicate this spot as the site of an ancient Egyptian town . In Denon's work it is called Aboucheycheyd ...
Page 60
... sand . " * Moses was irritated by the injurious treatment which his brethren had met with . His noble soul , grieved by such injustice , impelled him to avenge his nation ; but he looked round first on all sides to ascertain that he was ...
... sand . " * Moses was irritated by the injurious treatment which his brethren had met with . His noble soul , grieved by such injustice , impelled him to avenge his nation ; but he looked round first on all sides to ascertain that he was ...
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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.