Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1829 - Egypt |
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... Sepulchre - Mount Calvary -Jewish Missionary - Jewish Traditions - Mosque of Omar - Jewish Marriage - Ceremonies attending it- Mount of Olives - Festival of the Madonna - Jewish Sepulchres - Journey to the Dead Sea - Convent of Saint ...
... Sepulchre - Mount Calvary -Jewish Missionary - Jewish Traditions - Mosque of Omar - Jewish Marriage - Ceremonies attending it- Mount of Olives - Festival of the Madonna - Jewish Sepulchres - Journey to the Dead Sea - Convent of Saint ...
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... sepulchre of Gourna . I no longer wondered that an army , in the midst of a pursuit , should ground their reek- ing arms , by one common impulse , and send forth the simultaneous plaudits of their blood - stained hands , while they ...
... sepulchre of Gourna . I no longer wondered that an army , in the midst of a pursuit , should ground their reek- ing arms , by one common impulse , and send forth the simultaneous plaudits of their blood - stained hands , while they ...
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... sepulchre of each city he beheld was not the scene of animation , of gaiety , and of glory ? If he considered legislative wisdom , or kingly virtue sufficient for the lasting preservation of kingdoms , I would lead him through the tombs ...
... sepulchre of each city he beheld was not the scene of animation , of gaiety , and of glory ? If he considered legislative wisdom , or kingly virtue sufficient for the lasting preservation of kingdoms , I would lead him through the tombs ...
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... sepulchre of Absalom . In Wady El Mousa , the tomb of Aaron , differs in nothing from one of the tombs at Gourna . Burckhardt mentions the splendour of this sepul- chre , and the number of stone coffins sunk in the floor ; but neither ...
... sepulchre of Absalom . In Wady El Mousa , the tomb of Aaron , differs in nothing from one of the tombs at Gourna . Burckhardt mentions the splendour of this sepul- chre , and the number of stone coffins sunk in the floor ; but neither ...
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... sepulchre of their fathers . The Grecian fable of the judgment of Minos and Rhadamanthus had its origin in the funeral process of the Egyptians . The judges accompanied the corpse in a boat across the lake Mæris , and on the other side ...
... sepulchre of their fathers . The Grecian fable of the judgment of Minos and Rhadamanthus had its origin in the funeral process of the Egyptians . The judges accompanied the corpse in a boat across the lake Mæris , and on the other side ...
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Page 182 - Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Page 216 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Page 301 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Page 182 - And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry...
Page 311 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 300 - There appeared in these our days a man of great virtue, named Jesus Christ, who is yet living amongst us, and of the Gentiles is accepted for a Prophet of truth, but his own disciples call him the Son of God.
Page 248 - ... rumbling about my bed ; but I regarded him nothing at all. When afterwards I began to slumber, then he kept such a racket and rumbling upon the chamber stairs, as if many emptie hogsheads and barrels had been tumbled down...
Page 290 - There shall not be found among you any one that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 213 - Suez, as Niebuhr, with good reason, conjectures. There is no other road of three days' march, in the way from Suez towards Sinai ; nor is there any other well absolutely bitter on the whole of this coast, as far as Ras Mohammed [the extreme southern point of the peninsula].
Page 356 - Halley's observations on evaporation ; observations admitted by Shaw, though he calculates that the Jordan daily discharges into the Dead Sea six millions and ninety thousand tons of water, exclusively of the Arnon and seven other streams. Several travellers, and, among others, Troilo and d'Arvieux, assert that they remarked fragments of walls and palaces in the Dead Sea.