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... thoughts turn on the defeat of Marc Antony or the victory of Murat . Near the town stand Pompey's pillar and Cleopatra's needle , the only relics of the Macedonian city . Between these two monuments , near a grove of palm - trees , is ...
... thoughts turn on the defeat of Marc Antony or the victory of Murat . Near the town stand Pompey's pillar and Cleopatra's needle , the only relics of the Macedonian city . Between these two monuments , near a grove of palm - trees , is ...
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... thought and our hearts of joy . One should be an artist , -should have long dreamed of such a voyage , -should have touched , as we had done , at Palermo and Malta , the two stages of the East , -then at the close of a lovely day , with ...
... thought and our hearts of joy . One should be an artist , -should have long dreamed of such a voyage , -should have touched , as we had done , at Palermo and Malta , the two stages of the East , -then at the close of a lovely day , with ...
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... thought at first that in his haste to visit the ruins he kept on the clothes with which he had traversed the miry streets of Alexandria ; but on paying more serious attention to the phenomenon I soon perceived that this dark hue , which ...
... thought at first that in his haste to visit the ruins he kept on the clothes with which he had traversed the miry streets of Alexandria ; but on paying more serious attention to the phenomenon I soon perceived that this dark hue , which ...
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... thought my guides had made a mistake and got into an oven ; I wanted to disengage myself , but my resistance had been foreseen ; besides , I was not in a dress or situation favourable for showing fight , so I confessed myself conquered ...
... thought my guides had made a mistake and got into an oven ; I wanted to disengage myself , but my resistance had been foreseen ; besides , I was not in a dress or situation favourable for showing fight , so I confessed myself conquered ...
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... thought no more about it , and yet I think I can say with safety , that the temperature of the water was from 140 to 150 degrees ; still when I came out , my skin had further deepened in colour ; from scarlet I had turned to crimson ...
... thought no more about it , and yet I think I can say with safety , that the temperature of the water was from 140 to 150 degrees ; still when I came out , my skin had further deepened in colour ; from scarlet I had turned to crimson ...
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Page 252 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 250 - Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat 51 thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Page 173 - Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 253 - And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Page 252 - And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
Page 243 - And he said, Draw not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Page 253 - And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts : but my face shall not be seen.
Page 181 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 256 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Page 253 - And He said, Thou canst not see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live.