The Monuments of Egypt, Or, Egypt a Witness for the BibleGeo. P. Putnam, 1850 - 298 sider |
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Side 68
... deserts of Arabia , interrupted only by the comparatively narrow waters of the Red Sea ; while on the south and west stretches out the vast expanse of sand known as the Libyan desert , reaching on the south into the heart of Africa ...
... deserts of Arabia , interrupted only by the comparatively narrow waters of the Red Sea ; while on the south and west stretches out the vast expanse of sand known as the Libyan desert , reaching on the south into the heart of Africa ...
Side 70
... deserts have abstracted , from the atmosphere of Egypt , the great physical agent in the decomposition of mat- ter , moisture . Hence but little corrosion of the monuments , but little obliteration of the paintings , is found ...
... deserts have abstracted , from the atmosphere of Egypt , the great physical agent in the decomposition of mat- ter , moisture . Hence but little corrosion of the monuments , but little obliteration of the paintings , is found ...
Side 71
... desert , which have been beating against them for several hundred years , have partially , effaced the inscriptions . In any other country than Egypt , the whole would , probably , long since have been destroyed . A few years ago , the ...
... desert , which have been beating against them for several hundred years , have partially , effaced the inscriptions . In any other country than Egypt , the whole would , probably , long since have been destroyed . A few years ago , the ...
Side 83
... desert boundary , like life and death in startling juxtaposition and contrast - the sandy shoals covered with pelicans or ibises of brilliant white plumage , large flights of wild fowls and of pigeons from the villages , — the ...
... desert boundary , like life and death in startling juxtaposition and contrast - the sandy shoals covered with pelicans or ibises of brilliant white plumage , large flights of wild fowls and of pigeons from the villages , — the ...
Side 84
... desert boundary of the valley ; the isolated villages in their groves are scattered about like floating islands , the palm - trees half buried , and , except in a few places , the Gise , or dyke , affords the sole circuitous ...
... desert boundary of the valley ; the isolated villages in their groves are scattered about like floating islands , the palm - trees half buried , and , except in a few places , the Gise , or dyke , affords the sole circuitous ...
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The Monuments of Egypt or egypt a witness for the Bible Francis Lister Hawks Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
The Monuments of Egypt or egypt a witness for the Bible Francis Lister Hawks Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
The Monuments of Egypt: Or, Egypt a Witness for the Bible... Francis Lister Hawks Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1850 |
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Side 195 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Side 218 - Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : Come on, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Side 251 - Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
Side 147 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Side 269 - Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord.
Side 166 - Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Side 265 - And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Side 259 - And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
Side 241 - And the flax and the barley was smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten ; for they were not grown up.