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... appear , were not made with such order or despatch as might be expected by those unacquainted with Eastern life and travel . No genuine Arab can ever be persuaded to comply with any , even the most reasonable demand , without an amount ...
... appear , were not made with such order or despatch as might be expected by those unacquainted with Eastern life and travel . No genuine Arab can ever be persuaded to comply with any , even the most reasonable demand , without an amount ...
Side 25
... appears probable from the fact that the name of the month in the inscription is Macedonian , then this inscription is of great antiquity , the date corresponding to B.C. 304.2 The walls and floor of the chamber were so damp that we ...
... appears probable from the fact that the name of the month in the inscription is Macedonian , then this inscription is of great antiquity , the date corresponding to B.C. 304.2 The walls and floor of the chamber were so damp that we ...
Side 31
... appear- ance of a broken rocky surface , the side of it being clearly defined , and generally corresponding with the left bank of the Liwa . Here , as elsewhere , it has an eleva- tion above the level of the surrounding plain of from ...
... appear- ance of a broken rocky surface , the side of it being clearly defined , and generally corresponding with the left bank of the Liwa . Here , as elsewhere , it has an eleva- tion above the level of the surrounding plain of from ...
Side 42
... appear to be inherent in the Druze people . We were afterwards in- formed that he had taken no part in the late war , and that he had sent all the Christians of Hît and Hiyât to Damascus , to escape the ravages of the soldiers and Arabs ...
... appear to be inherent in the Druze people . We were afterwards in- formed that he had taken no part in the late war , and that he had sent all the Christians of Hît and Hiyât to Damascus , to escape the ravages of the soldiers and Arabs ...
Side 47
... assumed the gloomy hue of the clouded heavens , may form some idea of the appear- ance of the Lejah as seen from this place . Its eastern border is very clearly defined along the side of the CHAP . XI . NORTHERN SECTION OF JEBEL HAURAN .
... assumed the gloomy hue of the clouded heavens , may form some idea of the appear- ance of the Lejah as seen from this place . Its eastern border is very clearly defined along the side of the CHAP . XI . NORTHERN SECTION OF JEBEL HAURAN .
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus appears Arab Argob Baalbek bank Barnett basalt Bashan Batanæa Bathanyeh beautiful Bedawîn border Bostra Bozrah building Burckhardt Busrah called caravan castle Christian columns crossed Damascus declivity Deir Der'a deserted distance door Druze east eastern eastward Edrei extends Fcap feet Gaulanitis Gilead glen Greek inscription half an hour Hamath heaps hills History Hît horses inhabitants Jabbok Jebel Haurân Josephus Kenath Kerioth Kunawât Kureiyeh latter Lejah Libanus lofty Mahmûd miles minutes Moab monument mosk mountains Mûsa nearly northern observed passed plain Portrait Post 8vo province ravine reached Reland Riblah ridge Ritter river road rocks rocky rode Roman round ruins Salcah Second Edition seen sheikh side slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village visited Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad
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Side 267 - For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, And upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low...
Side 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
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Side 266 - The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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Side 160 - Lord ; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: but I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Side 156 - And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken. Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Side 162 - Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD.
Side 162 - Also Edom shall be a desolation : every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
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