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Side 13
... extends away to the east , but the total absence of trees , orchards , and gardens shows that it is on the outskirts of the inhabited country . It is the last inhabited village in this direction . To the west , from Nejha , the eye runs ...
... extends away to the east , but the total absence of trees , orchards , and gardens shows that it is on the outskirts of the inhabited country . It is the last inhabited village in this direction . To the west , from Nejha , the eye runs ...
Side 32
... extend over the level plain as far as we could see . In the plain we could not see a single trace of habitation , but on the borders of the Lejah we noticed many towns and villages half ruinous and wholly deserted . These all present ...
... extend over the level plain as far as we could see . In the plain we could not see a single trace of habitation , but on the borders of the Lejah we noticed many towns and villages half ruinous and wholly deserted . These all present ...
Side 47
... extends nearly ten miles across it . On the south it has no natural boundary , as it runs unbroken far as the eye can reach even from the commanding heights of Sulkhad , on the southern brow of the Jebel Haurân ; but we may assume as ...
... extends nearly ten miles across it . On the south it has no natural boundary , as it runs unbroken far as the eye can reach even from the commanding heights of Sulkhad , on the southern brow of the Jebel Haurân ; but we may assume as ...
Side 53
... extending far into the great plain . Time did not admit of our visiting these ; but it is to be hoped that some enterprising traveller with time at command will ere long leave the beaten track of his predecessors on the west of the ...
... extending far into the great plain . Time did not admit of our visiting these ; but it is to be hoped that some enterprising traveller with time at command will ere long leave the beaten track of his predecessors on the west of the ...
Side 60
... extends eastward as far as Juneineh , one hour distant , where it rises a little , and then runs on to Tell el - Mâ'az , an hour farther . Along its southern side is a broad elevated ridge , separating it from Wady Nimreh . On the south ...
... extends eastward as far as Juneineh , one hour distant , where it rises a little , and then runs on to Tell el - Mâ'az , an hour farther . Along its southern side is a broad elevated ridge , separating it from Wady Nimreh . On the south ...
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Five Years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History ..., Volum 2 Josias Leslie Porter Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1855 |
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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.
Side 27 - PENROSE'S (REV. JOHN) Faith and Practice ; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post Svo. 8s. 6d. (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey. With 40 Plates. Folio.
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.
Side 8 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
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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