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Languages : en
Pages : 528
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A Journal of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræ, and the Holy Land
Author: David MillardPublisher:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea & the Holy Land
Author: Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land
Author: Stephen OlinPublisher:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
Author: Stephen OlinPublisher:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy land
Author: Stephen OlinIncidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land
Author: John L. StephensPublisher:
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Category : Arabia, Roman
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Travels in Egypt,Arabia Petraea & the Holy Land
Author: Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
Author: John Lloyd StephensPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230204048
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... A BOLD ENDEAVOUR. 67 CHAPTER V. A bold Endeavour.--Unexpected Obstacles.--Disadvantage of a Dress.--The Dead Sea.--A New Project.--The Tomb of Aaron.--An Alarm.--Descent of the Mountain.--An awkward Meeting.--Poetic License.--All's Well that Ends Well.--Unexpected Dignities.--Arab Notions of Travel. A Han rising from a tomb with all his clothes on does not require much time for the arrangement of his toilet. In less than half an hour we had breakfasted, and were again on our way. Forgetting all that had engrossed my thoughts and feelings the day before, I now fixed my eyes upon the tomb of Aaron, on the summit of Mount Hor. The mountain was high, towering above all the rest, bare and rugged to its very summit, without a tree or even a bush growing on its steril side; and our road lay directly along its base. The Bedouins again began to show an unwillingness to allow my visit to the tomb; and the sheik himself told me that it would take half the day, and perhaps be the means of bringing upon me some of the horde I had escaped. I saw that they were disposed to prevent me from accomplishing my object; and I felt sure that, if we met any strange Arabs, my purpose would certainly be defeated. I suspected them of stratagem, and began to think of resorting to stratagem for myself. They remembered the sheep, however, and told me that the sacrifice could as well be performed at the base as on the summit of the mountain; but this, of course, would not satisfy my conscience. With my eyes constantly fixed on the top of the mountain, I had thought for some time that it would not be impracticable to ascend from the side on which I was. Paul and I examined the localities as carefully as a couple of engineers seeking an assailable place to scale the...
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land
Author: John L. StephensPublisher:
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land
Author: John Lloyd StephensPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230230559
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. The Tomb of Rachel.--First View of Jerusalem.--Falling among Thieves.--Potent Sway of the I ieha.--A Turkish Dignitary.-- * A Missionary.--Easter in Jerusalem.--A Little Congregation. Giving a last took to the Valley of the Shepherds, we were soon on the mountain's side; and very soon, all the interest with which I had regarded Bethlehem was lost in the more absorbing feeling with which I looked forward to Jerusalem. My muleteer had gone on the night before; my Arnaout knew nothing of the holy places on the road, and we took with us a Christian boy to point them out. The first was the tomb of Rachel--a large building, with a whitened dome, and having within it a high oblong monument, built of brick, and stuccoed over. I dismounted and walked round the tomb, inside and out, and again resumed my journey. All that we know in regard to this tomb is, that Rachel died when journeying with Jacob from Sychem to Hebron, and that Jacob buried her near Bethlehem; and whether it be her tomb or not, I could not but remark that, while youth and beauty have faded away, and the queens of the East have died and been forgotten, and Zenobia and Cleopatra sleep in unknown graves, year FIRST VIEW OF JERUSALEM. 195 after year thousands of pilgrims are thronging to the supposed last resting-place of a poor Hebrew woman. The boy next conducted us to a stony field, by which, as he said, the Virgin once passed and asked for beans; the owner of the field told her there were none; and, to punish him for his falsehood and lack of charity, the beans were all changed into stones, and the country had remained barren ever since. Paul had been twice to Bethlehem without seeing this field; and he immediately dismounted and joined the boy in searching for the...