Travels in Palestine and Syria, 2. köideHenry Colburn, 1837 |
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... road from Jerusalem to Damascus . With respect to the subject - matter of the work , no one can be more fully aware of its simple and unpretending qualities , than the Author himself ; who is prepared to incur blame and objection from ...
... road from Jerusalem to Damascus . With respect to the subject - matter of the work , no one can be more fully aware of its simple and unpretending qualities , than the Author himself ; who is prepared to incur blame and objection from ...
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... road to Gaza , and near the sea ; another of the proud Satrapies of the Lords of the Philistines - but at the present day , without a single inhabitant within its walls ! The prophecy of Ezekiel concerning this city is thus lite- rally ...
... road to Gaza , and near the sea ; another of the proud Satrapies of the Lords of the Philistines - but at the present day , without a single inhabitant within its walls ! The prophecy of Ezekiel concerning this city is thus lite- rally ...
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... under a plea of affording mu- tual protection from the Arabs who infest this road . They were variously mounted . The richer sort , • See Appendix , No. 2 . and they were Turks , rode on horses richly capa- 11. ] 25 EL - ARISH .
... under a plea of affording mu- tual protection from the Arabs who infest this road . They were variously mounted . The richer sort , • See Appendix , No. 2 . and they were Turks , rode on horses richly capa- 11. ] 25 EL - ARISH .
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... road lay through gardens fenced with hedges of the prickly pear ( ficus Indi- cus ) ; and a formidable defence it is . I take it to be easier to throw down a stone - wall than to force one's way through a barrier of this description ...
... road lay through gardens fenced with hedges of the prickly pear ( ficus Indi- cus ) ; and a formidable defence it is . I take it to be easier to throw down a stone - wall than to force one's way through a barrier of this description ...
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... road ruined and abandoned villages present themselves to the view of the disappointed traveller , impressing him with a species of melancholy which he is at a loss to account for , seeing no just cause for the exist- ence of such a ...
... road ruined and abandoned villages present themselves to the view of the disappointed traveller , impressing him with a species of melancholy which he is at a loss to account for , seeing no just cause for the exist- ence of such a ...
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