Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Volym 2James Ballantyne, 1804 - 436 sidor |
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... Arabia , being nearly before the wind . The track of this extraordinary navigation is marked upon the map , and it is so well verified , that no ship - master need doubt it . About three o'clock in the afternoon , with a fa- vourable ...
... Arabia , being nearly before the wind . The track of this extraordinary navigation is marked upon the map , and it is so well verified , that no ship - master need doubt it . About three o'clock in the afternoon , with a fa- vourable ...
Sida 122
... Arabian side , the sea - coast of the Hejaz , and that of the Tehama , are all moving sands ; and the dry winter - monsoon from the south- east blows a large quantity from the deserts , which is lodged among rocks on the Arabian side of ...
... Arabian side , the sea - coast of the Hejaz , and that of the Tehama , are all moving sands ; and the dry winter - monsoon from the south- east blows a large quantity from the deserts , which is lodged among rocks on the Arabian side of ...
Sida 124
... Arabia : and one reason , among others , is plain why they should ; they were loaded with the most valuable commodities , gold , ivory , gums , and precious stones ; room for stowage on board , therefore , was very valuable . Part of ...
... Arabia : and one reason , among others , is plain why they should ; they were loaded with the most valuable commodities , gold , ivory , gums , and precious stones ; room for stowage on board , therefore , was very valuable . Part of ...
Sida 130
... Arabia on the east . It was the Heliopolitan nome , its capital was On ; from a predilection for the letter O , common to the Hebrews , they called it Goshen * ; but its pro- per name was Geshen , the country of grass , or pas- turage ...
... Arabia on the east . It was the Heliopolitan nome , its capital was On ; from a predilection for the letter O , common to the Hebrews , they called it Goshen * ; but its pro- per name was Geshen , the country of grass , or pas- turage ...
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... Arabia , pretty much the road by which the pilgrims go at this day to Mecca , and the caravans from Suez to Cairo . In this track they would have gone round by the mountains of Moab , east of the Dead Sea , and passed Jordan in the ...
... Arabia , pretty much the road by which the pilgrims go at this day to Mecca , and the caravans from Suez to Cairo . In this track they would have gone round by the mountains of Moab , east of the Dead Sea , and passed Jordan in the ...
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Sida 40 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, "See, this is new?" it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Sida 317 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Sida 364 - Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters : the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Sida 346 - And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Sida 347 - And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Sida 335 - WOE to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, " Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled...
Sida 396 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; aud, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Sida 424 - Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.
Sida 397 - AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions...
Sida 333 - In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.