Five Years in Damascus, Volume 2J. Murray, 1855 - Damascus (Syria) |
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... stream now flowed through it . They all said that the wady is close to Burâk , running along the border of the rocks on the east side of it ; and that no stream ever flows in it , except when the snow is melting in the mountains or ...
... stream now flowed through it . They all said that the wady is close to Burâk , running along the border of the rocks on the east side of it ; and that no stream ever flows in it , except when the snow is melting in the mountains or ...
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... stream into the great cisterns of the town , for summer supply . For nearly an hour we continued winding slowly through this labyrinth of rocks . This is a section of the celebrated Lejah , and , as that district is all like this ...
... stream into the great cisterns of the town , for summer supply . For nearly an hour we continued winding slowly through this labyrinth of rocks . This is a section of the celebrated Lejah , and , as that district is all like this ...
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... streams which are now seen in the plain of Damascus , by a canal carried along for several miles at a little depth beneath the surface . Due south from Hit , about ten miles distant , a lofty conical peak shoots up over the surrounding ...
... streams which are now seen in the plain of Damascus , by a canal carried along for several miles at a little depth beneath the surface . Due south from Hit , about ten miles distant , a lofty conical peak shoots up over the surrounding ...
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... stream , the first we had seen since we left the ' Awaj . From the height above this wady we saw the ruined town of ' Atîl , a mile and a half distant on our right , surrounded by forests of oak . It lies on the straight road leading ...
... stream , the first we had seen since we left the ' Awaj . From the height above this wady we saw the ruined town of ' Atîl , a mile and a half distant on our right , surrounded by forests of oak . It lies on the straight road leading ...
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... stream , the precipitous banks are much loftier at the upper than at the lower part of the ruins . I estimated the extreme length of the city at about a mile , and the breadth nearly half a mile . On the southern side of the ruins is ...
... stream , the precipitous banks are much loftier at the upper than at the lower part of the ruins . I estimated the extreme length of the city at about a mile , and the breadth nearly half a mile . On the southern side of the ruins is ...
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Abulfeda afterwards ancient Antilibanus antiquity 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 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 rode Roman Roman road round ruins Second Edition seen sheikh side sketch slope soil spot stones Sulkhad summit Suweideh Syria tell temple Third Edition towers town Trachonitis Travels in Syria tribe village Vols wady walls whole wild Woodcuts Zedad
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Page 260 - 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.
Page 262 - And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars ; beside unwalled towns a great many.
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