Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia, in the Year 1824, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1827 - Middle East |
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... firewood for Bagdad- Ummuttumim , a large Canal — Grotesque description of Boat - Shifeleh - Extensive Ruins - Observations on the general appearance of Ruins in this Country - The X CONTENTS . Ruins of Mumliheh - Coins - Want.
... firewood for Bagdad- Ummuttumim , a large Canal — Grotesque description of Boat - Shifeleh - Extensive Ruins - Observations on the general appearance of Ruins in this Country - The X CONTENTS . Ruins of Mumliheh - Coins - Want.
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... observed coarse cloths , different kinds of grain , and sweetmeats , not very tempting in appearance ; and there were vast quantities of salt and sulphur , which are all the remains of the once boasted " wealth of Ormuz . " We saw ...
... observed coarse cloths , different kinds of grain , and sweetmeats , not very tempting in appearance ; and there were vast quantities of salt and sulphur , which are all the remains of the once boasted " wealth of Ormuz . " We saw ...
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... observed that the manes and tails of the colts were kept close clipped . I know not whether this custom be common throughout Arabia ; but here , as well as at Bussorah and Bagdad , where this mode of clip- ping is practised , the horses ...
... observed that the manes and tails of the colts were kept close clipped . I know not whether this custom be common throughout Arabia ; but here , as well as at Bussorah and Bagdad , where this mode of clip- ping is practised , the horses ...
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... observed several oxen employed in drawing water from wells , which supply all Muscat , by means of channels formed in the rock . Commanding each spring is a circular bastion — a most neces- sary defence against an enemy , who might , if ...
... observed several oxen employed in drawing water from wells , which supply all Muscat , by means of channels formed in the rock . Commanding each spring is a circular bastion — a most neces- sary defence against an enemy , who might , if ...
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... observed one of the pearl - divers , who remained ninety - one seconds under water . Muscat is famed for its pearl ... observe him thus openly in- fringe the Prophet's laws . From the windows of our host's house , we saw a sloop of war ...
... observed one of the pearl - divers , who remained ninety - one seconds under water . Muscat is famed for its pearl ... observe him thus openly in- fringe the Prophet's laws . From the windows of our host's house , we saw a sloop of war ...
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Page 130 - Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Page 279 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah. and in the places round about Jerusalem, them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Page 229 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Page 177 - Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Page 127 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 56 - And he said, Nay ; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy.
Page 193 - Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity...
Page 185 - And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
Page 184 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Page 115 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.