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... night of Feb. 2d , we were off Djuddah ; but as it is surrounded by a number of reefs , it was not possible to approach it in the dark . In the morning it was still difficult to distinguish the reefs , as there was a perfect calm , and ...
... night of Feb. 2d , we were off Djuddah ; but as it is surrounded by a number of reefs , it was not possible to approach it in the dark . In the morning it was still difficult to distinguish the reefs , as there was a perfect calm , and ...
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... night is dark and still , the mariner might think himself transported to some enchanted land , the water is so clear , the coruscations of light are so radiant , and the coral beneath so extensively ramified ; but the coasting vessels ...
... night is dark and still , the mariner might think himself transported to some enchanted land , the water is so clear , the coruscations of light are so radiant , and the coral beneath so extensively ramified ; but the coasting vessels ...
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... night . At the spot where it is supposed to have taken place , the gulf of Suez is about 12 miles across . In the evening of the day before we passed the straits of Bab - el - Mandeb , the hills of Arabia were visible on one bow of our ...
... night . At the spot where it is supposed to have taken place , the gulf of Suez is about 12 miles across . In the evening of the day before we passed the straits of Bab - el - Mandeb , the hills of Arabia were visible on one bow of our ...
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... night near Bier Inglis , or the English Well . we arrived at Hammanat . Our guide had re- mained behind , and we could only see a woman tending a few sheep , though what they could get to eat we were unable to discover . We made several ...
... night near Bier Inglis , or the English Well . we arrived at Hammanat . Our guide had re- mained behind , and we could only see a woman tending a few sheep , though what they could get to eat we were unable to discover . We made several ...
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... night near Bier Inglis , or the English Well . several caravans on their way to Kosseir with provisions . Near the rock , where we encamped , there were numerous hieroglyphics , but rude both in design and execution . the most ancient ...
... night near Bier Inglis , or the English Well . several caravans on their way to Kosseir with provisions . Near the rock , where we encamped , there were numerous hieroglyphics , but rude both in design and execution . the most ancient ...
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Popular passages
Page 7 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 32 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Page 1 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 70 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass, with reeds and rushes.
Page 69 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Page 70 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 76 - Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Page 37 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas...
Page 85 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 25 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.