Impressions of Travel, in Egypt and Arabia Petrĉa

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J. S. Taylor, 1839 - 318 pages

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Page 167 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 162 - And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Page 163 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
Page 23 - The funeral car of the deceased emperor sustained a vaulted golden room, eight cubits in width, and twelve in length ; the dome was decorated with rubies, carbuncles, and emeralds, and embellished by four historical paintings. Above the chamber, between its ceiling and the roof, the space was occupied by a quadrangular throne of gold, ornamented with figures in relief, to which golden rings were appended, bearing garlands of flowers that were daily renewed. Above the whole was a golden crown, of...
Page 162 - Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon : before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Page 31 - They made signs for me to descend the steps : I obeyed. From this I passed to another of a higher temperature, but still supportable. I remained in it, as in the first, about three minutes. I then proceeded to the third, which was still some ten or twelve degrees hotter ; and, finally, reached the fourth, where I had commenced my hellish apprenticeship. I approached it with the greatest repugnance, but I had made up my mind to go through with my desperate adventure. I first dipped my toe in the water...
Page 175 - This news was not so bad as the poor devil thought it might be : we had no inclination to eat, but a glass of pure, fresh water would have been worth a kingdom. The water we obtained at the Fountains of Moses was originally brackish ; and this, joined to the smell of the skins, and the intolerable heat, rendered it unfit to drink. The sun continued to ascend, and now reached the zenith of its height and its intensity. Our camels no longer afforded a shade. I retreated to a distance from mine, unwilling...
Page 74 - Many precipitated themselves from the summit of the citadel, and were destroyed in the abyss. Two, however, recovered themselves. At the first shock of the concussion, both horses and riders were stunned; they trembled for an instant like equestrian...
Page 74 - ... of lightning ; they passed the nearest gate, which fortunately was not closed, and found themselves out of Cairo. One of the fugitives took the road to Ell Azish, the other darted up the mountains. The pursuers divided, one half following each.
Page 143 - Mecca ; twice a-year the caravans go and return by this route ; and these bones, so numerous and so constantly replenished, that the tempests of the Desert can never entirely disperse them ; these bones which, without a guide, would lead you to the oases, the wells and fountains, where the Arab finds shade and water, and would end by conducting you to the Tomb of the Prophet ; these bones are those of dromedaries which perish in the Desert.

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