A Visit to CairoSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1853 |
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... the famed galleys of Venice . Among all vicissitudes brought round on the wheel of time , none is , here , to my mind more striking than the turn of events which brings Missionaries from America , from the banks of the CRETE .
... the famed galleys of Venice . Among all vicissitudes brought round on the wheel of time , none is , here , to my mind more striking than the turn of events which brings Missionaries from America , from the banks of the CRETE .
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... round its base give an impression that it once formed part of a vast edifice . A tradi- tion sufficiently plausible as well as interesting to justify its preservation , points to this spot as the site of the academy which Alexander ...
... round its base give an impression that it once formed part of a vast edifice . A tradi- tion sufficiently plausible as well as interesting to justify its preservation , points to this spot as the site of the academy which Alexander ...
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... round the inner walls is marked , according to Mahometan fashion , with sentences from the Koran , in large characters of handsome Mosaic . Here stood that remarkable relic of antiquity , the beau- tifully carved sarcophagus , * formed ...
... round the inner walls is marked , according to Mahometan fashion , with sentences from the Koran , in large characters of handsome Mosaic . Here stood that remarkable relic of antiquity , the beau- tifully carved sarcophagus , * formed ...
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... round by bullocks , to raise water for irrigation . 66 Morning dawned on us at length , and its cool breath fanning my brow brought that refreshment which it usually brings after a restless night . The cheerful light , restoring colour ...
... round by bullocks , to raise water for irrigation . 66 Morning dawned on us at length , and its cool breath fanning my brow brought that refreshment which it usually brings after a restless night . The cheerful light , restoring colour ...
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... filled from a decanter of white brandy , and handed round to the guests as a preparative to the approaching meal . After several fruitless attempts at • conversation in various languages , I , at length , ALEXANDRIA . 33.
... filled from a decanter of white brandy , and handed round to the guests as a preparative to the approaching meal . After several fruitless attempts at • conversation in various languages , I , at length , ALEXANDRIA . 33.
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Alexandria amid ancient appearance Arab architecture ascend Atfeh Athribis beauty Bedowee Arabs boat boatmen breeze Cairo called canal Canea capital character Chris Christian Church citadel column Copts Crete Crusé Damiat date-palms deck desert Diocletian donkey dress earth edifice Egyptian English Vice-Consul feet Greek hand height Heliopolis inhabitants island janissary Joseph Julius Cæsar Kafr Zaït Kalif kind land of Egypt land of Goshen lions look Lord Mahometan Mansoureh March Mehmet Memphis mile minarets monuments morning mosque Mussulman Nadir never night Nile obelisks Pasha passage passed Pharaoh Pharos pillar plagues of Egypt Pompey population port present Ptolemies Ptolemy Philadelphus Pyramids race racter Raïs reign right bank river ruins Samanoul sands Saracen scene Scio seemed Sphaxians spot STREET temple Terraneh Thebes thou tian tion to-day traveller tribes Turkish Turks turn unto Upper Egypt vast vestige village walls wonderful
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Seite 70 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Seite 85 - And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Seite 59 - And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them...
Seite 86 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Seite 86 - If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace.
Seite 43 - God that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands...
Seite 43 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Seite 48 - And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Seite 85 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Seite 60 - Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.