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... Temple of Serapis has bequeathed us a relic of its ancient splendour in this column ; on which supposition it may be regarded as a memorial of a transition more remarkable than the change from Egyptian to European style of architecture ...
... Temple of Serapis has bequeathed us a relic of its ancient splendour in this column ; on which supposition it may be regarded as a memorial of a transition more remarkable than the change from Egyptian to European style of architecture ...
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... temple erected in honour of the fabled deity to whose influence the Egyptians attributed the yearly renewal of their country , through the periodical rise of the Nile , grew a treasury of learned works on the worship of the true God ...
... temple erected in honour of the fabled deity to whose influence the Egyptians attributed the yearly renewal of their country , through the periodical rise of the Nile , grew a treasury of learned works on the worship of the true God ...
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... temple arose , built , probably , by Octavius , as a trophy to the conqueror , on the spot now marked by these obelisks . Here they remain , the only vestige of impe- rial pomp , while the constructions of Roman art have 22 ALEXANDRIA .
... temple arose , built , probably , by Octavius , as a trophy to the conqueror , on the spot now marked by these obelisks . Here they remain , the only vestige of impe- rial pomp , while the constructions of Roman art have 22 ALEXANDRIA .
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... temple is eclipsed by that of its neighbour , the Mosque of St. Athanasius . " I visited it towards the close of the day . This mosque is of vast size , and imposing in its general effect . The frieze all round the inner walls is marked ...
... temple is eclipsed by that of its neighbour , the Mosque of St. Athanasius . " I visited it towards the close of the day . This mosque is of vast size , and imposing in its general effect . The frieze all round the inner walls is marked ...
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... temple in which the worship of Minerva was first instituted . Underneath these moulder- ing heaps lie buried the ... temples made with hands . . . Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God , we ought not to think that the God- head ...
... temple in which the worship of Minerva was first instituted . Underneath these moulder- ing heaps lie buried the ... temples made with hands . . . Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God , we ought not to think that the God- head ...
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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.