Travels in Chaldæa, Including a Journey from Bussorah to Bagdad, Hillah, and Babylon, Performed on Foot in 1827H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1829 - 333 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xi
... Camel and the Dromedary . — The Canal of Hye . — Singular amusement.— Ruins of a bridge . Supposition respecting them . -General aspect of the Desert . - Approach to the cities of Seleucia . and Ctesiphon . - No swans to be seen ...
... Camel and the Dromedary . — The Canal of Hye . — Singular amusement.— Ruins of a bridge . Supposition respecting them . -General aspect of the Desert . - Approach to the cities of Seleucia . and Ctesiphon . - No swans to be seen ...
الصفحة 9
... , whenever and wherever he can find * It is a vulgar and common saying in the country , that when you are in the company of Arabs , much less at their mercy , your life is not worth an onion . 10 CAMEL'S THORN . it ; if refused , he.
... , whenever and wherever he can find * It is a vulgar and common saying in the country , that when you are in the company of Arabs , much less at their mercy , your life is not worth an onion . 10 CAMEL'S THORN . it ; if refused , he.
الصفحة 10
... Camel's thorn , † was so thick , I could scarcely continue my route along the banks of the river . In the short space of eighteen hours we travelled successively to- wards every point of the compass , proving how * Ishmael lived by prey ...
... Camel's thorn , † was so thick , I could scarcely continue my route along the banks of the river . In the short space of eighteen hours we travelled successively to- wards every point of the compass , proving how * Ishmael lived by prey ...
الصفحة 24
... Camel and the Dro- medary . The Canal of Hye . - Singular amusement.— Ruins of a bridge . Supposition respecting them . - General aspect of the Desert . - Approach to the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon . - No swans to be seen ...
... Camel and the Dro- medary . The Canal of Hye . - Singular amusement.— Ruins of a bridge . Supposition respecting them . - General aspect of the Desert . - Approach to the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon . - No swans to be seen ...
الصفحة 25
... camel , and the double - humped the dromedary . The fact , however , is nearer the reverse . The dou- ble - humped camel is found only in Bactria , and the countries to the north and east of Persia ; and these , being natives of à ...
... camel , and the double - humped the dromedary . The fact , however , is nearer the reverse . The dou- ble - humped camel is found only in Bactria , and the countries to the north and east of Persia ; and these , being natives of à ...
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AHWAZ Akerkouf ancient antiquity appears Appendix Arabia Arabs Arrian Babel Babylon Babylonian BABYLONIAN WRITING Bagdad Basrah Belidian Belus Berosus Birs Nemroud bitumen boat breadth brickwork bridge building built called camel canal cement chap character composed crossed Ctesias Ctesiphon desert Diodorus Diodorus Siculus distance earth east eastern bank Euphrates extends face feet fifty fragments furlongs gates half heap height Herodotus Hillah HISTORY OF MODERN Hussein Pasha inhabitants inscriptions journey Kasr Kesra khaun king mass Mesopotamia miles MODERN BUSSORAH mosque mounds mountains Mujellibah natives Nimrod Nineveh Note palace Persian Persian Empire plain qu'il reeds remains remarkable Rich river road RUINS OF AHWAZ Sabean says Seleucia Seleucus Nicator Selman Semiramis Sheikh side situated spot square stone Strabo stream Tamarix temple of Belus thick Tigris tion tomb tower of Belus town traced traveller vases village wall western
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الصفحة 205 - 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.
الصفحة 131 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
الصفحة 164 - Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 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.
الصفحة 237 - Chaldee's 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. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and the owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons...
الصفحة 236 - 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. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
الصفحة 167 - Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
الصفحة 167 - Therefore the wild beasts of the desert, with the wild beasts of the islands, shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein : and it shall be no more inhabited for ever ; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
الصفحة 191 - 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...
الصفحة 195 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
الصفحة 32 - That which was torn of beasts, I brought not unto thee : I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes.