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... turning away from Rhodes , proud of its Nilometer , I found running upwards , Cimopolis , and the city that calls to remembrance the depraved licentiousness of Adrian , the Lower Abydos , Lycopolis , and many other places not men ...
... turning away from Rhodes , proud of its Nilometer , I found running upwards , Cimopolis , and the city that calls to remembrance the depraved licentiousness of Adrian , the Lower Abydos , Lycopolis , and many other places not men ...
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... Turning from the pyramids , I entered into Grand Cairo , and thence down to Alexandria , in order to expedite to you the plan of my researches : for you and the Regent of England were the first to second my efforts . During the above ...
... Turning from the pyramids , I entered into Grand Cairo , and thence down to Alexandria , in order to expedite to you the plan of my researches : for you and the Regent of England were the first to second my efforts . During the above ...
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... turned upon Boneborte ( Bonaparte ) and my Lady Stanhope ; the former they remembered from his expedition into Soria , for the fame of him resounded greatly amongst them ; and the latter for the liberality displayed in the journey which ...
... turned upon Boneborte ( Bonaparte ) and my Lady Stanhope ; the former they remembered from his expedition into Soria , for the fame of him resounded greatly amongst them ; and the latter for the liberality displayed in the journey which ...
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... turned by the road of Suez to Cairo , and going down to Alexan- dria , I turned towards the lake Mareotis , thence Letters from Africa . 11.
... turned by the road of Suez to Cairo , and going down to Alexan- dria , I turned towards the lake Mareotis , thence Letters from Africa . 11.
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dria , I turned towards the lake Mareotis , thence to that of Maadic and Etko , and making an excursion in merry company to the beau- tiful Rosetta , I traversed the branch Bolbitina , the Delta , and ar- rived at the ruins of Botis ...
dria , I turned towards the lake Mareotis , thence to that of Maadic and Etko , and making an excursion in merry company to the beau- tiful Rosetta , I traversed the branch Bolbitina , the Delta , and ar- rived at the ruins of Botis ...
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Page 24 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 91 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 27 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Page 351 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 100 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 351 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 28 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Page 99 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 26 - And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
Page 28 - I have no pleasure in them ; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain : in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves...