Travels Through Part of Europe, Asia Minor, the Islands of the Archipelago; Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Mount Sinai, &c. ...L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1759 - 6 Seiten |
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... castle , and we thought ourselves happy in being in a ftructure fo capable of defence ; for while we were there , we imagined a troop of Arabians on horfeback were making directly to us ; but on a nearer view we found that what had ...
... castle , and we thought ourselves happy in being in a ftructure fo capable of defence ; for while we were there , we imagined a troop of Arabians on horfeback were making directly to us ; but on a nearer view we found that what had ...
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... castle , which Saladine , the scourge of the Chriftians , " reduced , by a long fiege to fuch extremities , that " the besieged , being preffed by famine , and having " obtained leave of the grand mafter of the knights Templars ...
... castle , which Saladine , the scourge of the Chriftians , " reduced , by a long fiege to fuch extremities , that " the besieged , being preffed by famine , and having " obtained leave of the grand mafter of the knights Templars ...
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... castle , in the year 1266. · fell again into the hands of the Infidels , by the trea- chery of one Leo , a Syrian knight , who had then the command of it , and who embraced the Mahome- tan religion , by which means the whole garrifon ...
... castle , in the year 1266. · fell again into the hands of the Infidels , by the trea- chery of one Leo , a Syrian knight , who had then the command of it , and who embraced the Mahome- tan religion , by which means the whole garrifon ...
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... castle . So that any perfon , on furveying these fortifications , may wonder how fo ftrong a fortress could ever be taken , by the ancient method of be- fieging places . Tradition tells us , that the castle of Saphet was taken by ...
... castle . So that any perfon , on furveying these fortifications , may wonder how fo ftrong a fortress could ever be taken , by the ancient method of be- fieging places . Tradition tells us , that the castle of Saphet was taken by ...
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... castle , Jofeph's well , and ball , Egyptian gardens , and ovens for hatching chicken ; with fome obfervations on the Coptis . THE HE city of Grand Cairo is known to the in- habitants of the country , by the name of Mifr , which the ...
... castle , Jofeph's well , and ball , Egyptian gardens , and ovens for hatching chicken ; with fome obfervations on the Coptis . THE HE city of Grand Cairo is known to the in- habitants of the country , by the name of Mifr , which the ...
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Seite 22 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Seite 97 - Pyramid, a chamber, in which there was a hollow stone : in it was a statue of stone like a man, and within it a man, upon whom was a breast-plate of gold set with jewels ; upon...
Seite 94 - Now nothing of this kind appears to have been ever attempted in the letter or greater of thefe Pyramids (the latter of which wants likewife a great Part of the Point, where this filling up was...
Seite 97 - Pyramid, intended it only for his tomb, what occasion was there, says Dr Shaw, for such a narrow sloping entrance into it, or for the well, as it is called, at the bottom, or for the lower chamber with a large niche or hole in the eastern wall of it, or for the long narrow cavities in the sides...
Seite 100 - ... but will conclude that the Egyptians intended the latter for one of the places, as all of them were to be the objects at least, of their worship and devotion.
Seite 17 - Hail ! thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Seite 72 - There is no God but God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
Seite 94 - Pyramid, which may hint to us what was intended in them all, we fee near a Quarter of the whole Pile very beautifully filled up, and ending, at the Top, like the Point of a Diamond.