Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1797 |
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... Ægypt , in company with the Miffion- aries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo , & c , Oc- tavo . Travels in Egypt and Nubia , by Frede- rick Lewis Norden , F.R.S , Captain of the Da- nith navy , publifhed by the command of the King of ...
... Ægypt , in company with the Miffion- aries de propaganda fide at Grand Cairo , & c , Oc- tavo . Travels in Egypt and Nubia , by Frede- rick Lewis Norden , F.R.S , Captain of the Da- nith navy , publifhed by the command of the King of ...
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... . 11 These circumftances alfo fhew , that it was at Eafter 1721 , that they were at Jerufa- lem ; and the fummer of the fame year in Ægypt . 8 10 Vol . 1. p . 232 . fifth fifth edition of Maundrell , who has given us a xii PREFACE .
... . 11 These circumftances alfo fhew , that it was at Eafter 1721 , that they were at Jerufa- lem ; and the fummer of the fame year in Ægypt . 8 10 Vol . 1. p . 232 . fifth fifth edition of Maundrell , who has given us a xii PREFACE .
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... Ægypt , and Greece , by Charles Perry , M. D. London , 1743 ; and the Travels of Alexander Drummond , Esquire , the British Conful at Aleppo , through feveral parts of Afia , as far as the banks of the Euphrates , London , 1754 ; and ...
... Ægypt , and Greece , by Charles Perry , M. D. London , 1743 ; and the Travels of Alexander Drummond , Esquire , the British Conful at Aleppo , through feveral parts of Afia , as far as the banks of the Euphrates , London , 1754 ; and ...
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... Ægypt has scarce any rain at all ; and Dr. Shaw affirms that it is as uncommon in moft parts of what they call at Algiers the Defert , which is the moft Southern part of that country . But these are particular cafes . Rain ...
... Ægypt has scarce any rain at all ; and Dr. Shaw affirms that it is as uncommon in moft parts of what they call at Algiers the Defert , which is the moft Southern part of that country . But these are particular cafes . Rain ...
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... Ægypt , indeed , are watered by the overflowing of the Nile , and are by that fo faturated with moisture , that Maillet affures us they want no more watering for the pro- ducing of corn , and feveral other things , though the gardens ...
... Ægypt , indeed , are watered by the overflowing of the Nile , and are by that fo faturated with moisture , that Maillet affures us they want no more watering for the pro- ducing of corn , and feveral other things , though the gardens ...
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according Ægypt affures againſt agreeable Aleppo alfo alſo ancient anfwer appears Arabs baked Barbary barley becauſe befides bread Chardin circumftance confequently confiderable corn cuſtom d'Arvieux defcribes deferts defigned diftinction doth Eaft Eaſt Eaſtern Egmont and Heyman Egypt exprefs facred faid fame fays fecond feems fent ferved feveral fhall fhould fide fignifies fince firft firſt fmall fome fomething fometimes fpeaks ftill fuch fufficient fummer fuppofe himſelf Holy-Land honey houfes houſes Ifrael Ifraelites illuftrate imagine Jerufalem Judæa Kenites kind Kings lefs Maillet manner mentioned Mofes moft moſt muft muſt obferved occafion paffage Perfia perfons places Pococke prefent Prophet publiſhed purpoſe rain reafon Ruffell ſeems Septuagint Shaw Sir John Chardin Solomon ſpeak ſuppoſed tells tents thefe themſelves theſe theſe countries Thevenot thing thofe thoſe tion tranflated travellers ufual underſtand underſtood uſed veffel wine wont word