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... side are composed of a limestone formation , containing many fossil shells . Those on the eastern have , in addition to limestone , granite and sandstone ; and between the islands of Phile and Assouan , is found that peculiar kind of ...
... side are composed of a limestone formation , containing many fossil shells . Those on the eastern have , in addition to limestone , granite and sandstone ; and between the islands of Phile and Assouan , is found that peculiar kind of ...
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... side to the shores of the Red Sea , and on the other towards the Oases in the Libyan Desert . From the coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea to the cataract near Assouan , is a space of five hundred and twenty miles ; and allowing for ...
... side to the shores of the Red Sea , and on the other towards the Oases in the Libyan Desert . From the coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea to the cataract near Assouan , is a space of five hundred and twenty miles ; and allowing for ...
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... side of which overlooks the desert . It has con- siderable population , and there are besides several towns and villages on this oasis , with their temples and burying - places . One hundred miles from the great oasis is another , the ...
... side of which overlooks the desert . It has con- siderable population , and there are besides several towns and villages on this oasis , with their temples and burying - places . One hundred miles from the great oasis is another , the ...
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... side of it are bold promontories and lofty rocks , the space between the sea and the Nile being partially desert , and having valleys in certain places full of springs and covered with verdure . The northern arm of the Red Sea is the ...
... side of it are bold promontories and lofty rocks , the space between the sea and the Nile being partially desert , and having valleys in certain places full of springs and covered with verdure . The northern arm of the Red Sea is the ...
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... side upwards to the top of the shaft , which is surmounted by a small pyramid . The word obelisk is derived from a ... sides is that also of Ramses the Great . They stood originally at Heliopolis , and ITS MONUMENTS AND HISTORY . 25.
... side upwards to the top of the shaft , which is surmounted by a small pyramid . The word obelisk is derived from a ... sides is that also of Ramses the Great . They stood originally at Heliopolis , and ITS MONUMENTS AND HISTORY . 25.
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Page 119 - Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Page 170 - ... wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus...
Page 186 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Page 80 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 27 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Page 78 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 151 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 123 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 122 - ... backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, -without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful : who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Page 24 - If they contain what is agreeable with the Book of God, in the Book of God is sufficient without them ; and If they contain what Is contrary to the Book of God, there is no need of them; so give orders for their destruction.