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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land (Paperback)
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land (Paperback)
Series: Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original
book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not
illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ...his head, and heard his
long, regular, and continued swallows; and when he had finished the
jar he drew a long breath, went to the window, came to my bedside,
looked at me for a moment, probably thinking wl_.at a deal of
useless trouble I took in pulling oil' my clothes; and, throwing
himself upon the divan, in a few moments he was again asleep. ln
the morning immediately after breakfast one of the monks came to
conduct me through the convent. The building covered a great extent
of ground; and for strength and solidity, as well as size,
resembled a fortress. It was built by the Empress Helena, over the
spot consecrated as the birthplace of our Saviour, and was
intended, so far as human handiwork could do so, to honour and
reverence the holy spot. The insuflicient means of the pious
empress, however, or some other cause, prevented its being finished
according to the plan she had designed; and the charity of
subsequent Christians has barely sufliced to keep it from falling
to. ruin. The great church would have been a magnificent building
if finished according to her plan; but now, in its incomplete
state, it is a melancholy monument of defeated ambition. On each
side is a range of noble columns, supporting a frieze of wood,
which the monk told me. was cedar from Lebanon, and still remaining
almost as sound as the solid stone. The whole building is divided
among the Catholics, Greeks, and Armenians, the three great bodies
who represent, or rather misrepresent, Christianity in the East.
Each has its limits, beyond which the others must not pass; and
again there are certain parts which are common to all. The Turkish
government exercises a control over it; and, taking advantage of
the dissensions between these different professors, sells...
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Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land 2 Volume Set, Volume 1 |
Release date: |
March 2015 |
Authors: |
John Lloyd Stephens
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
334 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-07924-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-108-07924-5 |
Barcode: |
9781108079242 |
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