...degree, that, without their absolutely meeting, the sky is intercepted and completely shut out for 100 yards together, and there is little more light than...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene. The tamarisk, the wild fig, and the oleander grew luxuriously about the road, rendering...

...degree, that without their absolutely meeting, the sky is intercepted and completely shut out for 100 yards together, and there is little more light than...scene. The tamarisk, the wild fig, and the oleander, grew luxuriantly about the road, rendering the passages often difficult ; in some places they hung...

...kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up able numbers, seemingly annoyed at any one approaching...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene." So says Burckhardt : " The fields of Tafyle (situated in the immediate vicinity of Edom)...

...to conceive anything more awful or sublime than such an approach ; the width is not more than just sufficient for the passage of two horsemen abreast...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene. "On arriving at the theatre, the ruins of the city burst on the view in theii full grandeur,...

...Captains Irby and Mangles, the following observation occurs in their account of Petra. ' The screaming of shamed when he is found, so the scene.' Laborde, who remained longer on the spot than any previous traveller, also takes notice...

...kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up able numbers, seemingly annoyed at any one approaching...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene." So says Burckhardt : " The fields of Tafyle (situated in the immediate vicinity of Edom)...

...eagles, hawks, and owls which were soaring above their heads in considerable numbers, seeming annoyed ab any one approaching their lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene. From its lonely retreat, where it reposes in silence during the day, this winged marauder...

...Irby and Mangles in their description of Petra : " The screaming of eagles, hawks, and owls, which were soaring above our heads in considerable numbers,...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene." * The larger proportion of tawny spocimrns in British collections beyond tlto*e from less...

...ancient Idumeoa — as described by Irby and Mangles: " The screaming of eagles, hawks, and owls, which were soaring above our heads in considerable numbers,...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene." See NIGHT-HAWK, OSTRICH. OX, a well-known domestic animal, clean by the Levitical Law,...

...from Irby and Mangles in their description of Petra: " The screaming of eagles, hawks, and owls, which were soaring above our heads in considerable numbers,...lonely habitation, added much to the singularity of the scene." * The larger proportion of tawny specimens in British collections beyond those from less...