Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land. E-book. Formato PDF William Rae Wilson   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Although it is not under an expectation I shall be able to add any thing Of importance to the information contained in the works of those travellers who have visited this most interesting region, that I sit down to arrange into a narrative the notes and memoranda Of a long journey; yet, it is in the humble hope Of contributing something, which may dispose Sceptics and Unbelievers to feel surprised that things of such great antiquity as those customs described in this sacred fountain of truth should have been protected, or kept alive, from those changes incident to the lapse of time and vicissitudes Of human affairs, as if these had been preserved in their entire original state, to confirm to' all ages, the authenticity of that record which they are so wonderfully calculated to illustrate.