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Use in Literature

Petra

In about two hours we passed the Castle of Santa Petra, and at noon were in sight of Trafalgar.–George Borrow in The Bible in Spain.

Hence Kerek has been considered the see of the bishoprick of Petra, and hence has arisen the erroneous opinion often adopted by travellers from the Christians of Jerusalem, that Kerek is the site of the ancient capital of Arabia Petraea.–John Lewis Burckhardt in Travels in Syria and the Holy Land.

In comparing the testimonies of the authors cited in Reland's Palaestina, it appears very probable that the ruins in Wady Mousa are those of the ancient Petra, and it is remarkable that Eusebius says the tomb of Aaron was shewn near Petra.–John Lewis Burckhardt in Travels in Syria and the Holy Land.

Near the door were two silken divans, and a richly carved urn, three feet high, which had once ornamented the facade of a tomb in the royal days of Petra, ere the curse fell on Edom, now stood an in memoriam of the original Necropolis.–Augusta J. Evans in St. Elmo.

But the firmest defence of Petra was placed in the valor of fifteen hundred Persians, who resisted the assaults of the Romans, whilst, in a softer vein of earth, a mine was secretly perforated.–Edward Gibbon in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 4.

The siege of Petra, which the Roman general, with the aid of the Lazi, immediately undertook, is one of the most remarkable actions of the age.–Edward Gibbon in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 4.

The instant demolition of the works of Petra confessed the astonishment and apprehension of the conqueror.–Edward Gibbon in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 4.

In Nymphao excite Petra flamma, que aqua accenditur.–Richard Hakluyt in The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, vol 1, Northern Europe.

But it happened that the child Petra gave birth to was a boy, and when Palm returned and saw him, he stayed, and traveled no more.–Knut Hamsun in Look Back on Happiness (tr Paula Wiking).

But Petra didn't want to.–Knut Hamsun in Look Back on Happiness (tr Paula Wiking).

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Petra 1
• Nonfiction Usage 4
• Journalism Usage 4
• Governmental Usage 6
• Patent Usage 6
• Bibliographic Usage 29
• Encyclopedic Usage 100
• Lexicographic Usage 103
• Index 113