pitch tent

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He declared, after predicting its destruction, "It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation, neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there."

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

It shall never be inhabited; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

As you ride by these sparkling waters, through the flowery, bowery, woods, you feel as if you like to pitch tent here—at least for the summer.

From Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses by Cozzens, Frederic S.

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

If this be true, may there not be an unoccupied plot of ground where a late-comer may pitch tent, as under the hemlocks by some babbling water, and feel himself in some real way proprietary?

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)