Palestine Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With a Map and Nine EngravingsPrinted & Pub. by J. & J. Harper, 1833 - 336 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 57–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... once more grand and more barren . By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear , and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks . In the centre of this amphitheatre there is an ...
... once more grand and more barren . By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear , and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the rocks . In the centre of this amphitheatre there is an ...
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... once covered , identified themselves with the richest returns of agricultural wealth , and more than compensated for the absence of those spreading fields waving with corn which are neces- sary to convey to the mind of a European the ...
... once covered , identified themselves with the richest returns of agricultural wealth , and more than compensated for the absence of those spreading fields waving with corn which are neces- sary to convey to the mind of a European the ...
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... once a fertile valley , partly resting on a mass of subterranean water , and partly composed of a stratum of bitumen ; and that a fire from heaven kindling these com- bustible materials , the rich soil sunk into the abyss beneath , and ...
... once a fertile valley , partly resting on a mass of subterranean water , and partly composed of a stratum of bitumen ; and that a fire from heaven kindling these com- bustible materials , the rich soil sunk into the abyss beneath , and ...
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... once strikingly illustrated and confirmed by the conduct of the Senate or Heads of Tribes , in the melan- choly war undertaken by them against the children of Benjamin . Upon a muster of the confederated army at Mizpeh , it was ...
... once strikingly illustrated and confirmed by the conduct of the Senate or Heads of Tribes , in the melan- choly war undertaken by them against the children of Benjamin . Upon a muster of the confederated army at Mizpeh , it was ...
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... once the power and the reputation of his coun- trymen among the neighbouring nations , the annual occupa- tion of sheep - shearing called his sons and his daughters into the hill country to take their share in its toils and amusements ...
... once the power and the reputation of his coun- trymen among the neighbouring nations , the annual occupa- tion of sheep - shearing called his sons and his daughters into the hill country to take their share in its toils and amusements ...
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Palestine, Or The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1839 |
Palestine, Or, The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1836 |
Palestine: Or, The Holy Land. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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Acre altar ancient appear Arabs arms army Asphaltites authority beautiful Bethlehem Buckingham building called capital captivity celebrated Chateaubriand Christian church Clarke cross Crusaders Damietta Dead Sea descendants desert Divine Egypt enemies erected faith father feet Galilee grotto ground hand Hebrew hence Herod hill history of Palestine holy city Holy Land Holy Sepulchre hundred inhabitants inheritance interesting Israel Israelites Jaffa Jehovah Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judah Judea king kingdom of Jerusalem lake Levites Lord Maundrell Moses Moslem mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains Mussulmans nations Nazareth observed Palestine period pilgrims pillars plain possession present princes prophet reader religion remarkable rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin Samaria Saracens says scene Shechem side spot stone sultan Syria temple thou thousand Tiberias tion tomb town traveller tribes Turks unto valley Vespasian village walls whole worship writers
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Էջ 100 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Էջ 221 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Էջ 179 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Էջ 82 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Էջ 63 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Էջ 103 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Էջ 100 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Էջ 68 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Էջ 100 - And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
Էջ 25 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey.