Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 էջ |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 70–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 6
... say , that he has availed himself of all the materials which the research of modern times has brought to light , while he has carefully rejected all such speculations or conjectures as might gratify the curiosity 6 PREFACE .
... say , that he has availed himself of all the materials which the research of modern times has brought to light , while he has carefully rejected all such speculations or conjectures as might gratify the curiosity 6 PREFACE .
Էջ 32
... say that Canaan abounded in milk and honey . The flocks of the Arabs still find in it a luxuriant pas- ture , while the bees deposite in the holes of the rocks their delicious stores , which are sometimes seen flowing down the surface ...
... say that Canaan abounded in milk and honey . The flocks of the Arabs still find in it a luxuriant pas- ture , while the bees deposite in the holes of the rocks their delicious stores , which are sometimes seen flowing down the surface ...
Էջ 37
... says a learned writer , would be a para- dise were it inhabited by an industrious people under an enlightened government . Vine stocks are to be seen here a foot and a half in diameter , forming , by their twining branches , vast arches ...
... says a learned writer , would be a para- dise were it inhabited by an industrious people under an enlightened government . Vine stocks are to be seen here a foot and a half in diameter , forming , by their twining branches , vast arches ...
Էջ 60
... says Dupin , were not ordi- nary magistrates , but men raised up by God , on whom the Israelites bestowed the chief government , either because they had delivered them from the oppressions under which they groaned , or because of their ...
... says Dupin , were not ordi- nary magistrates , but men raised up by God , on whom the Israelites bestowed the chief government , either because they had delivered them from the oppressions under which they groaned , or because of their ...
Էջ 66
... says the historian , to traverse the desert , feeding their flocks , which con- sist partly of camels and partly of sheep . The fact now stated receives a remarkable confir mation from the notice contained in the book of Jere- miah ...
... says the historian , to traverse the desert , feeding their flocks , which con- sist partly of camels and partly of sheep . The fact now stated receives a remarkable confir mation from the notice contained in the book of Jere- miah ...
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Palestine; Or, The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1846 |
Palestine, Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1837 |
Palestine, Or, The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1833 |
Common terms and phrases
Acre altar ancient appears Arabs arms army Asphaltites beautiful Bethlehem Buckingham building called capital celebrated Chateaubriand Christ Christian church Crusaders Damietta Dead Sea descendants desert Divine Dr Clarke East edifice Egypt enemies erected eyes faith fathers feet Galilee Greek grotto ground hand Heaven Hebrew hence Herod hill holy city Holy Land Holy Sepulchre hundred inhabitants Israel Israelites Jaffa Jehovah Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judah Judea king kingdom of Jerusalem lake length Levites Lord Maundrell ment Moses Moslem mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains Mussulmans nations observed Olives Palestine pilgrims pillars plain possession present princes prophet reader reign 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
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Էջ 127 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Էջ 110 - 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 311 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 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 90 - 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 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Էջ 412 - ... 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...
Էջ 125 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Էջ 203 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Էջ 90 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Էջ 142 - 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.