Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 էջ |
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... thing which fell under his observation . The same high character is due to Pococke and Sandys , writers whose simplicity of style and thought afford a voucher for the truth of their narratives . Nor are Thevenot , Paul Lucas , and ...
... thing which fell under his observation . The same high character is due to Pococke and Sandys , writers whose simplicity of style and thought afford a voucher for the truth of their narratives . Nor are Thevenot , Paul Lucas , and ...
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... things . To the eye of mere philosophy nothing can ap- pear more striking than the effects produced upon the world at large by the opinions and events which originated among the Jewish people . A pastoral family , neither so numerous ...
... things . To the eye of mere philosophy nothing can ap- pear more striking than the effects produced upon the world at large by the opinions and events which originated among the Jewish people . A pastoral family , neither so numerous ...
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... thing , and have accomplished another ; but while we com- pare the means with the end , whether in their phy- sical or moral relations , it must be admitted that we therein examine one of the most remarkable events recorded in the ...
... thing , and have accomplished another ; but while we com- pare the means with the end , whether in their phy- sical or moral relations , it must be admitted that we therein examine one of the most remarkable events recorded in the ...
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... of Joab , must have returned a gross population of five millions and a half . The present aspect of Palestine , under an admi- nistration where every thing decays and nothing is renewed , 30 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
... of Joab , must have returned a gross population of five millions and a half . The present aspect of Palestine , under an admi- nistration where every thing decays and nothing is renewed , 30 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
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... thing decays and nothing is renewed , can afford no just criterion of the accuracy of such statements . Hasty observers have indeed pronounced that a hilly country destitute of great . rivers could not , even under the most skilful man ...
... thing decays and nothing is renewed , can afford no just criterion of the accuracy of such statements . Hasty observers have indeed pronounced that a hilly country destitute of great . rivers could not , even under the most skilful man ...
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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.