Letters from Palestine: Description of a Tour Through Galilee and Judea. To which are Added Letters from EgyptBlack, Young & Young, 1822 |
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... current flows through a ravine formed by two moun- tains , lofty and precipitous ; the depth is such as to be easily fordable ; but a very handsome bridge , of four or five arches , is thrown across the channel LETTERS FROM PALESTINE .
... current flows through a ravine formed by two moun- tains , lofty and precipitous ; the depth is such as to be easily fordable ; but a very handsome bridge , of four or five arches , is thrown across the channel LETTERS FROM PALESTINE .
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... formation is thus circumstantially recorded , does not exceed an English mile . It is now much neglected , and out of repair . An hour's gentle riding from this place brought us to another river , the name of which our guides were ...
... formation is thus circumstantially recorded , does not exceed an English mile . It is now much neglected , and out of repair . An hour's gentle riding from this place brought us to another river , the name of which our guides were ...
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... formation of the ground on which it is erected . The current tradition is , notwithstanding , that they are filled by a subterraneari river which the king of Israel discovered , and which gave him the idea of the undertaking . The ...
... formation of the ground on which it is erected . The current tradition is , notwithstanding , that they are filled by a subterraneari river which the king of Israel discovered , and which gave him the idea of the undertaking . The ...
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... formed part of the cathedral church of St. Andrew : there are also the nominal ruins of the church of St. John , the Patron Saint of the town , and the convent of the Knights - hospitallers . I regret to add , that we could discover no ...
... formed part of the cathedral church of St. Andrew : there are also the nominal ruins of the church of St. John , the Patron Saint of the town , and the convent of the Knights - hospitallers . I regret to add , that we could discover no ...
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... formed of the cedar of Lebanon . Between the windows there are the mutilated remains of figures in Mosaic , and some half - effaced inscriptions in Greek , from the Evangelists . At the extremity of the building there is an altar ...
... formed of the cedar of Lebanon . Between the windows there are the mutilated remains of figures in Mosaic , and some half - effaced inscriptions in Greek , from the Evangelists . At the extremity of the building there is an altar ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Alexandria Ammianus Marcellinus ancient appears Arisch arrived attention authority BART beauty Buonaparte Cairo called CHAP character Châteaubriand chre Christian church coast conduct conjecture considerable Constantinople Consul Damietta DEAR distance distinguished district Egypt erected expressions extremely feet French gate Gaza Greek Hellespont Holy Sepulchre hundred inhabitants Jaffa Jerusalem Josephus Judæa LA GERUSALEMME LIBERATA labour land LETTER Lord Mahomet Malta Mameluke ment miles morning mount mount of Olives mount Sion mountain natural night o'clock object observed Palestine Pasha passage passed peculiar person pillars plain possession present probably procure pyramids quarter received resemblance respecting river route ruins sacred sail sand scarcely seems ship shore Signor Sion SIR G situation soon Strabo sufficiently summit supposed surface Syria temple thence tion tomb town traveller Turkish Turks vessel violent visited walls wind writer καὶ νὰ τὸ τὸν τῶν
Passagens conhecidas
Página 126 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Página 117 - 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.
Página 74 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Página 12 - Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold...
Página 207 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 131 - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Página 218 - Glittering in golden coats, like images ; As full of spirit as the month of May, And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
Página 79 - ... them, with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine: their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed: and with fruits of the sorts which they shall choose, and the flesh of birds of the kind which they shall desire. And there shall accompany them fair damsels having large black eyes: resembling pearls hidden in their shells: as a reward for that which they shall have wrought.
Página 53 - Where now thy might, which all those kings subdued ? No martial myriads muster in thy gate ; No suppliant nations in thy Temple wait ; No prophet bards, thy glittering courts among, Wake the full lyre, and swell the tide of song : But lawless Force, and meagre Want is there, And the quick-darting eye of restless Fear ; While cold Oblivion, 'mid thy ruins laid, Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.
Página 72 - In the spirit of enthusiasm or vanity, the prophet rests the truth of his mission on the merit of his book; audaciously challenges both men and angels to imitate the beauties of a single page; and presumes to assert that God alone could dictate this incomparable performance.