Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy LandWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1891 - 161 páginas |
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... John , a tradition founded , I fear , on a hideous barbarism perpetrated by some un- known translator who rendered the Greek word ¿ paía , “ beautiful , ” into the Latin aurea . There is a portico inside the closed gate which is worth ...
... John , a tradition founded , I fear , on a hideous barbarism perpetrated by some un- known translator who rendered the Greek word ¿ paía , “ beautiful , ” into the Latin aurea . There is a portico inside the closed gate which is worth ...
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... John . If there are no remains of the ancient buildings to guide us in reconstructing these , it is an advantage , on the other hand , that there are no traditional sites pointed out , except those connected with the Mohammedan fairy ...
... John . If there are no remains of the ancient buildings to guide us in reconstructing these , it is an advantage , on the other hand , that there are no traditional sites pointed out , except those connected with the Mohammedan fairy ...
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... John the Baptist , while the Jews prefer to identify him with Zechariah , the son of Jehoiada , who was stoned in the court of the Temple in the days of King Joash . The Koran solves all difficulties by declaring that not only these two ...
... John the Baptist , while the Jews prefer to identify him with Zechariah , the son of Jehoiada , who was stoned in the court of the Temple in the days of King Joash . The Koran solves all difficulties by declaring that not only these two ...
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... John . The first sight of the Jordan was most disappointing , the stream , which was swollen by recent rains , being of a turbid yellow colour , which com- pared most disadvantageously with the deep blue of the Dead THE DEAD SEA . 75.
... John . The first sight of the Jordan was most disappointing , the stream , which was swollen by recent rains , being of a turbid yellow colour , which com- pared most disadvantageously with the deep blue of the Dead THE DEAD SEA . 75.
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... John the Baptist , known here by the uneuphonious name of Neby Yahyah . There even remains over one of its great gates , now 1 M. Elisée Reclus , in his magnificent work , the ' Nouvelle Géographie Universelle , ' says , " On accusa les ...
... John the Baptist , known here by the uneuphonious name of Neby Yahyah . There even remains over one of its great gates , now 1 M. Elisée Reclus , in his magnificent work , the ' Nouvelle Géographie Universelle , ' says , " On accusa les ...
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