Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 páginas |
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... covered the Cities of the Plain is not less striking at the present hour than when Moses with an inspired pen recorded the judgment of God ; the swellings of Jordan are not less regu- lar in their rise than when the Hebrews first ap ...
... covered the Cities of the Plain is not less striking at the present hour than when Moses with an inspired pen recorded the judgment of God ; the swellings of Jordan are not less regu- lar in their rise than when the Hebrews first ap ...
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... covered with an unfading verdure . The shore is lined with mastic trees , palms , and prickly pears . Higher up , the vines , the olives , and the sycamores , amply repay the labour of the culti- vator ; natural groves arise ...
... covered with an unfading verdure . The shore is lined with mastic trees , palms , and prickly pears . Higher up , the vines , the olives , and the sycamores , amply repay the labour of the culti- vator ; natural groves arise ...
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... 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 necessary to convey into the mind of a European the ideas ...
... 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 necessary to convey into the mind of a European the ideas ...
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... covered with cha- pels and gardens , whereas at the present day no- thing is to be seen but scattered ruins amid forests of oak and olives , the bright verdure being only relieved by the whiteness of the calcareous cliffs over which ...
... covered with cha- pels and gardens , whereas at the present day no- thing is to be seen but scattered ruins amid forests of oak and olives , the bright verdure being only relieved by the whiteness of the calcareous cliffs over which ...
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... covering for his head . Be this as it may , there is no doubt that from the societies now mentioned sprang the most distin- guished men who adorned the happiest era of the Jewish church . 66 Were we allowed to form a judgment from the ...
... covering for his head . Be this as it may , there is no doubt that from the societies now mentioned sprang the most distin- guished men who adorned the happiest era of the Jewish church . 66 Were we allowed to form a judgment from the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.