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Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts ... Michael Russell Visualização integral - 1833 |
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Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts ... Michael Russell Visualização integral - 1833 |
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 421 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Página 409 - As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds. Dislodging from a region scarce of prey To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling kids On hills where flocks are fed, flies...
Página 258 - And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Página 32 - ... myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.
Página 305 - I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets.
Página 278 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Página 22 - Where yet new labours his arrival wait ; At length their rage the hostile powers restrain, All but the ruthless monarch of the main. But now the god, remote, a heavenly guest, In ^Ethiopia graced the genial feast (A race divided, whom with sloping rays The rising and descending sun surveys...
Página 366 - The drivers suddenly tripped up the cow, and gave the poor animal a very rude fall upon the ground, which was but the beginning of her sufferings. One of them sat across her neck, holding down her head by the horns, the other twisted the halter about her...
Página 241 - The)' are all of one piece of granite ; and on the top of that which is standing there is a patera exceedingly well carved in the Greek taste.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts, Religion, Literature, and Natural History Edição 61 de Harper's family library |
| Autor | Michael Russell |
| Edição | 2 |
| Editora | J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 14 Set 2006 |
| Número de páginas | 331 páginas |
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