New system of astronomy, comprehending the discovery of the gravitating powerLetts, 1825 - 162 páginas |
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... Jordan , whereby the bituminous matter , & c . are laid bare , the swallows then move to higher latitudes ; it is at such times that the pestilence visits all those unfortunate places that are un- luckily situated within the reach of ...
... Jordan , whereby the bituminous matter , & c . are laid bare , the swallows then move to higher latitudes ; it is at such times that the pestilence visits all those unfortunate places that are un- luckily situated within the reach of ...
Página 118
... Jordan , on the south it is open and extends be- " yond the reach of the eye ; it is said to be twenty- " four leagues long , and six or seven broad . On " the shore of the lake we found a black sort of " pebbles , which being held in ...
... Jordan , on the south it is open and extends be- " yond the reach of the eye ; it is said to be twenty- " four leagues long , and six or seven broad . On " the shore of the lake we found a black sort of " pebbles , which being held in ...
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... " near to the river Jordan ; it is a common opinion " that the waters of that river pass through it " without mixing with the water of the lake , and I 68 66 66 thought I saw the water of the 120 The Sirocco , Harmattan , and Samiel ,
... " near to the river Jordan ; it is a common opinion " that the waters of that river pass through it " without mixing with the water of the lake , and I 68 66 66 thought I saw the water of the 120 The Sirocco , Harmattan , and Samiel ,
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... Jordan and the Dead Sea . The " Sun was near setting , we alighted to give a little " rest to our horses , and I contemplated at leisure " the lake , the valley , and the river . * 66 66 " When we hear of a valley , we figure to ...
... Jordan and the Dead Sea . The " Sun was near setting , we alighted to give a little " rest to our horses , and I contemplated at leisure " the lake , the valley , and the river . * 66 66 " When we hear of a valley , we figure to ...
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... Jordan ; this lake is the Dead " Sea ; it appears brilliant , but the guilty cities " entombed in its bosom , seem to have poisoned its 66 waters . Its solitary abysses cannot afford nou- " rishment to any living creature : never did ...
... Jordan ; this lake is the Dead " Sea ; it appears brilliant , but the guilty cities " entombed in its bosom , seem to have poisoned its 66 waters . Its solitary abysses cannot afford nou- " rishment to any living creature : never did ...
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Página 147 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Página 142 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Página 146 - And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand.
Página 108 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Página 141 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad* the earth and the heavens.
Página 149 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Página 156 - And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land?
Página 156 - So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses "which the LORD hath laid upon it ; 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt...
Página 149 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Página 119 - I discern any heaps of ruins, nor any smoke ascending above the surface of the water, as is usually described in the writings and maps of geographers. But yet I must not omit what was confidently attested to me by the father guardian and procurator of Jerusalem, both men in years, and seemingly not destitute either of sense or probity ; viz.