Palestine, Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1837 - 400 páginas |
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Página 27
... 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 regular in their rise than when the Hebrews first ...
... 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 regular in their rise than when the Hebrews first ...
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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 cultivator ; natural groves arise , consisting ...
... 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 cultivator ; natural groves arise , consisting ...
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... covered , appear- ed more valuable than the richest returns of agricultural skill , and more than compensated for the absence of those spreading fields waving with corn , which are ne- cessary to excite in the mind of a European the ...
... covered , appear- ed more valuable than the richest returns of agricultural skill , and more than compensated for the absence of those spreading fields waving with corn , which are ne- cessary to excite in the mind of a European the ...
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... covered with chapels and gardens , whereas at the present day nothing 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 they ...
... covered with chapels and gardens , whereas at the present day nothing 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 they ...
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... covered with orchards ; and the people of the dis- trict , who have forgotten their native dialect , as well perhaps as their angry disputes with the Jews , continue to worship the Deity on the verdant slopes of Gerizim . Palestine ...
... covered with orchards ; and the people of the dis- trict , who have forgotten their native dialect , as well perhaps as their angry disputes with the Jews , continue to worship the Deity on the verdant slopes of Gerizim . Palestine ...
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Acre altar ancient appears Arabs arms army authority beautiful Bethlehem building called capital captivity celebrated Chateaubriand Christian church columns crusaders Damascus Damietta Dead Sea descendants desert Dr Clarke East edifice Egypt erected faith fathers feet Galilee grotto ground hand Hebrew Herod hill Holy Land Holy Sepulchre hundred inhabitants Israel Israelites Jaffa Jehovah Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judah Judea king kingdom of Jerusalem lake length Levites Libanus Lord Maundrell ment Moses Moslem mosque Mount Mount of Olives Mount Tabor mountains Mussulman nations natural observed occupied Palestine period pilgrims pillars plain possession present prince prophet reader reign religion remarkable rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin Samaria Saracens says scene seen Shechem side Sion soldiers Solomon spot stone sultan Syria temple thou thousand Tiberias tion tomb town traveller tribes Turks unto valley village walls whole worship writers
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Página 274 - 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 99 - 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 123 - Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Página 225 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Página 83 - 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 369 - ... 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 112 - 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 125 - 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.
Página 114 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Página 128 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.