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... East , New York , 1843 ; Dr. Durbin's Observations in the East , New York , 1845 ; Schubert's Reise in das Morgenland , Erlangen , 1840 ; Wil- kinson's Egypt and Thebes , 1843 ; Lynch's Narrative of an Expedition to the Dead Sea , 1848 ...
... East , New York , 1843 ; Dr. Durbin's Observations in the East , New York , 1845 ; Schubert's Reise in das Morgenland , Erlangen , 1840 ; Wil- kinson's Egypt and Thebes , 1843 ; Lynch's Narrative of an Expedition to the Dead Sea , 1848 ...
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... east is that which places the terrestrial paradise in the Island of Serendib , or Ceylon . It is alleged that when ... eastern border included some portion of the district beyond Lake Van . " Without attaching particular importance to ...
... east is that which places the terrestrial paradise in the Island of Serendib , or Ceylon . It is alleged that when ... eastern border included some portion of the district beyond Lake Van . " Without attaching particular importance to ...
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... East to Babylon , if Armenia were the seat of Noah's deliverance , and if that seat were adjacent to Paradise , as ... East ' to Babylon ; these mountains are East of Babylon . " This argument is , in fact , the mainstay of those who ...
... East to Babylon , if Armenia were the seat of Noah's deliverance , and if that seat were adjacent to Paradise , as ... East ' to Babylon ; these mountains are East of Babylon . " This argument is , in fact , the mainstay of those who ...
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... east side of the Median mountains , and then issue at once from the east into the plain . Such is now the daily route of caravans going from Tabreez ( on the borders of Armenia ) to Baghdad . They go south as far as Kermanshah , and ...
... east side of the Median mountains , and then issue at once from the east into the plain . Such is now the daily route of caravans going from Tabreez ( on the borders of Armenia ) to Baghdad . They go south as far as Kermanshah , and ...
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... east ; their summits distant about seven miles from each other , in a right line , and their bases insensibly melt ... eastern slope of the mountain may be assumed at fourteen , the north- western at twenty miles in length . On the ...
... east ; their summits distant about seven miles from each other , in a right line , and their bases insensibly melt ... eastern slope of the mountain may be assumed at fourteen , the north- western at twenty miles in length . On the ...
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Page 115 - And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Page 1 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 223 - But I say unto you, It shall ,be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 58 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them : they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Page 124 - After twenty-two days* close investigation, if I am not mistaken, we are unanimous in the conviction of the truth of the Scriptural account of the destruction of the cities of the plain.
Page 74 - And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
Page 245 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Page 29 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee...
Page 136 - The inference from the Bible, that this entire chasm was a plain sunk and " overwhelmed" by the wrath of God, seems to be sustained by the extraordinary character of our soundings. The bottom of this sea consists of two submerged plains, an elevated and a depressed one; the last averaging thirteen, the former about thirteen hundred feet below the surface.
Page 63 - At the end of three hours, we entered these cliffs by a narrow defile about forty feet in breadth, with perpendicular granite rocks on both sides. The ground is covered with sand and pebbles, brought down by the torrent which rushes from the upper region in the winter time.