Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present Time |
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... side , the sycamore spreads its branches , and the vines and olives still climb the sides of the mountains . The desolation which covered the Cities of the Plain is not less striking at the present hour than when Moses with an inspired ...
... side , the sycamore spreads its branches , and the vines and olives still climb the sides of the mountains . The desolation which covered the Cities of the Plain is not less striking at the present hour than when Moses with an inspired ...
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... sides of the ridge which forms the central chain of Judea . On the western acclivity , the soil rises from the sea ... side , however , the scanty coating of mould yields a less magnificent crop . From the * Terra finesque , qua ad ...
... sides of the ridge which forms the central chain of Judea . On the western acclivity , the soil rises from the sea ... side , however , the scanty coating of mould yields a less magnificent crop . From the * Terra finesque , qua ad ...
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... sides of the mountains enlarge , and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren . By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear , and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the ...
... sides of the mountains enlarge , and assume an aspect at once more grand and more barren . By little and little the scanty vegetation languishes and dies ; even mosses disappear , and a red burning hue succeeds to the whiteness of the ...
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... side with a splendid colon- nade of Corinthian architecture , and terminating in an open space of a semicircular form surrounded with sixty Ionic pillars . In the same neighbour- hood the ancient Gilead is distinguished by a forest of ...
... side with a splendid colon- nade of Corinthian architecture , and terminating in an open space of a semicircular form surrounded with sixty Ionic pillars . In the same neighbour- hood the ancient Gilead is distinguished by a forest of ...
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... side of the Jordan a competent inheritance , Joshua " sent the people away , and they departed ; " and from this moment the military aspect that their com- munity had assumed gave way to the patriarchal model , to which in fact all ...
... side of the Jordan a competent inheritance , Joshua " sent the people away , and they departed ; " and from this moment the military aspect that their com- munity had assumed gave way to the patriarchal model , to which in fact all ...
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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
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.