Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 páginas |
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Página 103
... beautiful Mariamne , to whom he himself was already be- trothed . Octavius and Antony , however , thought it more expedient for their rising empire that Herod should wear the vassal crown of Judea in his own person , rather than see it ...
... beautiful Mariamne , to whom he himself was already be- trothed . Octavius and Antony , however , thought it more expedient for their rising empire that Herod should wear the vassal crown of Judea in his own person , rather than see it ...
Página 159
... beautiful roses . The monk Neret informs us , that in his time it was covered with tulips , the variety of whose colours formed a lovely parterre . At present the eye of the traveller is delighted with a profu- sion of roses , white and ...
... beautiful roses . The monk Neret informs us , that in his time it was covered with tulips , the variety of whose colours formed a lovely parterre . At present the eye of the traveller is delighted with a profu- sion of roses , white and ...
Página 172
... beautiful ; but it is forbidden ground , and Jew or Christian entering within its precincts must , if discovered , forfeit either his religion or his life . " * The observation made by Sir Frederick , in regard to the difficulty and ...
... beautiful ; but it is forbidden ground , and Jew or Christian entering within its precincts must , if discovered , forfeit either his religion or his life . " * The observation made by Sir Frederick , in regard to the difficulty and ...
Página 175
... beautiful , more especially from the mixture of the soft colours above and the delicate tints of the mar- ble in the main body of the structure . The interior fully corresponds to the magnificence and beauty just described . There are ...
... beautiful , more especially from the mixture of the soft colours above and the delicate tints of the mar- ble in the main body of the structure . The interior fully corresponds to the magnificence and beauty just described . There are ...
Página 177
... beautiful fountain , which takes its name from a clump of orange - trees overshadow- ing its water . The mosque is composed of seven naves supported by pillars and columns , and at the head of the centre nave is a fine cupola . Two ...
... beautiful fountain , which takes its name from a clump of orange - trees overshadow- ing its water . The mosque is composed of seven naves supported by pillars and columns , and at the head of the centre nave is a fine cupola . Two ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Acre altar ancient appears Arabs arms army Asphaltites beautiful Bethlehem building called capital celebrated Chateaubriand Christ Christian church Crusaders Damietta Dead Sea descendants desert Divine Dr Clarke East Egypt emperor enemies erected eyes faith fathers feet Galilee 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 soldiers 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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Página 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.
Página 315 - 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 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.
Página 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 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!
Página 416 - ... 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 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.