Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 páginas |
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... his life , his minis- try , and his death ; and as Golgotha and the Mount of Olives were not enclosed within the walls of the city , they would encounter less restraint in perform- ing 24 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
... his life , his minis- try , and his death ; and as Golgotha and the Mount of Olives were not enclosed within the walls of the city , they would encounter less restraint in perform- ing 24 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
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... walls , could not have suffered so much from the siege as the more lofty edifices within . That the holy places were known to all men in the time of Adrian is demonstrated by an undeniable fact . This emperor , when he rebuilt the city ...
... walls , could not have suffered so much from the siege as the more lofty edifices within . That the holy places were known to all men in the time of Adrian is demonstrated by an undeniable fact . This emperor , when he rebuilt the city ...
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... walls the formation of a Christian community , composed of Gentile converts , whose political principles , he ima- gined , were less inimical to the sovereignty of the empire . At the same time he wrote to the gover- nors of his Asiatic ...
... walls the formation of a Christian community , composed of Gentile converts , whose political principles , he ima- gined , were less inimical to the sovereignty of the empire . At the same time he wrote to the gover- nors of his Asiatic ...
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... walls which the ancient cultivators built to sup- port the soil on the declivities of the mountains ; the form of the cisterns in which they collected the rain water ; and traces of the canals by which this water was distributed over ...
... walls which the ancient cultivators built to sup- port the soil on the declivities of the mountains ; the form of the cisterns in which they collected the rain water ; and traces of the canals by which this water was distributed over ...
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... wall , we perceive extensive ruins , stunted cypresses , bushes of the aloe and prickly pear , while some huts of tǝy meanest order , resem- bling white - washed sepulchres , are spread over the desolated mass . This spot is Jerusalem ...
... wall , we perceive extensive ruins , stunted cypresses , bushes of the aloe and prickly pear , while some huts of tǝy meanest order , resem- bling white - washed sepulchres , are spread over the desolated mass . This spot is Jerusalem ...
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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.