Palestine Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With a Map and Nine EngravingsPrinted & Pub. by J. & J. Harper, 1833 - 336 páginas |
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... field of battle . Proceeding on the usual grounds of calculation , we must infer , from the num- ber of warriors whom Moses conducted through the desert , that the Hebrew people , when they crossed the Jordan 26 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
... field of battle . Proceeding on the usual grounds of calculation , we must infer , from the num- ber of warriors whom Moses conducted through the desert , that the Hebrew people , when they crossed the Jordan 26 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
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... field , after a crop of wheat in May , produces pulse in autumn . Several of the trees are continually bearing flowers and fruit at the same time , in all their stages . The mulberry , planted in straight rows in the open field , is fes ...
... field , after a crop of wheat in May , produces pulse in autumn . Several of the trees are continually bearing flowers and fruit at the same time , in all their stages . The mulberry , planted in straight rows in the open field , is fes ...
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... fields . These labours necessarily created a prodigious fertility under an ardent sun , where a little moisture was the only requisite to revive the vegetable world . The accounts given by native writers respecting the productive ...
... fields . These labours necessarily created a prodigious fertility under an ardent sun , where a little moisture was the only requisite to revive the vegetable world . The accounts given by native writers respecting the productive ...
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... fields waving with corn which are neces- sary to convey to the mind of a European the ideas of fruitfulness , comfort , and abundance . Following the enlightened narrative of Malte Brun , the reader will find that southward of Damascus ...
... fields waving with corn which are neces- sary to convey to the mind of a European the ideas of fruitfulness , comfort , and abundance . Following the enlightened narrative of Malte Brun , the reader will find that southward of Damascus ...
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... fields are left without cultivation , and the towns and vil- lages are reduced to beggary ; but the latest accounts from Seetzen , in Annales des Voyages , i . 398 ; and Correspondance de M. Zach . 425 . † Maundrell , p . 60 ...
... fields are left without cultivation , and the towns and vil- lages are reduced to beggary ; but the latest accounts from Seetzen , in Annales des Voyages , i . 398 ; and Correspondance de M. Zach . 425 . † Maundrell , p . 60 ...
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Página 100 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Página 221 - 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 179 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Página 82 - 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 63 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 103 - 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 100 - But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Página 68 - 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 100 - And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
Página 25 - God bringeth thee into a good land, 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 fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey.