Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 páginas |
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... four distinct terra- ces , which are covered with an unfading verdure . The shore is lined with mastic trees , palms , and prickly pears . Higher up , the vines , the olives , and the sycamores , amply repay the labour of the culti ...
... four distinct terra- ces , which are covered with an unfading verdure . The shore is lined with mastic trees , palms , and prickly pears . Higher up , the vines , the olives , and the sycamores , amply repay the labour of the culti ...
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... four . Hence the quatuor ju- gera , or four acres , is an expression which prover- bially indicated plebeian affluence and contentment , * Reland , Palestina Illustrata , lib . ii . c . 5. Spanheim , Charta terrae Israelis . Lowman on ...
... four . Hence the quatuor ju- gera , or four acres , is an expression which prover- bially indicated plebeian affluence and contentment , * Reland , Palestina Illustrata , lib . ii . c . 5. Spanheim , Charta terrae Israelis . Lowman on ...
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... four hundred thousand men that drew the sword , in order to consult with one another , and to adopt such measures as might be deemed most suitable for punishing the atrocities which had been committed at Gibeah . During the period to ...
... four hundred thousand men that drew the sword , in order to consult with one another , and to adopt such measures as might be deemed most suitable for punishing the atrocities which had been committed at Gibeah . During the period to ...
Página 68
... four hundred men ; and two hundred abode by the stuff . ” * It is manifest that , in the simple condition of so- ciety to which our attention is now directed , the profession of a freebooter was not in any sense ac- counted ...
... four hundred men ; and two hundred abode by the stuff . ” * It is manifest that , in the simple condition of so- ciety to which our attention is now directed , the profession of a freebooter was not in any sense ac- counted ...
Página 105
... four years anterior to the common era of Christianity , Herod sank under the pressure of a loathsome disease . He was permitted by the Romans so far to exercise the privileges of an inde- pendent prince as to distribute by will the ...
... four years anterior to the common era of Christianity , Herod sank under the pressure of a loathsome disease . He was permitted by the Romans so far to exercise the privileges of an inde- pendent prince as to distribute by will the ...
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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.