Etymological Geography: Being a Classified List of Terms of Most Frequent Occurrence, Entering, as Prefixes Or Postfixes, Into the Composition of Geographical Names

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Oliver & Boyd, 1835 - 76 páginas
 

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Página 3 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Página 3 - Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field...
Página 2 - And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
Página 2 - And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Página 4 - And Mizpah ; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Página 2 - And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Página 2 - Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Página 62 - ... the medium length and width would be about twenty miles by fourteen; and consequently, it contains 280 square miles, or 179,200 acres: every part of which, that is not occupied by buildings, roads, water, &c. is susceptible of cultivation. It received its name from having ' been inhabited by a party of Saxons, who, being situated in the midst of the three petty kingdoms of the East, West, and South Saxons, called themselves, or were called by their neighbours and brethren, Middle Saxons, which,...
Página 2 - But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo ; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Página 11 - This place is singular, and deserves the attention of the geographer, as it is a dry river, and has all the appearance of water having been in it, — the bank and bottom being quite full of stones and sand. There are several islands in the centre ; but the most remarkable circumstance is, that, at a certain height upon the bank, there is a mark, evidently as if the water had reached so high : the colour of the materials above that mark is also much lighter than those below.

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