Palestine: Or, The Holy LandJ. Duncan, 1824 - 372 páginas |
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... rocks of Judea were once covered , would suggest the same associations of plenty and opulence that are called up in the mind of an Englishman by rich tracts of corn - land . The land of Canaan is characterised as flowing with milk and ...
... rocks of Judea were once covered , would suggest the same associations of plenty and opulence that are called up in the mind of an Englishman by rich tracts of corn - land . The land of Canaan is characterised as flowing with milk and ...
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... rocks , such abundance of honey , as to supply the poorer classes with an article of food . Wild honey and locusts were the usual diet of the forerunner of our Lord , during his seclusion in the desert country of Judea ; from which we ...
... rocks , such abundance of honey , as to supply the poorer classes with an article of food . Wild honey and locusts were the usual diet of the forerunner of our Lord , during his seclusion in the desert country of Judea ; from which we ...
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... rock- goat , and the fallow - deer . Captain Mangles describes an animal of the goat species as large as the ass , with long , knotty , upright horns ; some bearded , and their colour resembled that of the gazelle . The Arabs called ...
... rock- goat , and the fallow - deer . Captain Mangles describes an animal of the goat species as large as the ass , with long , knotty , upright horns ; some bearded , and their colour resembled that of the gazelle . The Arabs called ...
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... rocks upon the foundation . " The strength of the city arose in part from its advantageous situation . On the south and west sides it was washed by the sea ; it had a small bay to the east , which Pococke describes as now almost filled ...
... rocks upon the foundation . " The strength of the city arose in part from its advantageous situation . On the south and west sides it was washed by the sea ; it had a small bay to the east , which Pococke describes as now almost filled ...
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... rock , and probably of Jewish origin . " Caypha , " says Dr. Pococke , " is said also to have had the name of Porphureon , from the purple fish found on this coast , with which they made the ancient Tyrian dye . It was a bishopric , and ...
... rock , and probably of Jewish origin . " Caypha , " says Dr. Pococke , " is said also to have had the name of Porphureon , from the purple fish found on this coast , with which they made the ancient Tyrian dye . It was a bishopric , and ...
Términos y frases comunes
Acre Aksa altar ancient appearance Arabs arches Armenians Ashdod beautiful Beth-horon Bethlehem Buckingham building built Burckhardt called Capernaum castle cave Cesarea chapel Chateaubriand chre Christians church Clarke columns convent covered cross Damascus Dead Sea descended described distance door east edifice Egypt erected feet gate Gaza Greek grotto ground half Haram Schereeff Hebron Herod hill Holy Land inhabitants Jaffa Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judea king lake Lord Mangles marble Maundrell miles monks mosque Mount Gerizim Mount of Olives Mount Zion mountain Nazareth olive Palestine Pasha passed pilgrims plain Pococke pool pool of Siloam probably ravine remains Richardson river road rock Roman ruins sacred Sakhara Saphet says Dr shew shewn shiekh side Siloam situated Solomon spot square stone summit supposed Syria temple Tiberias tomb tower town traveller trees Turkish Turks valley village walls
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Página 93 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Página 170 - And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
Página 290 - Gennesareth; its nature is wonderful as well as its beauty; its soil is so fruitful that all sorts of trees can grow upon it, and the inhabitants accordingly plant all sorts of trees there; for the temper of the air is so well mixed, that it agrees very well with those several sorts, particularly walnuts, which require the coldest air, flourish there in vast plenty; there are...
Página 1 - Calvary, — -in those holy fields, Over whose acres walked those blessed feet, Which, eighteen hundred years ago, were nailed For our advantage to the bitter cross, studying the path in which those footsteps lie, if perhaps we may catch some vision of the present Jesus.
Página 228 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him, half dead.
Página 78 - ... dressed and fed them were withdrawn : the Mount of Olives still retains a languishing verdure, and nourishes a few of those trees from which it derives its name; but all round about Jerusalem the general aspect is blighted and barren : the grass is withered : the bare rock looks through the scanty sward, and the grain itself, like the starving progeny of famine, seems in doubt whether to come to maturity or die in the ear.
Página 290 - ... but preserves them a great while ; it supplies men with the principal fruits, with grapes and figs continually, during ten months of the year,* and the rest of the fruits as they become ripe together through the whole year ; for besides the good temperature of the air, it is also watered from a most fertile fountain.
Página 251 - And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God...
Página 71 - The houses of Jerusalem are heavy square masses, • Lamentations i. 1—6; ii. 1—9, 14. very low, without chimneys or windows ; they have flat terraces or domes on the top, and look like prisons or sepulchres. The whole would appear to the eye one uninterrupted level, did not the steeples of the churches, the minarets of the mosques, the summits of a few cypresses, and the clumps of nopals, break the uniformity of the plan.
Página 81 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.