Palestine: Or, The Holy LandJ. Duncan, 1824 - 372 páginas |
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... Dr. Clarke , he distinguished himself by the most rigorous execution of justice ; realizing the stories related of ... says Dr. Clarke , " seated on a mat , in a little chamber destitute of the meanest article of furniture ...
... Dr. Clarke , he distinguished himself by the most rigorous execution of justice ; realizing the stories related of ... says Dr. Clarke , " seated on a mat , in a little chamber destitute of the meanest article of furniture ...
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... saying it was his badge of office as gover- nor of Acre , and therefore could not be laid aside . Having ended ... Dr. Clarke represents it as better than any other along the coast . That of Seide is very insecure , and the harbour ...
... saying it was his badge of office as gover- nor of Acre , and therefore could not be laid aside . Having ended ... Dr. Clarke represents it as better than any other along the coast . That of Seide is very insecure , and the harbour ...
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... Dr. Clarke . Yet , with the short- sighted and narrow - minded policy of an Oriental despot , he sacrificed to his ... says Dr. R. , " this respectable viceroy bears the charac- ter of a humane and good man , and nothing could ...
... Dr. Clarke . Yet , with the short- sighted and narrow - minded policy of an Oriental despot , he sacrificed to his ... says Dr. R. , " this respectable viceroy bears the charac- ter of a humane and good man , and nothing could ...
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... says Dr. Clarke , like that of any other town on the Levant , is the only prospect of it worth be- holding . The interior presents , as in the generality of Turkish cities , narrow , dirty lanes , with wretched shops , and as wretched ...
... says Dr. Clarke , like that of any other town on the Levant , is the only prospect of it worth be- holding . The interior presents , as in the generality of Turkish cities , narrow , dirty lanes , with wretched shops , and as wretched ...
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... says Sandys , " shews that the body hath been strong , double immured , fortified with bulwarks and towers , to each ... Dr. Clarke's visit , the ruins , with the exception of the cathedral , the arsenal , the college of the ...
... says Sandys , " shews that the body hath been strong , double immured , fortified with bulwarks and towers , to each ... Dr. Clarke's visit , the ruins , with the exception of the cathedral , the arsenal , the college of the ...
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.