Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 Seiten |
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... less frequently consulted , at all unworthy of confidence as depositories of historical facts . In more modern times we meet with equal fidelity , recommended by an exalted tone of feeling , in the volumes of Chateaubriand and Dr ...
... less frequently consulted , at all unworthy of confidence as depositories of historical facts . In more modern times we meet with equal fidelity , recommended by an exalted tone of feeling , in the volumes of Chateaubriand and Dr ...
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... less than as the possession of their tribes . We accordingly see them at one period in bondage , the victims of a relentless tyranny , and menaced with complete extirpation ; but the hope of enjoying the land promised to their fathers ...
... less than as the possession of their tribes . We accordingly see them at one period in bondage , the victims of a relentless tyranny , and menaced with complete extirpation ; but the hope of enjoying the land promised to their fathers ...
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... less contemned by his countrymen than they were by the warlike Romans and the philosophic Greeks , -whose doctrines , notwithstanding , continue to gain ground on every hand , till at last the proud monuments of pagan superstition ...
... less contemned by his countrymen than they were by the warlike Romans and the philosophic Greeks , -whose doctrines , notwithstanding , continue to gain ground on every hand , till at last the proud monuments of pagan superstition ...
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... less interest to the pious Christian , who confines his thoughts to the momen- tous facts which illustrate the early annals of his re- ligion . His affections are bound to Palestine by the strongest associations ; and every portion of ...
... less interest to the pious Christian , who confines his thoughts to the momen- tous facts which illustrate the early annals of his re- ligion . His affections are bound to Palestine by the strongest associations ; and every portion of ...
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... less difficulty in determining places with a certain decree of precision than would be experi- enced in any other ancient town . Nor can it be justly questioned , that the primitive Christians marked with peculiar care the principal ...
... less difficulty in determining places with a certain decree of precision than would be experi- enced in any other ancient town . Nor can it be justly questioned , that the primitive Christians marked with peculiar care the principal ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Seite 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!
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.