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... probably formed into terraces , as is now seen on the few cultivated ones , where the vine , olive , and fig - tree flourish . " - CARNE'S Eastern Letters , p . 296 . " The country promised to the posterity of the patriarchs was to be ...
... probably formed into terraces , as is now seen on the few cultivated ones , where the vine , olive , and fig - tree flourish . " - CARNE'S Eastern Letters , p . 296 . " The country promised to the posterity of the patriarchs was to be ...
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... probably open ground , cultivated for gardens , at the time when He who suffered without the gate , † there poured out his soul unto death . It is not difficult to conceive , observing from this spot the various undula- tions and slopes ...
... probably open ground , cultivated for gardens , at the time when He who suffered without the gate , † there poured out his soul unto death . It is not difficult to conceive , observing from this spot the various undula- tions and slopes ...
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... probably manu- factured at as early a period as linen in Egypt , for Herodotus ( who wrote 445 B.C. ) speaks of the manufacture among the Indians as if it were in a very advanced state . He says : - " They possess a kind of plant ...
... probably manu- factured at as early a period as linen in Egypt , for Herodotus ( who wrote 445 B.C. ) speaks of the manufacture among the Indians as if it were in a very advanced state . He says : - " They possess a kind of plant ...
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... probably introduced by the Moors . It flourished on the fertile plains of Valencia , where it still grows wild . During some centuries Barcelona was celebrated for the manufacture of cotton sail - cloth and fustians , the latter being a ...
... probably introduced by the Moors . It flourished on the fertile plains of Valencia , where it still grows wild . During some centuries Barcelona was celebrated for the manufacture of cotton sail - cloth and fustians , the latter being a ...
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... probably introduced from Hindustan , where it had been in use for ages ; but domestic legends say , that it was invented by the fairies , or some supernatural power ; and , no doubt , at the time of its introduction , it was regarded as ...
... probably introduced from Hindustan , where it had been in use for ages ; but domestic legends say , that it was invented by the fairies , or some supernatural power ; and , no doubt , at the time of its introduction , it was regarded as ...
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Página 264 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Página 236 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Página 178 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Página 2 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Página 134 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Página 2 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Página 95 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Página 291 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings ; and of the provinces I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts ; so I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Página 601 - And the man of God said, Where fell it ? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.