Palestine, Or, The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 330 páginas |
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... marble , and hundreds of columns still remain among other monuments of Roman power . But by far the finest thing that he saw was a long street , bordered on each side with a splendid colonnade of Corinthian architecture , and ...
... marble , and hundreds of columns still remain among other monuments of Roman power . But by far the finest thing that he saw was a long street , bordered on each side with a splendid colonnade of Corinthian architecture , and ...
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... marble and pinnacles of gold . Yet during this pious undertaking the Jewish monarch main- tained his double character ; presiding at the Olympic games , granting large donations for their support , and even allowing himself to be ...
... marble and pinnacles of gold . Yet during this pious undertaking the Jewish monarch main- tained his double character ; presiding at the Olympic games , granting large donations for their support , and even allowing himself to be ...
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... marble floor . The door was no sooner shut than the sacristan , taking a couple of candles in his hand , showed us all over the interior of the building , pointing , in the pride of his heart , to the elegant marble walls , the beauti ...
... marble floor . The door was no sooner shut than the sacristan , taking a couple of candles in his hand , showed us all over the interior of the building , pointing , in the pride of his heart , to the elegant marble walls , the beauti ...
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... marble is white , with a con- siderable tinge of blue ; square pieces of the latter colour being introduced in different places , so as to confer upon the exterior a very pleasing effect . The upper story is faced with small tiles ...
... marble is white , with a con- siderable tinge of blue ; square pieces of the latter colour being introduced in different places , so as to confer upon the exterior a very pleasing effect . The upper story is faced with small tiles ...
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... marble in the main body of the structure . The interior fully corresponds to the magnificence and beauty just described . There are twenty - four marble co- lumns , placed parallel to the eight sides of the building , three opposite to ...
... marble in the main body of the structure . The interior fully corresponds to the magnificence and beauty just described . There are twenty - four marble co- lumns , placed parallel to the eight sides of the building , three opposite to ...
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Acre altar ancient appears Arabs arms army Asphaltites authority beautiful Bethlehem Buckingham called capital captivity celebrated Chateaubriand Christian church Crusaders Damietta Dead Sea descendants desert Divine edifice Egypt enemies erected eyes faith feet Galilee grotto ground hand Hebrew hence Herod hill holy city Holy Land Holy Sepulchre hundred inhabitants inheritance interesting Israel Israelites Jaffa Jehovah Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judah Judea king kingdom of Jerusalem lake length Levites Lord marble Maundrell Moses Moslem mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains Mussulmans nations Nazareth observed Palestine period pilgrims pillars plain possession present princes prophet reader religion remarkable rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin Samaria Saphadin Saracens says scene Shechem side soldiers sovereign spot stone sultan Syria temple thou thousand Tiberias tion tomb town traveller tribes Turks unto valley Vespasian village walls whole worship writers
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Página 235 - 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.
Página 104 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Página 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Página 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Página 315 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Página 193 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Página 96 - 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...
Página 315 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Página 107 - 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.
Página 84 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." 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.