Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated: In a Series of Views Drawn from Nature, Volumen3Fisher, Son, & Company, 1836 |
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... ancient sculpture , attest its former importance as a Greek city : among others , a magnificent gate , or triumphal arch , bears an inscription in honour of Adrian . Adalia is still a large and populous town , and is considered as one ...
... ancient sculpture , attest its former importance as a Greek city : among others , a magnificent gate , or triumphal arch , bears an inscription in honour of Adrian . Adalia is still a large and populous town , and is considered as one ...
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... ancients : it extends seventy miles to the northward : the base is broken into deep ravines , and covered with small trees ; the middle zone , covered with scattered evergreen bushes , appears to be limestone . " It is natural ...
... ancients : it extends seventy miles to the northward : the base is broken into deep ravines , and covered with small trees ; the middle zone , covered with scattered evergreen bushes , appears to be limestone . " It is natural ...
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... ancient Antioch still remain , but authorities vary as to the circuit enclosed by them , which at present appears to be between four and five miles : this is much less , however , than the space assigned in ancient times . They run ...
... ancient Antioch still remain , but authorities vary as to the circuit enclosed by them , which at present appears to be between four and five miles : this is much less , however , than the space assigned in ancient times . They run ...
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... ancient and interesting . Further north , and at the distance of seven hours from the city , is the pleasant village of Ain Fijji , at the end of a beautiful and well - cultivated vale . Its river is one of the coolest in the world : it ...
... ancient and interesting . Further north , and at the distance of seven hours from the city , is the pleasant village of Ain Fijji , at the end of a beautiful and well - cultivated vale . Its river is one of the coolest in the world : it ...
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... ancient structures in Syria are ascribed . The Barrada is not fordable here ; its waters are rapid and clear : the vicinity of Damascus , to some hours ' distance , is peculiarly favoured in that choicest blessing to an Eastern land ...
... ancient structures in Syria are ascribed . The Barrada is not fordable here ; its waters are rapid and clear : the vicinity of Damascus , to some hours ' distance , is peculiarly favoured in that choicest blessing to an Eastern land ...
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Adana Aleppo Amanus amidst ancient Antioch Arabs Asia Minor Balbec Barrada bazaar beautiful Bedouins Beirout beneath bosom built Carmel Christians church columns comfort convent Damascus Dead sea declivities desert desolate distance dwelling entered exquisite feelings feet gardens gate gloomy glory Greek hewn hill Ibrahim Pasha inhabitants interior Jerusalem Jews journey Kedron khan lake land Lebanon light lodged lofty lonely look luxury marble Maronite miles minaret monastery monks mosque Mount Mount Taurus mountain neighbourhood night Olivet Palestine Palmyra passed Payass pilgrims pillars plain plate precipices prophet retreat rich river rock roof ruins Scanderoon scene scheich Sea of Galilee seen sepulchre shore side Sidon situation soul splendid spot stone stood stranger stream streets summit Syria temple Tiberias tomb towers town traveller trees Turk Turkish vale valley village walk walls wandered wild wilderness wind wine Ziph
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Página 85 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Página 30 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 30 - ... if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday : and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Página 74 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called Absalom's monument unto this day.
Página 31 - For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements: the beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons...
Página 30 - All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
Página 68 - Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan : and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Página 74 - Bethany, in order to accord with the account given us in Scripture ; but it answers the purpose of drawing crowds of pilgrims to the spot. Descending Olivet to the narrow valley of Jehoshaphat, you soon come to the pillar of Absalom : it has a very antique appearance, and is a pleasing object in the valley : it is of a yellow stone, adorned with half columns, formed into three stages, and terminates in a cupola. The tomb of Zacharias, adjoining, is square, with four or five pillars, and is cut out...
Página 68 - And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan ; and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation : and he made a mourning for his father seven days.