Letters from the Old World, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1840 |
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Page 28
... delightful one , but is extremely interesting on account of its immediate vicinity to several remarkable antiquities . It is said somewhere that Solomon , in consideration of Hiram having furnished materials and artisans for the tem ...
... delightful one , but is extremely interesting on account of its immediate vicinity to several remarkable antiquities . It is said somewhere that Solomon , in consideration of Hiram having furnished materials and artisans for the tem ...
Page 47
... delightful thing it is for us , who were born under the influence of the " Star in the East , " to contemplate " the sun of right- eousness with healing in his wings , " after humanizing , civ- ilizing , and , I might almost say ...
... delightful thing it is for us , who were born under the influence of the " Star in the East , " to contemplate " the sun of right- eousness with healing in his wings , " after humanizing , civ- ilizing , and , I might almost say ...
Page 49
... , and shipwrecked all my delightful anticipations . I was seized with despair at the prospect of my poor intellect not being able to appreciate , nor my un- VOL . II . - E worthy heart sufficiently to venerate , the sacred places I.
... , and shipwrecked all my delightful anticipations . I was seized with despair at the prospect of my poor intellect not being able to appreciate , nor my un- VOL . II . - E worthy heart sufficiently to venerate , the sacred places I.
Page 51
... delight in pulling down the beautiful fabric of Chris . tianity , and revel amid the fallen grandeur of moral temples ... delightful beverage , refilled our water - skins , and then corked up and sealed a quart bottle of it to send home ...
... delight in pulling down the beautiful fabric of Chris . tianity , and revel amid the fallen grandeur of moral temples ... delightful beverage , refilled our water - skins , and then corked up and sealed a quart bottle of it to send home ...
Page 52
... delight in having confirmed myself in my first belief by subsequent reasoning , analogous to that elicited by skeptical objections and arguments respecting many other sacred places . The dwelling of St. Bartholomew , pointed out to us ...
... delight in having confirmed myself in my first belief by subsequent reasoning , analogous to that elicited by skeptical objections and arguments respecting many other sacred places . The dwelling of St. Bartholomew , pointed out to us ...
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Acropolis ancient appearance Arab arrived Asia Minor Athens bazars beautiful Bedouins Beyrout called caravan Christian church Constantinople Corinth Damascus delightful desert distance East Egypt encamped feet Galilee gardens gate gentlemen Greece Greek ground gulf hareem hill Holy City Holy Land horses immense Jerusalem Jordan journey ladies latter Lebanon Lord marble miles monuments morning Moslem mosque Mount Mount Moriah Mount Tabor mountain never night once Oriental Palestine Parthenon passed pilgrims plain Pool of Siloam present prophet quarantine reach ride river rock rode ruins sacred sail Samaria Saviour scene Sea of Galilee seen Sepulchre sheik shore side Sidon singular Smyrna Solomon soon spot stone stream summit Syria Telmessus temple tent thou tion tomb town travellers trees Turk Turkish Tyre unto valley vessel walls whole wind Zion