Palestine: Or, the Holy Land : from the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver and Boyd, 1831 - 448 pages |
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... thousand years , and supported by the authority of the most powerful monarchies in the world , fall one after another at the approach of his disciples , and before the prevailing efficacy of the new faith . A little stone becomes a ...
... thousand years , and supported by the authority of the most powerful monarchies in the world , fall one after another at the approach of his disciples , and before the prevailing efficacy of the new faith . A little stone becomes a ...
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... thousand miles amid the most appal- ling dangers , required a solace to his faith in the contemplation of the Cross , or in being permitted to 臺 Shakspeare , Henry IV . Part I. Act 1 . kiss the threshold of the tomb in which the body ...
... thousand miles amid the most appal- ling dangers , required a solace to his faith in the contemplation of the Cross , or in being permitted to 臺 Shakspeare , Henry IV . Part I. Act 1 . kiss the threshold of the tomb in which the body ...
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... thousands in affluence . Moses might justly say that Canaan abounded in milk and honey . The flocks of the Arabs still find in it a luxuriant pas- ture , while the bees deposite in the holes of the rocks their delicious stores , which ...
... thousands in affluence . Moses might justly say that Canaan abounded in milk and honey . The flocks of the Arabs still find in it a luxuriant pas- ture , while the bees deposite in the holes of the rocks their delicious stores , which ...
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... thousands of Christian devotees , who sought a refuge for their piety in the caves of the rocks . Then the mountain was wholly covered with cha- pels and gardens , whereas at the present day no- thing is to be seen but scattered ruins ...
... thousands of Christian devotees , who sought a refuge for their piety in the caves of the rocks . Then the mountain was wholly covered with cha- pels and gardens , whereas at the present day no- thing is to be seen but scattered ruins ...
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... thousands , of hundreds , and of fifties ; regulating their movements by the sound of the trumpet , and passing their days of rest amid the vigilance and formality of a regular encampment . But no sooner did they convert the sword into ...
... thousands , of hundreds , and of fifties ; regulating their movements by the sound of the trumpet , and passing their days of rest amid the vigilance and formality of a regular encampment . But no sooner did they convert the sword into ...
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Palestine: Or the Holy Land: from the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 85 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 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!
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.