“The” Pilgrim in the Holy Land, Or, Palestine Past and PresentJ. Hogg, 1860 - 316 sidor |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 76
Sida 13
... hills of Beirut rise higher , and by the aid of our spy - glass we can see evidences of ease and elegance . Occasionally a verandah with Saracenic arches , a tasteful walk , or some cultivated spot , discovers an idea of the beautiful ...
... hills of Beirut rise higher , and by the aid of our spy - glass we can see evidences of ease and elegance . Occasionally a verandah with Saracenic arches , a tasteful walk , or some cultivated spot , discovers an idea of the beautiful ...
Sida 27
... hill - tops and mountains , until it became a custom to erect temples , and , as far as possible , plant groves sacred to the deities on elevations , and a custom in some degree encouraged by the rough and hilly character of the country ...
... hill - tops and mountains , until it became a custom to erect temples , and , as far as possible , plant groves sacred to the deities on elevations , and a custom in some degree encouraged by the rough and hilly character of the country ...
Sida 40
... hills of Beirut , he invited at midnight another of the three chiefs , on pretence of obtaining him as a guide ; and , failing to get additional gold from the affrighted chief , he seized him and started for Constantinople , having ...
... hills of Beirut , he invited at midnight another of the three chiefs , on pretence of obtaining him as a guide ; and , failing to get additional gold from the affrighted chief , he seized him and started for Constantinople , having ...
Sida 62
... hill to the south - west of Beirut , which we were told was travelling at the rate of several feet per annum towards the sea , being blown thus by the winds . Sometimes the air is so filled with the particles as to obscure the sea ...
... hill to the south - west of Beirut , which we were told was travelling at the rate of several feet per annum towards the sea , being blown thus by the winds . Sometimes the air is so filled with the particles as to obscure the sea ...
Sida 65
... hills and country change to a scene of barren- ness . The intruding spur of the mountains hides what is passed ; no forests are to be seen , and very few trees or shrubs , scattered here and there amid broken , contorted , corroded ...
... hills and country change to a scene of barren- ness . The intruding spur of the mountains hides what is passed ; no forests are to be seen , and very few trees or shrubs , scattered here and there amid broken , contorted , corroded ...
Andra upplagor - Visa alla
The Pilgrim in the Holy Land: Or, Palestine, Past and Present Henry S. Osborn Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1862 |
Vanliga ord och fraser
Amorites ancient appears Arabs arches ascended Astarte beautiful Bedouins Beirut Bethlehem brook called camel castle character Cherith Christian church colour dark Dead Sea descended distance Druzes east Egypt eight entered evidently feet fragments gate ground Hanna Hebrew hence Hermon Herod hill Holy horse hundred inches inhabitants Israel Israelites Jaffa JAMES HOGG Jenin Jericho Jerusalem Jordan JOSEPH'S TOMB Josephus khan Kings land leave Lebanon Maronites miles minutes Moab Mohammedan mosque Mount Tabor mountains nearly o'clock Palestine Pasha passed perhaps piastres plain present probably prophet rain reference ride ridge river rock ruins running salt Sarepta Saul Saviour scene Scripture seems seen sepulchres sheik shore side Sidon signifies singular soil soon spot stones supposed Syria thousand Tiberias Tibnin tion tombs town travellers Turkish Turks twenty Tyre valley village volcanic Wady Kelt wall word
Populära avsnitt
Sida 237 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell : that they may prepare a city for habitation ; And sow the fields, and plant vineyards : which may yield fruits of increase.
Sida 209 - Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho...
Sida 211 - And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.
Sida 257 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Sida 196 - And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Sida 207 - Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4. And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Sida 153 - Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself, founded empires ; but on what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius ? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love ; and at this hour, millions of men would die for him...
Sida 145 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Sida 207 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Sida v - to which I would particularly direct the reader's attention, that all Ecclesiastical tradition respecting the ancient places in and around Jerusalem and throughout Palestine is of no value" (and he prints the words in capitals,) "except so far as it is supported by circumstances known to us from the Scriptures or from other contemporary. testimony.