“The” Pilgrim in the Holy Land, Or, Palestine Past and PresentJ. Hogg, 1860 - 316 sidor |
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Sida 36
... inches in length , of silver or tin ( according to the wealth of the wearer ) , per- forated , and worn on a little padding girt tightly around the head , and supporting a white veil , which appeared to me heavy ; and in the case of the ...
... inches in length , of silver or tin ( according to the wealth of the wearer ) , per- forated , and worn on a little padding girt tightly around the head , and supporting a white veil , which appeared to me heavy ; and in the case of the ...
Sida 48
... inches in length , the thorns being frequently one and a half inches long ; and one trunk I measured was thirty - one and a half inches in circumference . It requires considerable skill , especially on horseback , to avoid being pricked ...
... inches in length , the thorns being frequently one and a half inches long ; and one trunk I measured was thirty - one and a half inches in circumference . It requires considerable skill , especially on horseback , to avoid being pricked ...
Sida 50
... inches , and is the general measure used . Some of the bazaars are in the European style , which will be generally adopted after a few years . We passed shops where were exposed for sale dried and fresh dates , oranges , citrons , pears ...
... inches , and is the general measure used . Some of the bazaars are in the European style , which will be generally adopted after a few years . We passed shops where were exposed for sale dried and fresh dates , oranges , citrons , pears ...
Sida 63
... inches deep , and about three feet wide . This is our first rivulet ; and though dry in summer , it nevertheless bears a name here quite common , pronounced Shwàyfert ; the same name is given to the valley down which the rivulet runs ...
... inches deep , and about three feet wide . This is our first rivulet ; and though dry in summer , it nevertheless bears a name here quite common , pronounced Shwàyfert ; the same name is given to the valley down which the rivulet runs ...
Sida 64
... inches in diameter , lying in the course the water takes when the channel is full . At some places they remind us of the stones piled up in our city streets preparatory to paving , and are entirely clear of soil . We now approach the ...
... inches in diameter , lying in the course the water takes when the channel is full . At some places they remind us of the stones piled up in our city streets preparatory to paving , and are entirely clear of soil . We now approach the ...
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The Pilgrim in the Holy Land: Or, Palestine, Past and Present Henry S. Osborn Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1862 |
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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
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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.