Letters from Palestine: Description of a Tour Through Galilee and Judea. To which are Added Letters from EgyptBlack, Young & Young, 1822 |
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... original manufacture of it , to the artisans of this city , as it was here only that the sand brought from the coast of Tyre was believed to be susceptible of fusion . The modern proprietors have either lost the art , or do not any ...
... original manufacture of it , to the artisans of this city , as it was here only that the sand brought from the coast of Tyre was believed to be susceptible of fusion . The modern proprietors have either lost the art , or do not any ...
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... original title , Acre being easily derived from Accha and Acra . The situation is one of the most advantageous that can be desired . An extensive and fertile plain stretches out towards the north and the east ; the waters of the 2 Acts ...
... original title , Acre being easily derived from Accha and Acra . The situation is one of the most advantageous that can be desired . An extensive and fertile plain stretches out towards the north and the east ; the waters of the 2 Acts ...
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... original town , as it includes mount Calvary within the walls . During the persecution of Diocletian , the very name of Jerusa- lem had sunk so completely into oblivion , that when a certain individual who was examined before a Roman ...
... original town , as it includes mount Calvary within the walls . During the persecution of Diocletian , the very name of Jerusa- lem had sunk so completely into oblivion , that when a certain individual who was examined before a Roman ...
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... original elevation , the adjacent ground being merely flattened sufficiently to receive a marble pavement . It is seventeen or eighteen feet above the common floor , and is approached by one and twenty steps . The aperture in which the ...
... original elevation , the adjacent ground being merely flattened sufficiently to receive a marble pavement . It is seventeen or eighteen feet above the common floor , and is approached by one and twenty steps . The aperture in which the ...
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... original entrance to the palace is blocked up , and the present access is at one of the angles of the court . The portal was formerly in the centre , and approached by a flight of steps , which were removed some centuries ago to Rome ...
... original entrance to the palace is blocked up , and the present access is at one of the angles of the court . The portal was formerly in the centre , and approached by a flight of steps , which were removed some centuries ago to Rome ...
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Page 74 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
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Page 79 - ... them, with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine: their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed: and with fruits of the sorts which they shall choose, and the flesh of birds of the kind which they shall desire. And there shall accompany them fair damsels having large black eyes: resembling pearls hidden in their shells: as a reward for that which they shall have wrought.
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