Exhibition of the Works of Vassili VerestchaginAmerican art association, 1889 - 77 pages |
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... never capture . The citadel stood on the summit of the hill , and from a near point of view appears to be naturally of uncommon strength . Deep ditches and a wall surround it . The principal gates , now almost in ruins , may still be ...
... never capture . The citadel stood on the summit of the hill , and from a near point of view appears to be naturally of uncommon strength . Deep ditches and a wall surround it . The principal gates , now almost in ruins , may still be ...
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... never considered quite safe . Many efforts have been made to mark out the exact place where the Israelites crossed the Jordan , but the question is far from decided even now , the river having several times changed its bed . It was ...
... never considered quite safe . Many efforts have been made to mark out the exact place where the Israelites crossed the Jordan , but the question is far from decided even now , the river having several times changed its bed . It was ...
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... never before used , was interred the body of Christ , in a rock near Golgotha where Joseph of Arimathea , possibly , had his family tomb . The entrance was usually closed with a big stone , and it was impossible to enter or come out ...
... never before used , was interred the body of Christ , in a rock near Golgotha where Joseph of Arimathea , possibly , had his family tomb . The entrance was usually closed with a big stone , and it was impossible to enter or come out ...
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... never change . their clothes , which therefore smell , and are full of insects . Nevertheless , all the higher Lamas are immortal , i . e . , their souls , according to the Buddhist belief , are immediately after death born again in the ...
... never change . their clothes , which therefore smell , and are full of insects . Nevertheless , all the higher Lamas are immortal , i . e . , their souls , according to the Buddhist belief , are immediately after death born again in the ...
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... never being allowed to sleep . 123. Sale of a Slave . 124. Central Asian Politicians . Ragged , half drunk with opium , they are nevertheless among the keenest of politicians . They know and discuss not only what the Ak Padishah , i . e ...
... never being allowed to sleep . 123. Sale of a Slave . 124. Central Asian Politicians . Ragged , half drunk with opium , they are nevertheless among the keenest of politicians . They know and discuss not only what the Ak Padishah , i . e ...
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Page 39 - Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
Page 25 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the • water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : 1 7 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 26 - the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Page 22 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Page 30 - Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Page 37 - Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, " Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another...
Page 37 - And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings
Page 37 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me; for he was before me.
Page 20 - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Page 12 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.