A cyclopædia of biblical geography, biography, natural history, and general knowledge, by J. Lawson and J.M. Wilson, Volume 1; Volume 49 |
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... says , " this ignis fatuus of a prince , who was not a protector , but a plague to his country , we may say as was once said of a great tyrant , that he came in like a fox , ruled like a lion , and died like a dog . We are here ( in the ...
... says , " this ignis fatuus of a prince , who was not a protector , but a plague to his country , we may say as was once said of a great tyrant , that he came in like a fox , ruled like a lion , and died like a dog . We are here ( in the ...
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... says , " A miserable bazar or two are passed through in traversing the town , and large lonely spots are met with , marked by broken low mounds over older ruins , with here and there a few poplars or willow trees shadowing the border of ...
... says , " A miserable bazar or two are passed through in traversing the town , and large lonely spots are met with , marked by broken low mounds over older ruins , with here and there a few poplars or willow trees shadowing the border of ...
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... says Dr. Clarke , " to describe it ; upon which they said that it was of one entire and beauti- ful green stone , shaped like a cistern , and taken from the mosque of St. Athanasius ; that among the inhabitants this cistern had always ...
... says Dr. Clarke , " to describe it ; upon which they said that it was of one entire and beauti- ful green stone , shaped like a cistern , and taken from the mosque of St. Athanasius ; that among the inhabitants this cistern had always ...
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... says a traveller , " there is a large basin , cut out of the rock which forms the shore , having on its sides two beau- tiful saloons drawn out by the chisel , with benches across them . A canal of a zig - zag form , for the purpose of ...
... says a traveller , " there is a large basin , cut out of the rock which forms the shore , having on its sides two beau- tiful saloons drawn out by the chisel , with benches across them . A canal of a zig - zag form , for the purpose of ...
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... says , " will always present thick walls , fabricated with coarse earth , well - marked storeys and large chambers , with vaulted ceilings resting upon a solid base . We never observe roads or galleries , properly so called , but large ...
... says , " will always present thick walls , fabricated with coarse earth , well - marked storeys and large chambers , with vaulted ceilings resting upon a solid base . We never observe roads or galleries , properly so called , but large ...
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Page 247 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Page 356 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Page 428 - Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Page 311 - O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Page 335 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 342 - We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof: for there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, " Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 242 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Page 3 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, "Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him...
Page 435 - Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Page 259 - Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly ; and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.