Travels and Observations in the Orient and a Hasty Flight in the Countries of EuropeLee and Shepard, 1883 - 360 pages |
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... stone - wall : I am not sure that we saw a single stone in the ground , or above ground , on the whole ride . The country shows a high state of cultivation , and the land is of great value . The fuel used is mostly soft coal , mines of ...
... stone - wall : I am not sure that we saw a single stone in the ground , or above ground , on the whole ride . The country shows a high state of cultivation , and the land is of great value . The fuel used is mostly soft coal , mines of ...
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... stone or brick . We crossed the classic Avon at sunset , reached Leamington Station at dark , and soon found ac- ceptable quarters at the Manor House . An addi- tional interest attached to this charming locality by reason of the fact ...
... stone or brick . We crossed the classic Avon at sunset , reached Leamington Station at dark , and soon found ac- ceptable quarters at the Manor House . An addi- tional interest attached to this charming locality by reason of the fact ...
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... stone , now settled , and broken into many pieces . The rooms are constructed without the slightest regard to symmetry or convenience . In this rude structure the immortal bard was born , and here he had his home . We entered this very ...
... stone , now settled , and broken into many pieces . The rooms are constructed without the slightest regard to symmetry or convenience . In this rude structure the immortal bard was born , and here he had his home . We entered this very ...
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... stone , and was the most picturesque of all the approaches to Rome . Nu- merous magnificent sepulchres lined this Way , among the most noted of which were those of the Scipios . The railroad from Rome to Naples crosses the Appian Way at ...
... stone , and was the most picturesque of all the approaches to Rome . Nu- merous magnificent sepulchres lined this Way , among the most noted of which were those of the Scipios . The railroad from Rome to Naples crosses the Appian Way at ...
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... stones below . When , according to the well - known story , the Gauls had climbed to this rock , and had nearly reached the summit unobserved ( for the dogs neglected to bark ) , the cries of the sacred geese of Juno aroused an officer ...
... stones below . When , according to the well - known story , the Gauls had climbed to this rock , and had nearly reached the summit unobserved ( for the dogs neglected to bark ) , the cries of the sacred geese of Juno aroused an officer ...
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Abraham ancient army Athens Beer-sheba Beth-horon Bethany Bethlehem Bethsaida Boaz building burning Cæsar called camp Capernaum cave of Machpelah Christian church city-walls cross Damascus David dead descended desolate disciples earth east Egypt elevation Ephrath fields Gate Gennesaret Gethsemane Gibeon ground Hebron height hills holy horses hour hundred feet Israel Jaffa Jaffa Gate Jehosaphat Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Joshua Judæa Kidron king lake land ledges Lydda miles Moab Mohammedan Moriah morning mosque Mount of Olives mountain Naomi night Olivet Palestine passed pilgrims plain pool prophet river road rock Rome ruins sacred sail Scrooby sepulcher Shechem shore Solomon's stands steep stone stood streets Tarpeian Rock temple tent thee thing thou thousand tion tomb took Tophet tourists tower town traveled trees unto upper valley village walls women Zion
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Page 317 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake , Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 175 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God : where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Page 360 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and, sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 219 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 261 - And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Page 298 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 155 - When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh : so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Page 54 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one ; thrice was I beaten with rods ; once was I stoned...
Page 48 - For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.
Page 151 - And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you : and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this ? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.