Travels and Observations in the Orient and a Hasty Flight in the Countries of EuropeLee and Shepard, 1883 - 360 pages |
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... turned back ; and four fine - looking Italians , each with a guitar in hand , fell in at the rear of our carriage as the horses were slowly toiling up the mountain . They followed us a half - mile , and I believe sweeter music never ...
... turned back ; and four fine - looking Italians , each with a guitar in hand , fell in at the rear of our carriage as the horses were slowly toiling up the mountain . They followed us a half - mile , and I believe sweeter music never ...
Page 80
... turned upside down , precisely represents their shape and outward appearance . But they are vast , ancient , and mysterious . Hence pilgrim- ages are made to them from all parts of the world . We , of course , were compelled to follow ...
... turned upside down , precisely represents their shape and outward appearance . But they are vast , ancient , and mysterious . Hence pilgrim- ages are made to them from all parts of the world . We , of course , were compelled to follow ...
Page 84
... turned out to be the property of a beautiful Greek girl named Rhodope , and to have been snatched by an eagle from her attendant's hand while she was bathing in the Nile . It is needless to add , that this Egyp- tian Cinderella was ...
... turned out to be the property of a beautiful Greek girl named Rhodope , and to have been snatched by an eagle from her attendant's hand while she was bathing in the Nile . It is needless to add , that this Egyp- tian Cinderella was ...
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... turned from the Jeru- salem road , -a thoroughfare which , a little earlier in the season , is thronged with pilgrims to the Holy City , - and made a long detour to the left . We did this for the purpose of seeing places of the greatest ...
... turned from the Jeru- salem road , -a thoroughfare which , a little earlier in the season , is thronged with pilgrims to the Holy City , - and made a long detour to the left . We did this for the purpose of seeing places of the greatest ...
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... turning to the right , we followed this old way to the city last named . It may be said of Mizpeh ( which means watch- tower ) , that it is the most conspicuous mountain peak in Southern Palestine . But , high and sharp as it is , it is ...
... turning to the right , we followed this old way to the city last named . It may be said of Mizpeh ( which means watch- tower ) , that it is the most conspicuous mountain peak in Southern Palestine . But , high and sharp as it is , it is ...
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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
Popular passages
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.