Travels in Palestine Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan: Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala in the DecapolisLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821 - 553 pages |
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... descended to Keneh ; and though the obstacles which at first obstructed my passage of the Desert were rather augmented than diminished , I determined on making the attempt , and accordingly set out with all the precautions which it was ...
... descended to Keneh ; and though the obstacles which at first obstructed my passage of the Desert were rather augmented than diminished , I determined on making the attempt , and accordingly set out with all the precautions which it was ...
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... descended the Nile rapidly without suffering any impediments to retard the progress of our vessel , and again reposed from my toils in the hospitable mansion of Colonel Missett , one of the most amiable and worthy of men . During my ...
... descended the Nile rapidly without suffering any impediments to retard the progress of our vessel , and again reposed from my toils in the hospitable mansion of Colonel Missett , one of the most amiable and worthy of men . During my ...
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... descended , and in obedience of an oracle which had enjoined him to this act of devotion , they replied to him that there was a temple of Hercules without their city , in a place which they called the Old Tyre , and that he might make ...
... descended , and in obedience of an oracle which had enjoined him to this act of devotion , they replied to him that there was a temple of Hercules without their city , in a place which they called the Old Tyre , and that he might make ...
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... descended from hence to fall into the main road , which still continues along the fragments of the paved way , until we arrived , at half past one , at the coffee - house and farrier's shed of Nakhora . Close by this station , and still ...
... descended from hence to fall into the main road , which still continues along the fragments of the paved way , until we arrived , at half past one , at the coffee - house and farrier's shed of Nakhora . Close by this station , and still ...
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... descend from the mountain by a steep and rugged road , and remounted , to enter on the plain , about three o'clock . We passed several springs and brooks , with a ruined fountain , in the way , all yielding an abundance of excellent ...
... descend from the mountain by a steep and rugged road , and remounted , to enter on the plain , about three o'clock . We passed several springs and brooks , with a ruined fountain , in the way , all yielding an abundance of excellent ...
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Page 409 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 89 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 163 - I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Page 446 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 244 - And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
Page 477 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 396 - Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea...
Page 279 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 188 - AND he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Page 137 - Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.