Early Travels in Palestine: Comprising the Narratives of Arculf, Willibald, Bernard, Sæwulf, Sigurd, Benjamin of Tudela, Sir John Maundeville, De la Brocquière, and MaundrellThomas Wright |
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... fair prospects were soon cut short by the acces- sion to the throne of Hakem , the third khalif of the Fatimite dynasty , who threw his kingdom into confusion by his cruel despotism , and who made the unfortunate Christians feel the ...
... fair prospects were soon cut short by the acces- sion to the throne of Hakem , the third khalif of the Fatimite dynasty , who threw his kingdom into confusion by his cruel despotism , and who made the unfortunate Christians feel the ...
Page xx
... fair to suppose that , in a moment of penitence , the mer- chant sought to appease the divine wrath by undertaking the pilgrimage to Jerusalem , the road to which had then been laid open by the first successes of the crusaders . Nothing ...
... fair to suppose that , in a moment of penitence , the mer- chant sought to appease the divine wrath by undertaking the pilgrimage to Jerusalem , the road to which had then been laid open by the first successes of the crusaders . Nothing ...
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... fair weather , for the church is open above , without a roof ; and two columns stand within the church , against the north wall and the south wall , in memory of the two men who said , Men of Galilee , why stand ye gazing up into heaven ...
... fair weather , for the church is open above , without a roof ; and two columns stand within the church , against the north wall and the south wall , in memory of the two men who said , Men of Galilee , why stand ye gazing up into heaven ...
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... fair monastery of the Holy Trinity , in which is the place of the baptistery , to which adjoins the chapel of St. John the Apostle , who first filled the pontifical see at Jerusalem . These are all so composed and arranged , that any ...
... fair monastery of the Holy Trinity , in which is the place of the baptistery , to which adjoins the chapel of St. John the Apostle , who first filled the pontifical see at Jerusalem . These are all so composed and arranged , that any ...
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... fair city , but entirely laid waste by the Turks , and there we were detained many days by a strong contrary wind . Then we came to the island of Samos , and having bought provisions there , as we did in all the islands , we arrived at ...
... fair city , but entirely laid waste by the Turks , and there we were detained many days by a strong contrary wind . Then we came to the island of Samos , and having bought provisions there , as we did in all the islands , we arrived at ...
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Page 159 - And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Page 171 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 37 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side ; and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 46 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, LORD, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Page 423 - On the north side it has an old Turkish ungarrisoned castle, besides which you see nothing here but a, mere Babel of broken walls, pillars, vaults, &c., there being not so much as one entire house left. Its present inhabitants are only a few poor wretches, harbouring themselves in the vaults, and subsisting chiefly upon fishing, who seem to be preserved in this place by Divine Providence, as a visible argument how God has fulfilled his word concerning Tyre, viz.
Page 129 - And ye shall understand, that I have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated it again out of French into English, that every man of my nation may understand it.
Page 411 - We had the fortune to see what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour ; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonisr who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.
Page 38 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Page 14 - For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia : for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Page 126 - That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.