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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... LA BROCQUIÈRE , AND MAUNDRELL EDITED , WITH NOTES , BY THOMAS WRIGHT , Esq . , M.A. , F.S.A. , & c . LONDON : HONKY G. BOHN , YORK STREFT , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCCXLVII . JERUSALEM PIMPLE I SHOTIOS OF JERESALE ROX ES THE LE. EARLY TRAVELS.
... LA BROCQUIÈRE , AND MAUNDRELL EDITED , WITH NOTES , BY THOMAS WRIGHT , Esq . , M.A. , F.S.A. , & c . LONDON : HONKY G. BOHN , YORK STREFT , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCCXLVII . JERUSALEM PIMPLE I SHOTIOS OF JERESALE ROX ES THE LE. EARLY TRAVELS.
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... BROCQUIÈRE , AND MAUNDRELL . EDITED , WITH NOTES , BY THOMAS WRIGHT , Esq . , M.A. , F.S.A. , & c . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCCXLVIII . TO HIS GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK , THIS EARLY TRAVELS.
... BROCQUIÈRE , AND MAUNDRELL . EDITED , WITH NOTES , BY THOMAS WRIGHT , Esq . , M.A. , F.S.A. , & c . LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . MDCCCXLVIII . TO HIS GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK , THIS EARLY TRAVELS.
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... garden in which was the sepulchre of our Saviour , which was cut in the rock . That rock is now above ground , square at the bottom , but tapering above , with a cross on the summit . And over it there is now built a wonderful edifice ...
... garden in which was the sepulchre of our Saviour , which was cut in the rock . That rock is now above ground , square at the bottom , but tapering above , with a cross on the summit . And over it there is now built a wonderful edifice ...
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... our Lord sent forward his disciples to the city , is on Mount Olivet , but nearly all traces of it have disappeared . Jericho , where is the garden of Abraham , is ten leagues from Jerusalem , 44 [ A.D. 1102 . SAWULF .
... our Lord sent forward his disciples to the city , is on Mount Olivet , but nearly all traces of it have disappeared . Jericho , where is the garden of Abraham , is ten leagues from Jerusalem , 44 [ A.D. 1102 . SAWULF .
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... garden of Abraham , is ten leagues from Jerusalem , in a land covered with trees , and producing all kinds of palms and other fruits . There is the well of the prophet Elisha , the water of which was most bitter to drink and productive ...
... garden of Abraham , is ten leagues from Jerusalem , in a land covered with trees , and producing all kinds of palms and other fruits . There is the well of the prophet Elisha , the water of which was most bitter to drink and productive ...
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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.