Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy landT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - Europe |
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... believed the case would be far otherwise , viewing the spot memorable for those transactions . The literary traveller , visiting Constantinople , expects to behold but faint vestiges of the imperial city , and believes he shall find ...
... believed the case would be far otherwise , viewing the spot memorable for those transactions . The literary traveller , visiting Constantinople , expects to behold but faint vestiges of the imperial city , and believes he shall find ...
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... believed that the Greeks would have The first em- been more scrupulous than their conquerors . ployment of Mahomet , when those disorders had subsided , was not merely the preservation , but the actual improvement of the city of this a ...
... believed that the Greeks would have The first em- been more scrupulous than their conquerors . ployment of Mahomet , when those disorders had subsided , was not merely the preservation , but the actual improvement of the city of this a ...
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... believed to have passed with his army ; and here the two castles have a very striking appearance . Tournefort objects to the story of Leander's enterprise , reasoning on the impossibility of a man's swimming so great a distance as that ...
... believed to have passed with his army ; and here the two castles have a very striking appearance . Tournefort objects to the story of Leander's enterprise , reasoning on the impossibility of a man's swimming so great a distance as that ...
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... believed Sestus was situated , and where it is laid down by D'Auville , are three tumuli . Concerning these a silly fable is related by the Turks , which affirms that they were formed by the straw , the chaff , and the corn , of a ...
... believed Sestus was situated , and where it is laid down by D'Auville , are three tumuli . Concerning these a silly fable is related by the Turks , which affirms that they were formed by the straw , the chaff , and the corn , of a ...
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... believed the difference to originate in the shallowness of the current , at the river's mouth , imperfectly concealing its sandy bottom ; but , upon sounding , this was not the case . An appearance so remarka ble , characterizing these ...
... believed the difference to originate in the shallowness of the current , at the river's mouth , imperfectly concealing its sandy bottom ; but , upon sounding , this was not the case . An appearance so remarka ble , characterizing these ...
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Page 355 - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Page 303 - And Deborah said unto Barak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : is not the Lord gone out before thee?
Page 355 - Whereas thou earnest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us ? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren : mercy and truth be with thee.
Page 209 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Page 318 - God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 309 - There is nothing in the Holy Land finer than the view of Napolose, from the heights around it. As the traveller descends towards it from the hills, it appears luxuriantly embosomed in the most delightful and fragrant bowers ; half concealed by rich gardens, and by stately trees collected into groves, all around the bold and beautiful valley in which it stands.
Page 266 - 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 282 - ... who had his dwelling among the tombs ; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 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 372 - Every thing about it was, in the highest degree, grand and awful. Its desolate, although majestic features, are well suited to the tales related concerning it by the inhabitants of the country, who all speak of it with terror, seeming to shrink from the narrative of its deceitful allurements and deadly influence. 'Beautiful fruit,' say they, 'grows upon its shores, which is no sooner touched, than it becomes dust and bitter ashes.
Page 382 - And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side : and there was a valley between them.