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... lake or river ; but the meaning here is somewhat varied , and denotes the borders or area rather of such a plain , as , ac- cording to the seasons of the year , is either co- vered with salt , or overflowed with water . Seve- ral parts ...
... lake or river ; but the meaning here is somewhat varied , and denotes the borders or area rather of such a plain , as , ac- cording to the seasons of the year , is either co- vered with salt , or overflowed with water . Seve- ral parts ...
Page 132
... lake , and thereby laid a great part of the neighbouring country under water , before it could have found its way to the sea . Among the ruins to the S. W. of the bridge , upon the narrow strip of land just now described , we have the ...
... lake , and thereby laid a great part of the neighbouring country under water , before it could have found its way to the sea . Among the ruins to the S. W. of the bridge , upon the narrow strip of land just now described , we have the ...
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... lake and the sea . It is about a mile in circuit , defended by several castles and batteries , the principal of which are towards the sea . zerta is a corruption of the Hippo Diarrhytus or Zaritus of the ancients ; though the present in ...
... lake and the sea . It is about a mile in circuit , defended by several castles and batteries , the principal of which are towards the sea . zerta is a corruption of the Hippo Diarrhytus or Zaritus of the ancients ; though the present in ...
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... lake ; what the lake loses at these times in vapour , being proportionably supplied from the sea , which then runs very briskly into the lake to make up the equilibrium . The like happens when the winds are northerly , whereby a great ...
... lake ; what the lake loses at these times in vapour , being proportionably supplied from the sea , which then runs very briskly into the lake to make up the equilibrium . The like happens when the winds are northerly , whereby a great ...
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... lake empties itself into the sea . The channel of communication betwixt the lake and the sea , is the port of Hippo Diarrhytus , which still receives small vessels ; though it must have been formerly the safest , as well as the most ...
... lake empties itself into the sea . The channel of communication betwixt the lake and the sea , is the port of Hippo Diarrhytus , which still receives small vessels ; though it must have been formerly the safest , as well as the most ...
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Page 383 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall ; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 433 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 373 - ... present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Page 383 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 374 - Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Page 424 - And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 424 - And He turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 412 - 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 423 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Page 431 - Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come ; and send for cunning women that they may come : and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.