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... more than six hundred ; though , for want of geographical cir- cumstances , I have not been able to adjust the situation of more than one hundred of them . And , And , in examining their ruins , I have often xxvi PREFACE .
... more than six hundred ; though , for want of geographical cir- cumstances , I have not been able to adjust the situation of more than one hundred of them . And , And , in examining their ruins , I have often xxvi PREFACE .
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... ruins of such of their buildings , as were erected by their sultans , viz . Occ'ba and Ben Egib . For these , no less than those that were erected by their predecessors , the Carthaginians and and Romans , have been equally subject to ...
... ruins of such of their buildings , as were erected by their sultans , viz . Occ'ba and Ben Egib . For these , no less than those that were erected by their predecessors , the Carthaginians and and Romans , have been equally subject to ...
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... ruin and desolation at Jol Cæsarea , Cirta , Carthage , and other of the more celebrated cities in Africa , where we flattered ourselves to be entertained with such diffusive scenes of antiquity and in- struction , yet , when we come ...
... ruin and desolation at Jol Cæsarea , Cirta , Carthage , and other of the more celebrated cities in Africa , where we flattered ourselves to be entertained with such diffusive scenes of antiquity and in- struction , yet , when we come ...
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... ruins points out to us the weakness and instability of all human art and contrivance , reminding us further of the many thousands that lie buried below them , which are now lost in oblivion , and forgotten to the world . Whilst we are ...
... ruins points out to us the weakness and instability of all human art and contrivance , reminding us further of the many thousands that lie buried below them , which are now lost in oblivion , and forgotten to the world . Whilst we are ...
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... ruins , or traditions of them that are continued down to our times , he will likewise have further occasion to complain of the want of accuracy and correctness both in the old and the later geo- graphy . No apology , we presume , need ...
... ruins , or traditions of them that are continued down to our times , he will likewise have further occasion to complain of the want of accuracy and correctness both in the old and the later geo- graphy . No apology , we presume , need ...
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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.