Palestine, Or, The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |
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Page 168
... beautiful marble , having on each side five oratories , or recesses for prayer , corresponding to the ten stalls supposed to have been in the stable wherein our blessed Saviour was born . This sacred crypt is irregu- lar in shape ...
... beautiful marble , having on each side five oratories , or recesses for prayer , corresponding to the ten stalls supposed to have been in the stable wherein our blessed Saviour was born . This sacred crypt is irregu- lar in shape ...
Page 188
... beautiful to the eye , is bitter to the taste , and full of dust . Tacitus , in the fifth book of his history , alludes to this sin- gular fact , but , as usual , in language so brief and ambigu- ous , that no light can be derived from ...
... beautiful to the eye , is bitter to the taste , and full of dust . Tacitus , in the fifth book of his history , alludes to this sin- gular fact , but , as usual , in language so brief and ambigu- ous , that no light can be derived from ...
Page 201
... beautiful carving ; though , like all the other sculptured work in the tombs , it repre- sented nothing of the human figure , nor of any living thing , but consisted entirely of foliage and flowers , and principally of the leaves and ...
... beautiful carving ; though , like all the other sculptured work in the tombs , it repre- sented nothing of the human figure , nor of any living thing , but consisted entirely of foliage and flowers , and principally of the leaves and ...
Page 203
... beautiful picture of ministering angels ascending and descending from the presence of the Eternal . The next object of interest is connected with the name of the same patriarch . It is Jacob's Well , -the scene of the memorable ...
... beautiful picture of ministering angels ascending and descending from the presence of the Eternal . The next object of interest is connected with the name of the same patriarch . It is Jacob's Well , -the scene of the memorable ...
Page 205
... beautiful valley in which it stands . There is a considerable trade , as well as a flourishing manufacture of soap ; and the population has been reckoned as high as ten thousand , an estimate , how- ever , which Mr. Buckingham thinks ...
... beautiful valley in which it stands . There is a considerable trade , as well as a flourishing manufacture of soap ; and the population has been reckoned as high as ten thousand , an estimate , how- ever , which Mr. Buckingham thinks ...
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Page 235 - 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 104 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 315 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 193 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 96 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 315 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 107 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 84 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.