An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time, Volume 2 |
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... walls or rocks is uncertain ; it is 1 Strabo . most likely , however , that they are walls . ( L ) From hence it seems plain , that Tyre on the island , and old Tyre on the main , were confidered as but one city , after the isthmus was ...
... walls or rocks is uncertain ; it is 1 Strabo . most likely , however , that they are walls . ( L ) From hence it seems plain , that Tyre on the island , and old Tyre on the main , were confidered as but one city , after the isthmus was ...
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... walls no farther than the borders of the ifland ; for this reafon they built their houfes very lofty , with many different ftories . The buildings of this city , in general , were fpa- cious and magnificent ; and above the reft appeared ...
... walls no farther than the borders of the ifland ; for this reafon they built their houfes very lofty , with many different ftories . The buildings of this city , in general , were fpa- cious and magnificent ; and above the reft appeared ...
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... wall . It is ftill a confiderable place ( R ) , and bears its old name . Byblus is reported to have been the first city built in this country ; but whether we are here to understand the Byblus which stood on the fea , or the Old Byblus ...
... wall . It is ftill a confiderable place ( R ) , and bears its old name . Byblus is reported to have been the first city built in this country ; but whether we are here to understand the Byblus which stood on the fea , or the Old Byblus ...
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... walls of the prefent city ; fuch as beautiful columns , and other fragments of marble . Here they pretend to fhew a monument of great anti- quity , no lefs than the tomb of Zebulon , ftanding within a small chapel in a garden , and ...
... walls of the prefent city ; fuch as beautiful columns , and other fragments of marble . Here they pretend to fhew a monument of great anti- quity , no lefs than the tomb of Zebulon , ftanding within a small chapel in a garden , and ...
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... walls . On three fides it is thus encompaffed , but to the northward it lies open . In the center of this area , a fquare , part of the rock is left ftanding , three yards high , and five and a half fquare : this ferves for a pedestal ...
... walls . On three fides it is thus encompaffed , but to the northward it lies open . In the center of this area , a fquare , part of the rock is left ftanding , three yards high , and five and a half fquare : this ferves for a pedestal ...
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Page 189 - 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 478 - At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
Page 179 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 136 - A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous ; and the Egyptians...
Page 409 - O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, And his mercy endureth for ever.
Page 474 - He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold. 9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Page 136 - God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders. And He hath brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Page 358 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
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Page 33 - ... this great and holy work, he hath left it to me, in time of peace, both to begin and finish it, according to the direction, as well as the prediction, of Almighty God. Blessed be His great name for the present tranquilityof my dominions! and by His gracious...