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... port , and as far as they came to the author's knowledge , been either rectified , altered , or en- tirely left out . Besides , that order , method , and connection should be the better preserved through- out the whole , the particular ...
... port , and as far as they came to the author's knowledge , been either rectified , altered , or en- tirely left out . Besides , that order , method , and connection should be the better preserved through- out the whole , the particular ...
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... ports or cities , may be fixed and settled by some few names , 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 ...
... ports or cities , may be fixed and settled by some few names , 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 ...
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... port to another , without the least danger or molestation . CHAPTER III . Of that part of the Sea Coast of the Mauritania Cæsariensis , called at present the Western Pro vince , or the Province of Tlemsan . ” LEAVING Maisearda and ...
... port to another , without the least danger or molestation . CHAPTER III . Of that part of the Sea Coast of the Mauritania Cæsariensis , called at present the Western Pro vince , or the Province of Tlemsan . ” LEAVING Maisearda and ...
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... port of Harshgoone ; where vessels of the greatest burden may lie in safety . Five leagues from the Tafna , is the mouth of the Wedel Mailah , i . e . the salt river . This was the Flumen salsum of the Itinerary ; the same appellation ...
... port of Harshgoone ; where vessels of the greatest burden may lie in safety . Five leagues from the Tafna , is the mouth of the Wedel Mailah , i . e . the salt river . This was the Flumen salsum of the Itinerary ; the same appellation ...
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... port of Ras el Harshfa ; where the Spaniards landed , with little molesta- tion , in their late fortunate expedition ( A. D. 1732 ) . against Oran . Two leagues farther , is the Mers ' el Keeber , i . e . the Portus Magnus or Great Port ...
... port of Ras el Harshfa ; where the Spaniards landed , with little molesta- tion , in their late fortunate expedition ( A. D. 1732 ) . against Oran . Two leagues farther , is the Mers ' el Keeber , i . e . the Portus Magnus or Great Port ...
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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.