Biblical Researches in Palestine, Volume 1Crocker & Brewster, 1841 - Bible |
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... gives me pleasure to be able to add , that the whole of the manuscript has been looked through by my companion , Mr. Smith ; and has thus received the benefit of his corrections . Throughout all the journey from Cairo to Beirût , the ...
... gives me pleasure to be able to add , that the whole of the manuscript has been looked through by my companion , Mr. Smith ; and has thus received the benefit of his corrections . Throughout all the journey from Cairo to Beirût , the ...
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... give . kh is to be sounded nearly like the harsh Swiss - German ch . Vowels . a , usually as in hat or Germ . Mann . â , usually like a in hare , or a in father . ai , like i in pine . au , like ow in how . e , as in bed . ei , as in ...
... give . kh is to be sounded nearly like the harsh Swiss - German ch . Vowels . a , usually as in hat or Germ . Mann . â , usually like a in hare , or a in father . ai , like i in pine . au , like ow in how . e , as in bed . ei , as in ...
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... gives out , 120. Bat- tle and defeat of the Tawarah , 120 , 121. Wady Lebweh , 122. En- campment of Sheikh Salih , 122. Cemetery , 122. Wady Berâh , in- scriptions , 123. Encamp , 123. - March 23d . Difficulties of an early start , 124 ...
... gives out , 120. Bat- tle and defeat of the Tawarah , 120 , 121. Wady Lebweh , 122. En- campment of Sheikh Salih , 122. Cemetery , 122. Wady Berâh , in- scriptions , 123. Encamp , 123. - March 23d . Difficulties of an early start , 124 ...
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... give . The most striking feature in Athens is doubtless the Acropolis . It is a mass of rock , which rose pre- cipitously in the midst of the ancient city , and is still accessible only on its N. W. part . On the oblong area of its ...
... give . The most striking feature in Athens is doubtless the Acropolis . It is a mass of rock , which rose pre- cipitously in the midst of the ancient city , and is still accessible only on its N. W. part . On the oblong area of its ...
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... give a life and activity to the scene , which enhances the interest and adds to the exhilaration . Yet if the traveller set foot on shore , the romance of his river voyage will quickly be dissi- pated . He will find the soil becoming an ...
... give a life and activity to the scene , which enhances the interest and adds to the exhilaration . Yet if the traveller set foot on shore , the romance of his river voyage will quickly be dissi- pated . He will find the soil becoming an ...
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afterwards Akabah Akra ancient appears Arabs ascended Bedawîn Bezetha Burckhardt Cairo called camels century church convent course crossed Damascus Gate deep descended desert distance East eastern Egypt Egyptian encamped et-Tîh extending feet former fortress further Gaza Greek Gulf Hebron hills Hinnom Holy hour Israelites Jebel Jerusalem Josephus journey Land of Goshen latter mentioned miles monks mosk Mount Mount of Olives mountains Muhammedan Mûsa N. W. corner narrow North northern o'clock Ophel passed peninsula Piastres plain Pool present probably quarter reached Red Sea Rephidim ridge road rock route ruins running Rüppell seen sepulchres Sheikh shore shrubs side Siloam Sinai slope South southern spot stones Suez summit Syria Tawarah temple Tîh tion tomb tower tract travellers tribe Tûr Tuweileb Tyropoeon Valley of Hinnom Valley of Jehoshaphat Wady esh-Sheikh wall West western whole Yâfa Gate Zion
Popular passages
Page 170 - And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Page 436 - And Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.
Page 82 - Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 81 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 11 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 507 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 170 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Page 512 - So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that 'ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water...
Page 82 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Page 347 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.