Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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Page 112
... walls are of mud , and it has no chimney . We are near the north - east corner of the city , and have a good place for morning and evening walks ; though the streets are generally very dirty , and very narrow , being from six to perhaps ...
... walls are of mud , and it has no chimney . We are near the north - east corner of the city , and have a good place for morning and evening walks ; though the streets are generally very dirty , and very narrow , being from six to perhaps ...
Page 113
... small as our forces are , we will , trusting in Him , who is mighty , confidently besiege this great empire of sin . We may perish in the siege before the first stone shall fall from the wall 10 * REV . PLINY FISK . 113.
... small as our forces are , we will , trusting in Him , who is mighty , confidently besiege this great empire of sin . We may perish in the siege before the first stone shall fall from the wall 10 * REV . PLINY FISK . 113.
Page 114
Alvan BOND. siege before the first stone shall fall from the wall . But it is not more certain , that the walls of Jericho fell before the ancient people of God , than it is , that the whole Mahommedan world will be subdued by the Gospel ...
Alvan BOND. siege before the first stone shall fall from the wall . But it is not more certain , that the walls of Jericho fell before the ancient people of God , than it is , that the whole Mahommedan world will be subdued by the Gospel ...
Page 123
... walls remain , and there is no building on the spot . " At sunset crossed the Caicus . It was about as large as the Hermus , and is now sometimes called the Rindicus . " At six we came to an old khan , now deserted , on account of the ...
... walls remain , and there is no building on the spot . " At sunset crossed the Caicus . It was about as large as the Hermus , and is now sometimes called the Rindicus . " At six we came to an old khan , now deserted , on account of the ...
Page 127
... walls are evidently not very ancient , and are said to be the work of the Genoese . The founda- tions , and a part of the wall , seem more ancient , and are said , perhaps with truth , to be the work of the ancient Greeks . Noticed ...
... walls are evidently not very ancient , and are said to be the work of the Genoese . The founda- tions , and a part of the wall , seem more ancient , and are said , perhaps with truth , to be the work of the ancient Greeks . Noticed ...
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