The East: Being a Narrative of Personal Impressions of a Tour in Egypt, Palestine and SyriaTinsley [Bros.], 1876 |
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Side 40
... fertile . I do not propose giving any general descrip- tion of Egypt and the Nile , although the sub- ject is an extremely rich and interesting one . But before leaving it , I must remark that one is very much struck by the evidence ...
... fertile . I do not propose giving any general descrip- tion of Egypt and the Nile , although the sub- ject is an extremely rich and interesting one . But before leaving it , I must remark that one is very much struck by the evidence ...
Side 56
... an extensive view of the country . On the west , and northward along the coast , lay the once fertile plains of Sharon , which we had just crossed ; on the southward , the country Pilgrims ' Progress . 57 of the Philistines - Gaza.
... an extensive view of the country . On the west , and northward along the coast , lay the once fertile plains of Sharon , which we had just crossed ; on the southward , the country Pilgrims ' Progress . 57 of the Philistines - Gaza.
Side 74
... fertile and tropical , as the latter do the more tem- perate and arctic portions of the world , and both possessing in a high degree the faculty of displacing other races . Physically they are a The Government . 75 fine race , living ...
... fertile and tropical , as the latter do the more tem- perate and arctic portions of the world , and both possessing in a high degree the faculty of displacing other races . Physically they are a The Government . 75 fine race , living ...
Side 77
... fertile land , whose " defence was the munition of rocks . " The Arabs , while " living in presence of their brethren , " and indeed nearly surrounding the Holy Land , were at the same time scattered far and wide , and the Desert and ...
... fertile land , whose " defence was the munition of rocks . " The Arabs , while " living in presence of their brethren , " and indeed nearly surrounding the Holy Land , were at the same time scattered far and wide , and the Desert and ...
Side 120
... Jericho to inspect this naturally rich valley . It appears from remains of ancient aqueducts and irrigation works to have at one time been remarkably fertile ; but as everywhere under Elijah's Brook . 121 Turkish rule , even the most.
... Jericho to inspect this naturally rich valley . It appears from remains of ancient aqueducts and irrigation works to have at one time been remarkably fertile ; but as everywhere under Elijah's Brook . 121 Turkish rule , even the most.
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Side 155 - Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Side 279 - ICay, properly conviction is not possible till then, inasmuch as all speculation is by nature endless, formless, a vortex amid vortices ; only by a felt indubitable certainty of experience does it find any centre to revolve round and so fashion itself into a system. Most true is it, as a wise man teaches us, that " doubt of any sort cannot be removed except by action.
Side 101 - I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife : there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Side 155 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Side 116 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Side 163 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Side 246 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Side 99 - And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Side 262 - His fierceness of the fierce intent it brought : That space the evil one abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remain'd Stupidly good: of enmity disarm'd, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge...
Side 76 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly ; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.