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Side 16
... miles wide , and extended southward only as far as Mount Hermon . What a little country for such a great people ! Pennsylvania would be a mighty empire by the side of it ! All this country was included in the Land of Promise ; but , as ...
... miles wide , and extended southward only as far as Mount Hermon . What a little country for such a great people ! Pennsylvania would be a mighty empire by the side of it ! All this country was included in the Land of Promise ; but , as ...
Side 26
... mile in four minutes . I call him Saladin . He is one of my heroes , and as I shall visit the scenes of his exploits , I thought it a suitable name for my pony . Our courier is named Ibrahim , which is an odd name , but common enough ...
... mile in four minutes . I call him Saladin . He is one of my heroes , and as I shall visit the scenes of his exploits , I thought it a suitable name for my pony . Our courier is named Ibrahim , which is an odd name , but common enough ...
Side 38
... miles , but we were twelve hours performing the journey , and it was dark when we reached the gates . There was so much to see , and everybody had so much to say about all that was seen , that we loitered very much on the road . It was ...
... miles , but we were twelve hours performing the journey , and it was dark when we reached the gates . There was so much to see , and everybody had so much to say about all that was seen , that we loitered very much on the road . It was ...
Side 74
... mile along the shore , and they are really ruins ; there is very little shape or form about them . They have been dug over a great many times for building stones . Workmen were digging out stones when we were there . We asked them what ...
... mile along the shore , and they are really ruins ; there is very little shape or form about them . They have been dug over a great many times for building stones . Workmen were digging out stones when we were there . We asked them what ...
Side 82
... miles . We rode by the aqueduct most of the way . It is in ruins , although the water is still carried by it for a couple of miles to El Mus- huk , where it is used for turning mills . This aqueduct is very old , having been built ...
... miles . We rode by the aqueduct most of the way . It is in ruins , although the water is still carried by it for a couple of miles to El Mus- huk , where it is used for turning mills . This aqueduct is very old , having been built ...
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affectionate friend ancient Arabs Baalbek beautiful Bedouins Beirut believe Bible building built Cæsarea called camels cave cave of Machpelah chapel Christ Christian church covered crowd curious Damascus Dead Sea DEAR HARRY dervish dragon Father says feet gate Greek ground groves Hartley Hasbany Hebron Hermon Herod hill Huleh hundred Ibrahim inhabitants Jerusalem Jews Joshua journey king Lady lake Lake Huleh leaving Lebanon lived look Maronites miles Mohammedans monks Moslems mosque Mount Mount Gerizim Mount of Olives mountain never night olive Palestine palm PHILIP pilgrims plain pretty priest river rock rode Roman ruins sacred Samaria Samaritans Sarepta Saviour Sea of Galilee seemed seen sepulchre shore side Sidon spot stones strange streets Syrian tell temple tents things thought thousand Tiberias told tomb took tower trees tribes Tyre valley village visited walls wild wonderful
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Side 84 - Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Side 68 - ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold ; Exceedmg peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, ' ' What writest thou ? " The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Side 153 - Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you : for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Side 62 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But...
Side 68 - BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Side 36 - But we must wander witheringly, In other lands to die; And where our fathers' ashes be, Our own may never lie: Our temple hath not left a stone, And Mockery sits on Salem's throne.
Side 85 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Side 185 - shall this foul beast offend our sight ?' ' Look at his torn hide,' said a third; ' one could not even cut a shoe out of it.' ' And his ears,' said a fourth,' all draggled and bleeding!' ' No doubt,' said a fifth, ' he hath been hanged for thieving!
Side 245 - Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Side 68 - The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blest, And, lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.