A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Bind 10Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme (etc.), 1811 |
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... hundred ftops above the convent we found a charming spring , which , by a little pains , might be improved into a very agreeable spot . A thoufand fteps higher ftands a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin ; and five hundred above ...
... hundred ftops above the convent we found a charming spring , which , by a little pains , might be improved into a very agreeable spot . A thoufand fteps higher ftands a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin ; and five hundred above ...
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... hundred crowns fuffer us to copy the leat thing , or permit Chrif- tians to carry away any treafures that were hidden in his territories . The Arabs believe , or pretend at least to believe , that the Europeans are in poffeffion of ...
... hundred crowns fuffer us to copy the leat thing , or permit Chrif- tians to carry away any treafures that were hidden in his territories . The Arabs believe , or pretend at least to believe , that the Europeans are in poffeffion of ...
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... hundred young and beautiful female flaves , all of whom he had fold , given in marriage , or restored to liberty , after keeping them for fome time . He had still two of thefe ; and he would die content , he faid , if he could only ...
... hundred young and beautiful female flaves , all of whom he had fold , given in marriage , or restored to liberty , after keeping them for fome time . He had still two of thefe ; and he would die content , he faid , if he could only ...
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... hundred and fixty , to an hundred and feventy feet deep ; but happily for both men and beafts , dug in floping ground , for as the water is to be raised by a cord dragging a leathern bucket , this is more eafily accomplished in going ...
... hundred and fixty , to an hundred and feventy feet deep ; but happily for both men and beafts , dug in floping ground , for as the water is to be raised by a cord dragging a leathern bucket , this is more eafily accomplished in going ...
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... hundred men . Thefe works lie fo under the com- mand of the neighbouring heights , that they would afford no defence against any but an army of Arabs , who are ftrangers , in a manner , to the use of artillery . The faint who has been ...
... hundred men . Thefe works lie fo under the com- mand of the neighbouring heights , that they would afford no defence against any but an army of Arabs , who are ftrangers , in a manner , to the use of artillery . The faint who has been ...
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Side 395 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD : or who shall rise up in His holy place ? Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
Side 344 - It consisted of a plank of stone of about six inches in thickness, and in its other dimensions equalling the size of an ordinary door, or somewhat less. It was carved in such a manner, as to resemble a piece of wainscot. The stone of which it was made was visibly of...
Side 363 - Master, it is good for us to be here : let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moses, and one for Elias : not knowing what he said.
Side 334 - We were sufficiently instructed by experience, what the holy Psalmist means by the dew of Hermon, our tents being as wet with it, as if it had rained all night.
Side 675 - Sagar is a fine sheet of clear water, about half a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad.
Side 462 - It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing.
Side 390 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Side 322 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.
Side 311 - Jews ; being such proteuses in religion, that nobody was ever able to discover what shape or standard their consciences are really of. All that is certain concerning them is, that they make very much and good wine, and are great drinkers.
Side 336 - ... husband's embraces ? He said they were plants of a large leaf, bearing a certain sort of fruit, in shape resembling an apple, growing ripe in harvest, but of an ill savour, and not wholesome. But the virtue of them was to help conception, being laid under the genial bed. That the women were often wont to apply it, at this day, out of an opinion of its prolifick virtue. Of these plants I saw several afterwards in the way to Jerusalem...