Notes of a Clerical Furlough, Spent Chiefly in the Holy Land. With a Sketch of the Voyage Out1859 |
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... evidently a fishing vessel , for her nets were hanging over the lee gunwale which was submerged in the sea . From her size she must have had a crew of five or six men . There was no vestige remaining of either mast or bowsprit , and the ...
... evidently a fishing vessel , for her nets were hanging over the lee gunwale which was submerged in the sea . From her size she must have had a crew of five or six men . There was no vestige remaining of either mast or bowsprit , and the ...
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... evidently thriving in the midst of this multifarious throng , and probably making his own out of them all . There are few places in the world where so many tribes and tongues are represented within so limited a space . And no wonder ...
... evidently thriving in the midst of this multifarious throng , and probably making his own out of them all . There are few places in the world where so many tribes and tongues are represented within so limited a space . And no wonder ...
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... evidently gaining ground . The following morning we were ashore by seven o'clock . A carriage , previously engaged , was waiting for those of us who had determined on seeing a little more of the scenery of the rock . We drove down ...
... evidently gaining ground . The following morning we were ashore by seven o'clock . A carriage , previously engaged , was waiting for those of us who had determined on seeing a little more of the scenery of the rock . We drove down ...
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... evidently gaining ground . The following morning we were ashore by seven o'clock . A carriage , previously engaged , was waiting for those of us who had determined on seeing a little more of the scenery of the rock . We drove down ...
... evidently gaining ground . The following morning we were ashore by seven o'clock . A carriage , previously engaged , was waiting for those of us who had determined on seeing a little more of the scenery of the rock . We drove down ...
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... evidently very industrious , for not an inch of ground is uncultivated ; but they are as evidently very poor . If it were not for the work and wages multitudes of them receive from the government , and from the English residents in ...
... evidently very industrious , for not an inch of ground is uncultivated ; but they are as evidently very poor . If it were not for the work and wages multitudes of them receive from the government , and from the English residents in ...
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Alexandria ancient Arabs ascend beauty beneath Beth-haccerem Bethany Bethlehem built Cairo Christian Church city wall course David Dead Sea deep distance donkeys eastern Egypt En-rogel Ephrath face farther feet gardens gate Gethsemane Gibeon Gibraltar Gihon Greek hand harbour height hill Hinnom hollow Holy Sepulchre inclosure Israel Jaffa Jaffa gate Jerusalem Jews Jordan Jordan valley Josephus Judah Judea Kedron King Kirjath-jearim land length looking Lord lower miles Moab Moriah Moslem mosque Mount of Olives mountain narrow nearly night Nile Olivet Ophel Palestine passed plain Pool of Siloam present pyramids rising road rocky round runs sacred scene Scripture seems seen shore sight slope Solomon spot stands stone stood summit Syrian Tekoa temple tion tomb tower town tradition Tyropoon unto upper valley of Hinnom valley of Jehoshaphat village western side whole wind yards Zion
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Page 139 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Page 308 - And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 247 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 203 - And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it. and brought it to David : nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
Page 342 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 244 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 175 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 143 - And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
Page 316 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 136 - Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them ; and straightway he will send them.