Notes of a Clerical Furlough, Spent Chiefly in the Holy Land. With a Sketch of the Voyage Out1859 |
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... hands mustered in the saloon to join in our evening worship , in which , before quitting our native shores , we committed both ourselves and the friends we were leaving behind to the care of Him who is Lord equally of the sea and of the ...
... hands mustered in the saloon to join in our evening worship , in which , before quitting our native shores , we committed both ourselves and the friends we were leaving behind to the care of Him who is Lord equally of the sea and of the ...
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... hand , the entrance into the Medi- terranean . The mountains on the African side have the undoubted pre - eminence in elevation and grandeur . The Bay of Gibraltar runs up six or seven miles into the land , and is about five miles broad ...
... hand , the entrance into the Medi- terranean . The mountains on the African side have the undoubted pre - eminence in elevation and grandeur . The Bay of Gibraltar runs up six or seven miles into the land , and is about five miles broad ...
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... hand , in the inner reaches of the beautiful bay , were the massive forms of the men - of - war , motionless and silent as death . As Canning , speaking of England's navy in a time of peace , once beautifully said , they lay " sleeping ...
... hand , in the inner reaches of the beautiful bay , were the massive forms of the men - of - war , motionless and silent as death . As Canning , speaking of England's navy in a time of peace , once beautifully said , they lay " sleeping ...
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... the sea near Damietta , about eighty miles farther east still . Cairo is situated on the eastern side of the main stream of the Nile , above the point where the river divides and the Delta begins . Alexandria , on the other hand ,
... the sea near Damietta , about eighty miles farther east still . Cairo is situated on the eastern side of the main stream of the Nile , above the point where the river divides and the Delta begins . Alexandria , on the other hand ,
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Robert Buchanan. Delta begins . Alexandria , on the other hand , is outside of the Delta , on the margin of the great Libyan Desert , which stretches away westwards from the Nile , along the African shore . As both the population and the ...
Robert Buchanan. Delta begins . Alexandria , on the other hand , is outside of the Delta , on the margin of the great Libyan Desert , which stretches away westwards from the Nile , along the African shore . As both the population and the ...
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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.