Two Hundred Pictorial Illustrations of the Holy Bible: Consisting of Views in the Holy Land, Together with Many of the Remarkable Objects Mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, Representing Sacred Historical Events, Copied from Celebrated Pictures, Principally by the Old Masters; the Landscape Scenes Made from Original Sketches, Taken on the SpotR. Sears, 1841 - 204 pages |
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... persons . Above the corridor was a range of doors opening to chambers in the rocks , the seats of the princes and wealthiest inhabitants of Petra , and not unlike a row of private boxes in a modern theatre . " The whole theatre is at ...
... persons . Above the corridor was a range of doors opening to chambers in the rocks , the seats of the princes and wealthiest inhabitants of Petra , and not unlike a row of private boxes in a modern theatre . " The whole theatre is at ...
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... persons . " This ac- count excited profound attention in Europe : and it was thought by many that the inscriptions might have been framed by the Is- raelites during their stay in this region , and probably contained irrefragable ...
... persons . " This ac- count excited profound attention in Europe : and it was thought by many that the inscriptions might have been framed by the Is- raelites during their stay in this region , and probably contained irrefragable ...
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... person of its sub- ject ! What must have been the feelings of our first parents , as they looked upon the remains of their beloved son ! Well might they call him Abel , and mourn ; well might they say that “ man , at his best estate ...
... person of its sub- ject ! What must have been the feelings of our first parents , as they looked upon the remains of their beloved son ! Well might they call him Abel , and mourn ; well might they say that “ man , at his best estate ...
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... persons . Among such a number Cain might well imagine there were many who would be disposed to revenge the death of such a man as " righteous Abel . " We will not attempt to describe the misery which Cain felt through the remaining part ...
... persons . Among such a number Cain might well imagine there were many who would be disposed to revenge the death of such a man as " righteous Abel . " We will not attempt to describe the misery which Cain felt through the remaining part ...
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... person- " Seeking cooler air , which , overcharged With wine , he needed , on the palace - roof Of Circe slept , apart from all the rest . Awakened by the clamor of my friends Newly arisen , he also sprang to rise , And , in his haste ...
... person- " Seeking cooler air , which , overcharged With wine , he needed , on the palace - roof Of Circe slept , apart from all the rest . Awakened by the clamor of my friends Newly arisen , he also sprang to rise , And , in his haste ...
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Page 174 - And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.
Page 172 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Page 102 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Page 36 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 156 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.
Page 161 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 67 - Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Page 14 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, And all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: And it shall be an habitation of dragons, And a court for owls.
Page 118 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Page 199 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.