Greece, Egypt and the Holy LandD. Huntington, 1814 |
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vii. oldal
... tion by men who have written most learnedly upon the country to which these observations refer . Brocardus was doubly qualified , both by the evidences of ocular demonstration in that part of Asia , and a thorough knowledge of all that ...
... tion by men who have written most learnedly upon the country to which these observations refer . Brocardus was doubly qualified , both by the evidences of ocular demonstration in that part of Asia , and a thorough knowledge of all that ...
4. oldal
... tion of their pretended miracles to the new superstition which pervaded the temples of Chalcedop ; exactly as Pagan mira- cles , recorded and derided by Horace , were adapted to the ceremonies of the Roman Catholic religion . † The ...
... tion of their pretended miracles to the new superstition which pervaded the temples of Chalcedop ; exactly as Pagan mira- cles , recorded and derided by Horace , were adapted to the ceremonies of the Roman Catholic religion . † The ...
9. oldal
... tion ; avoiding even the use of tobacco , from sunrise to sun set . They feast all night during this season , and are therefore generally asleep during the day . sketches of any thing we might find interesting , either CONSTANTINOPLE .
... tion ; avoiding even the use of tobacco , from sunrise to sun set . They feast all night during this season , and are therefore generally asleep during the day . sketches of any thing we might find interesting , either CONSTANTINOPLE .
14. oldal
... tion of slaves and females of the charem . A lofty flight of broad steps , covered with crimson cloth , leads to this cage , as to a throne . Immediately in front of it are two burnished chairs of state , covered with crimson velvet and ...
... tion of slaves and females of the charem . A lofty flight of broad steps , covered with crimson cloth , leads to this cage , as to a throne . Immediately in front of it are two burnished chairs of state , covered with crimson velvet and ...
20. oldal
... tion is , that a firmân from the grand signior is requisite to gain admission to the mosque of St. Sophia ; whereas , by gi- ving eight piastres to the person whose business it is to show the building , it may be seen at any time ...
... tion is , that a firmân from the grand signior is requisite to gain admission to the mosque of St. Sophia ; whereas , by gi- ving eight piastres to the person whose business it is to show the building , it may be seen at any time ...
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Acre afforded afterward Alexandria Alexandria Troas ancient antiquities Antv appearance appellation Arabs army beautiful building called Captain charem Châteaubriand Christian church coast concerning Constantinople covered Cyprus Dardanelles described distance Djezzar east Egypt Eusebius evidence exhibited feet French Gargarus Greece Greek gulph Hellespont hill Hist Holy Land Ibid Illust inches inhabitants inscription island Jaffa janissary Jerusalem Jews Josephus journey lake Lond marble medals mentioned miles mosque Mount Mount of Olives Mount Sion mountain Nazareth noticed observed origin pacha Palæstine passed pillars plain present Quaresmius Rama Reland remains remarkable river rock Roman Rosetta ruins Sanct says Scamander seems sepulchres seraglio shore side situation species spot stone Strabo summit Syria Telmessus temple Terr Tiberias tion tomb town Travels Troas Troy tumulus Turkish Turks valley village walls whence writings δὲ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ
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355. oldal - And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot : and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
282. oldal - ... who had his dwelling among the tombs ; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
309. oldal - There is nothing in the Holy Land finer than the view of Napolose, from the heights around it. As the traveller descends towards it from the hills, it appears luxuriantly embosomed in the most delightful and fragrant bowers ; half concealed by rich gardens, and by stately trees collected into groves, all around the bold and beautiful valley in which it stands.
372. oldal - The atmosphere was remarkably clear and serene; but we saw none of those clouds of smoke which by some writers are said to exhale from the surface of Lake Asphaltites, nor from any neighbouring mountain.
353. oldal - And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
304. oldal - Arabs, warriors out of every nation which is under heaven, have pitched their tents upon the Plain of Esdraelon, and have beheld the various banners of their Nations wet with the dews of Tabor and of Hermon.
228. oldal - The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world ; the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.
221. oldal - some were without a nose ; others without an arm, with one ear only, or one eye ; marked men, as he termed them." 5 As late as 1815, it was not uncommon to meet in the streets of 'Akka men who had been deprived by Jezzar of an eye, an ear, or part of the nose.
338. oldal - One particularly attracted our notice," he says, "from its extraordinary coincidence with all the circumstances attaching to the history of our Saviour's tomb. The large stone that once closed its mouth, had been, perhaps for ages, rolled away. Stooping down to look into it, we observed within a fair sepulchre, containing a repository, upon one side only, for a single body ; whereas, in most of the others, there were two, and in many of them more than two.
388. oldal - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.