Travels in Palestine and Syria, 2. köideHenry Colburn, 1837 |
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Page vii
... observations at the time he made them ; confessing with cheerfulness , that however much he may have travelled for his own amusement and instruction , he considers himself in many ways inadequate to furnish proper data for the solution ...
... observations at the time he made them ; confessing with cheerfulness , that however much he may have travelled for his own amusement and instruction , he considers himself in many ways inadequate to furnish proper data for the solution ...
Page viii
... observations upon coun- tries he has visited , together with that information concerning them which hitherto lay scattered over the works of a hundred different authors . For this reason , as well as for the specific and undigressive ...
... observations upon coun- tries he has visited , together with that information concerning them which hitherto lay scattered over the works of a hundred different authors . For this reason , as well as for the specific and undigressive ...
Page 13
... have recently commenced pub- lishing the result of their observations on these interesting countries . See " L'Egypte et la Turquie de 1829 à 1836 , par land from Cairo to Jerusalem - an Italian gentleman , [ . ] 13 PASSAGE OF THE BOGHAZ .
... have recently commenced pub- lishing the result of their observations on these interesting countries . See " L'Egypte et la Turquie de 1829 à 1836 , par land from Cairo to Jerusalem - an Italian gentleman , [ . ] 13 PASSAGE OF THE BOGHAZ .
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... observed the pomegranate , orange , and fig - tree , and occasionally a tower , the summer retreat of the Jaffa merchant . These gar- dens opened out into the plain of Sharon . This plain , celebrated in Scripture for its fertility and ...
... observed the pomegranate , orange , and fig - tree , and occasionally a tower , the summer retreat of the Jaffa merchant . These gar- dens opened out into the plain of Sharon . This plain , celebrated in Scripture for its fertility and ...
Page 46
... observed that the first foun- ders of the church , in order to reduce the rocky in- equalities of Calvary to a plain area , were obliged to cut away several parts of the rock , and to elevate others , taking care that none of those ...
... observed that the first foun- ders of the church , in order to reduce the rocky in- equalities of Calvary to a plain area , were obliged to cut away several parts of the rock , and to elevate others , taking care that none of those ...
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