The Biblical Geography of Central Asia: With a General Introduction to the Study of Sacred Geography, Including the Antediluvian Period, Volume 1Thomas Clark, 1836 |
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Page 53 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 95 - When lo! we reach'd old Ocean's utmost bounds, Where rocks control his waves with ever-during mounds. "There in a lonely land, and gloomy cells, The dusky nation of Cimmeria dwells; The sun ne'er views the uncomfortable seats, When radiant he advances, or retreats: Unhappy race! whom endless night invades, Clouds the dull air, and wraps them round in shades.
Page 153 - Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces ; And they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; Their eye shall not spare children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Page 259 - But what most concerns the subject of this memoir is, the existence of a parapet wall or stone rampart in the river, just above the several aqueducts. In general, there is one of...
Page 281 - ... whose icy summit was still illuminated by the beams of the setting sun. But the shadows soon passed over that also, and would have covered our path with a gloom that would have rendered our descent dangerous, had not the sacred lamp of night, opportunely rising above the eastern horizon, cheered us with its welcome beams." Having passed the night on the same spot as on their ascent, where they found their companions, they arrived the next day at noon at the Convent of St. James, and on the following...
Page 121 - On viewing Mount Ararat from the northern side of the plain, its two heads are separated by a wide cleft, or rather glen, in the body of the mountain. The rocky side of the greater head runs almost perpendicularly down to the north-east, while the lesser head rises from the sloping bottom of the cleft, in a perfectly conical shape.
Page 22 - I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north ; I will ascend above the heights- of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
Page 214 - Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven...
Page 258 - ... appear in every variety of position, from the foreground of the picture to the distant part of the landscape ; these beautiful specimens of art and durability, are attributed by the Arabs to the times of the ignorant, meaning...
Page 148 - On passing through the little portal, which we did in an almost doubled position, we entered a small arched chamber, in which are seen the graves of several rabbis : probably, one may cover the remains of the pious Ismael ; and, not unlikely, the others may contain the bodies of the first rebuilders after the sacrilegious destruction by Timour. Having ' trod lightly by their graves...