The Lands of the Messiah, Mahomet, and the Pope: As Visited in 1851A. Fullarton and Company, 1852 - 552 pages |
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... up the cabin stairs , when lo ! over the port - bow the high hills and sunny plains of the Peninsula were looming not far distant , and Cape Finisterre was seen lowering far ahead , 4 SPAIN AND THE BATTLE - FIELD OF corunna .
... up the cabin stairs , when lo ! over the port - bow the high hills and sunny plains of the Peninsula were looming not far distant , and Cape Finisterre was seen lowering far ahead , 4 SPAIN AND THE BATTLE - FIELD OF corunna .
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... And then Cintra , on the side of a sunny hill , presented every variety of the beautiful both in nature and in art . Rocks , cataracts , precipices , convents , and ར་ 6 VIMEIRO , TORRES VEDRAS , AND CINTRA . palaces.
... And then Cintra , on the side of a sunny hill , presented every variety of the beautiful both in nature and in art . Rocks , cataracts , precipices , convents , and ར་ 6 VIMEIRO , TORRES VEDRAS , AND CINTRA . palaces.
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... hills glittering in the morning sun , but without a particle of mist , -the moun- tains of Grenada and the Sierra Nevada being in the back- ground . These romantic shores of Spain seemed rising from green and corn - covered slopes into ...
... hills glittering in the morning sun , but without a particle of mist , -the moun- tains of Grenada and the Sierra Nevada being in the back- ground . These romantic shores of Spain seemed rising from green and corn - covered slopes into ...
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... And then what a mingled mass of houses , and hill , and rock , and verandahs , and green gardens , and vines , and orange and Mediterranean trees , and shrubs , and luxuriant hedges of 10 INHABITANTS AND ITS FLAG . geranium , and varieties.
... And then what a mingled mass of houses , and hill , and rock , and verandahs , and green gardens , and vines , and orange and Mediterranean trees , and shrubs , and luxuriant hedges of 10 INHABITANTS AND ITS FLAG . geranium , and varieties.
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... hills of sand dreadful to look at . Here the inhabitants are removed but a few degrees in intelligence above their monkeys . Here civilization has made no progress , and Christianity has never taken root ; or when carefully planted it ...
... hills of sand dreadful to look at . Here the inhabitants are removed but a few degrees in intelligence above their monkeys . Here civilization has made no progress , and Christianity has never taken root ; or when carefully planted it ...
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Page 265 - For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Page 46 - In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Page 402 - Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Page 463 - 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.
Page 386 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 391 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars...
Page 401 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 406 - And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
Page 523 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 130 - I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.