Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture. Placing Many of Them in a Light Altogether New ... and More Amply Illustrating the Rest Than Has Been Yet Done, by Means of Circumstances Incidentally Mentioned in Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East: In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... themselves up in Jerufalem , were , at that time , in a very diftreffed ftate , oppreffed by exceffive fnow and hail , which , melting , occa- fioned great torrents from the mountains , fweep- ing away their horfes and cattle in droves ...
... themselves up in Jerufalem , were , at that time , in a very diftreffed ftate , oppreffed by exceffive fnow and hail , which , melting , occa- fioned great torrents from the mountains , fweep- ing away their horfes and cattle in droves ...
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... themselves were , according to this Syrian calendar , to be laid afide , in common , fome time in this month , and , at latest , by the clofe of it . This account of d'Herbelot agrees with that of the author of the history of the revolt ...
... themselves were , according to this Syrian calendar , to be laid afide , in common , fome time in this month , and , at latest , by the clofe of it . This account of d'Herbelot agrees with that of the author of the history of the revolt ...
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... themselves , who were watching in the open air , fince Doub- dan complains of his lodging that night at Rama , where the procurator of the Holy- Land did not treat them with the greatest tenderness , " but contented himself with put ...
... themselves , who were watching in the open air , fince Doub- dan complains of his lodging that night at Rama , where the procurator of the Holy- Land did not treat them with the greatest tenderness , " but contented himself with put ...
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... themselves , it is to be remembered , is not in the original , but a fup- plement of our tranflators . OBSERVATION XI . Signior Lufignan , in the converfation I had with him about the Holy - Land , affured me , that the time of sheep ...
... themselves , it is to be remembered , is not in the original , but a fup- plement of our tranflators . OBSERVATION XI . Signior Lufignan , in the converfation I had with him about the Holy - Land , affured me , that the time of sheep ...
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... themselves would hardly have given it fuch an appellation , and the word is acknowledged to be Chaldaic ; but they might glory in it on account of it's being highly ornamented with gold , in fome of it's more remarkable parts . One or ...
... themselves would hardly have given it fuch an appellation , and the word is acknowledged to be Chaldaic ; but they might glory in it on account of it's being highly ornamented with gold , in fome of it's more remarkable parts . One or ...
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Page 7 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 309 - And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 449 - 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 313 - And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
Page 136 - And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Page 198 - They shall not hunger nor thirst ; Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them : For he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, Even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I will make all my mountains a way, And my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: And, lo, these from the north and from the west; And these from the land of Sinim.
Page 116 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Page 91 - Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Page 425 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 116 - David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth.