Letters on Egypt, Edom, and the Holy Land, Zväzok 1H. Colburn, 1843 |
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Strana 1
... departed , while Orus yet remains , dimly shadowing the principle of vicissitude and the effluxion of things , but receiveth little oblation . " SIR THOMAS BROWNE . VOL . I. B LETTERS ON EGYPT . LETTER I. Cadiz - Gibraltar -
... departed , while Orus yet remains , dimly shadowing the principle of vicissitude and the effluxion of things , but receiveth little oblation . " SIR THOMAS BROWNE . VOL . I. B LETTERS ON EGYPT . LETTER I. Cadiz - Gibraltar -
Strana 23
... the principal palaces of the city , with a beautiful fountain in the centre . We saw no traces of it in his day the remains were almost entirely covered with the sand . ( * ) As for the far - famed library , its site ALEXANDRIA . 23.
... the principal palaces of the city , with a beautiful fountain in the centre . We saw no traces of it in his day the remains were almost entirely covered with the sand . ( * ) As for the far - famed library , its site ALEXANDRIA . 23.
Strana 24
... remains of a vast edifice , pronounced by antiquaries ( I know not on what authority ) to be those of the second library ; but nothing is certain here - not even the date of the catacombs , or whom they were worked by ; some contending ...
... remains of a vast edifice , pronounced by antiquaries ( I know not on what authority ) to be those of the second library ; but nothing is certain here - not even the date of the catacombs , or whom they were worked by ; some contending ...
Strana 112
... remains . On the right , entering the vestibule , is a large tablet of hieroglyphics , beautifully sculptured , especially the birds , and coloured blue ; to the left , on entering the hall , are the remains of sculp- tures running ...
... remains . On the right , entering the vestibule , is a large tablet of hieroglyphics , beautifully sculptured , especially the birds , and coloured blue ; to the left , on entering the hall , are the remains of sculp- tures running ...
Strana 153
... remains of the ancient town . What its antiquity may be , I do not know . The grottoes are behind it . They are chiefly tombs , of tole- rable size , dug out of the mountain - face , and extending some distance in . They are in general ...
... remains of the ancient town . What its antiquity may be , I do not know . The grottoes are behind it . They are chiefly tombs , of tole- rable size , dug out of the mountain - face , and extending some distance in . They are in general ...
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Letters on Egypt, Edom and the Holy Land, Zväzok 1 Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford Úplné zobrazenie - 1839 |
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Strana 336 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Strana 80 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Strana 350 - And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Strana 105 - So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.
Strana 150 - So I went in and saw ; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.
Strana 158 - Aeolides laboris: linquenda tellus et domus et placens uxor, neque harum quas colis arborum te praeter invisas cupressos ulla brevem dominum sequetur: absumet heres Caecuba dignior servata centum clavibus et mero tinget pavimentum superbo, pontificum potiore cenis.
Strana 232 - And the Power on high, that can shield the good Thus from the tyrant of the wood, Hath extended its- mercy to guard me as well From the hands of the leaguering infidel.
Strana 153 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof ; that opened not the house of his prisoners ? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
Strana 285 - The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: At the light of thine arrows they went, And at the shining of thy glittering spear. Thou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Strana 284 - His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.