Reminiscences of Syria and the Hold Land, Volume 2Parry, Blenkarn, 1847 |
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Acre Adjelloun amongst ancient Anti-Libanus appeared Arab army arrived Bedouin beheld Beyrout Captain Laué cavalry chap chapel Christian church Colonel Bridgeman command Commodore Napier's convent Count Szechenyi couple Damascus Dead Sea desert Egypt Egyptian Emir Beschir enemy entered escort feet force former friars Gaza Giorgio Godfrey of Bouillon hills Holy Sepulchre horse Ibrahim Pasha Jaffa Jennin Jerusalem Jews Jochmus Jordan Josephus Kings land latter leaving Mahomedans Mehemet Mehemet Ali Michell miles morning Mount Gerizim mountain Napier Naplouse Nazareth night officer Omar Pasha party pass pilgrims plains of Esdraëlon plains of Sharon present Prince quarters Ramlah reached remains Reschid Pasha retreat road rock ruins Saviour Sheikh shewed side Sir Robert Stopford Sir Sydney Smith soldier soon spot stone Syria tion tomb took town traveller tribes troops Turkish Turks valley village walls whilst wild Zachlé
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Page 192 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Page 192 - Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Page 167 - Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Page 123 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 46 - mid the roses lay, She saw a wearied man dismount From his hot steed, and on the brink Of a small imaret's rustic fount Impatient fling him down to drink.
Page 140 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 182 - The unclouded skies of Peristan. And then the mingling sounds that come, Of shepherd's ancient reed, with hum Of the wild bees of Palestine, Banqueting through the flowery vales , And, Jordan, those sweet banks of thine, And woods, so full of nightingales.
Page 69 - Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Page 72 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 136 - Each took the example as their chieftains led, With naked feet the hallowed soil they tread : Each throws his martial ornaments aside, The crested helmets with their plumy pride : To humble thoughts their lofty hearts they bend, And down their cheeks the pious tears descend...