The travels of the late Charles Thompson esq; 3 vols, Volume 1 |
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... lies chain'd upon a Cedar Defk , which probably fome Perfon is paid for read- ing on account of the Souls of the Deceafed Princes A 3 for for it is ufual with great Men among the Mahometans CHARLES THOMPSON , Efq ; 3.
... lies chain'd upon a Cedar Defk , which probably fome Perfon is paid for read- ing on account of the Souls of the Deceafed Princes A 3 for for it is ufual with great Men among the Mahometans CHARLES THOMPSON , Efq ; 3.
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... probably in Arabia Petrĉa , whereas Spria lies North of that Country . But we need no other Reafon for rejecting this Scheme , but its being deftitute , as it really is , of all the Marks fpecified in the Mofaical Defcription , which ...
... probably in Arabia Petrĉa , whereas Spria lies North of that Country . But we need no other Reafon for rejecting this Scheme , but its being deftitute , as it really is , of all the Marks fpecified in the Mofaical Defcription , which ...
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... probably the Greeks ( as has been judicioufly obferv'd by Reland ) took from the Perfians , who often fet the Word Ab or Au , which fignifies Water , before the Names of Rivers ; of which Word , and Frat , ( as the River is still call'd ...
... probably the Greeks ( as has been judicioufly obferv'd by Reland ) took from the Perfians , who often fet the Word Ab or Au , which fignifies Water , before the Names of Rivers ; of which Word , and Frat , ( as the River is still call'd ...
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... probably at the loweft great Turning , mention'd by Ptolemy , not far from the Place where Arecca , call'd Erec in Scripture * , is now feated by our modern Geographers . Gen. x . 10. It is faid to have feveral Springs of Naphtha in its ...
... probably at the loweft great Turning , mention'd by Ptolemy , not far from the Place where Arecca , call'd Erec in Scripture * , is now feated by our modern Geographers . Gen. x . 10. It is faid to have feveral Springs of Naphtha in its ...
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... probably been occafion'd by the Cuts and Canals made by Order of the Monarchs of that Empire , of Alexander the Great , and even of Trajan and Severus , to facilitate Commerce and render the Country fruitful . And yet , notwithstanding ...
... probably been occafion'd by the Cuts and Canals made by Order of the Monarchs of that Empire , of Alexander the Great , and even of Trajan and Severus , to facilitate Commerce and render the Country fruitful . And yet , notwithstanding ...
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Page 16 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 138 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 19 - If true, here only, and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed ; Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose...
Page 20 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Page 109 - It stands in a narrow valley between Mount Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north, being built at the foot of the former; for so the situation both of the city and mountains is laid down by Josephusf.
Page 141 - I have seen in the Levant or Barbary. However, I could not compute it to be more than thirty yards broad, though this is in a great measure made up by the depth, which even at the brink I found to be three. If then we take this during the whole year for the mean depth of the stream, which by the way runs about two miles an hour, the Jordan every day discharges into the Dead sea, six millions tuns of water." " The whole of the plain, from the mountains of Judea on the west, to those of Arabia on the...
Page 83 - Hands, and thereby leaving them expofed to Darts and Arrows ; or, if they did not readily part with their Shields, of pulling them headlong from the Towers. Some, by throwing large Nets over VOL.
Page 299 - Various are the materials, on which mankind in different ages and countries have contrived to write their sentiments ; as on stones, bricks, the leaves of herbs and trees, and their rinds or barks ; also on tables of wood, wax, and ivory ; to which may be added plates of lead, linen rolls, &c. At length the Egyptian papyrus was invented ; then parchment, then cotton paper, and lastly, the common, or linen paper.
Page 85 - Tyrians greatly confided ; and therefore, upon the rumour that he was to abandon them, they had recourfe even to chains, in order to prevent his departure^ but their utter ruin being already decreed by the true God, and foretold by his prophets, the confidence they placed in their idols could not avert the impending judgment. They were deftined to...
Page 248 - Baharites, a Sultan of Egypt, who lived towards the End of the thirteenth Century. The Entrance to the grand Apartment is by a fine old Door, fomething in the Gothic Tafte...