The travels of the late Charles Thompson esq; 3 vols, Tom 1 |
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... give an Idea of the private Buildings at Damafcus , for moft of them bear fome Refemblance to the foregoing Defcription . As for their publick Structures , the first we took notice of was the Church of St. John Baptift , now converted ...
... give an Idea of the private Buildings at Damafcus , for moft of them bear fome Refemblance to the foregoing Defcription . As for their publick Structures , the first we took notice of was the Church of St. John Baptift , now converted ...
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... give the Reader a clear View of the whole Controverfy , and to point out to him the delightful Place of Abode allotted to our first Parents in their State of Happiness and Innocence . IT is well known what a Variety of extravagant ...
... give the Reader a clear View of the whole Controverfy , and to point out to him the delightful Place of Abode allotted to our first Parents in their State of Happiness and Innocence . IT is well known what a Variety of extravagant ...
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... gives them , and , as appears from Scripture , for many Ages after . Can we doubt that Eden is a real Country , any more than Araret where the Ark rested ; and Shinar whither the Sons of Noch removed ... give CHARLES THOMPSON , Efq ; 17.
... gives them , and , as appears from Scripture , for many Ages after . Can we doubt that Eden is a real Country , any more than Araret where the Ark rested ; and Shinar whither the Sons of Noch removed ... give CHARLES THOMPSON , Efq ; 17.
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... give us , ac- cording to the Geography of his Times , fome Hints of the Place where Eden and the Garden of Paradife were fituated in the former World ; and which , I doubt not , may still be discover'd by carefully attend- ing to his ...
... give us , ac- cording to the Geography of his Times , fome Hints of the Place where Eden and the Garden of Paradife were fituated in the former World ; and which , I doubt not , may still be discover'd by carefully attend- ing to his ...
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... give us but little Satisfaction . THE third Hypothefis , which appears the most pro- bable , places Eden upon the united Stream of the Tigris and Euphrates , call'd by the Arabs , Shat al Arab , that is , the River of the Arabs ; which ...
... give us but little Satisfaction . THE third Hypothefis , which appears the most pro- bable , places Eden upon the united Stream of the Tigris and Euphrates , call'd by the Arabs , Shat al Arab , that is , the River of the Arabs ; which ...
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Strona 16 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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...