Travels Through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt and Other Parts of the World, Tom 1J. Newberry, 1767 |
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... River Hermus , which forms a Bank of Sand , that makes the Entrance of the Bay narrow , but renders it fafer for the Ships that ride within it , by break- ing the Force of the Sea , which would otherwise roll into it when the Wind is ...
... River Hermus , which forms a Bank of Sand , that makes the Entrance of the Bay narrow , but renders it fafer for the Ships that ride within it , by break- ing the Force of the Sea , which would otherwise roll into it when the Wind is ...
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... River Meles runs by the Walls . On the other Side of the City " there is a Port which may be shut up at Pleasure . ” THE old Smyrna , which Strabo tells us was deftroyed by the Lydians , in all Probability , ftood on a Hill to the South ...
... River Meles runs by the Walls . On the other Side of the City " there is a Port which may be shut up at Pleasure . ” THE old Smyrna , which Strabo tells us was deftroyed by the Lydians , in all Probability , ftood on a Hill to the South ...
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... River Meles on the other , with the Name underneath it in Greek Characters . HOMER , the most celebrated and illuftrious of all the Poets , is he of whom we have the leaft Knowledge , either with Refpect to the Country where he was born ...
... River Meles on the other , with the Name underneath it in Greek Characters . HOMER , the most celebrated and illuftrious of all the Poets , is he of whom we have the leaft Knowledge , either with Refpect to the Country where he was born ...
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... River Meles , which Paufa- mias calls a fine River , though it is a very infignificant one at prefent , it was not forgot upon thofe Medals de- figned to do Honour to the Memory of the Poet . Upon one Medal we find it reprefented under ...
... River Meles , which Paufa- mias calls a fine River , though it is a very infignificant one at prefent , it was not forgot upon thofe Medals de- figned to do Honour to the Memory of the Poet . Upon one Medal we find it reprefented under ...
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... River Im- brafus , the largeft in the Ifland , that runs within five hun- dred Yards of the Ruins of Juno's Temple ; for Strabo writes that one of the Suburbs of this City was at Cape Juno . Though Samos is entirely deftroy'd , its ...
... River Im- brafus , the largeft in the Ifland , that runs within five hun- dred Yards of the Ruins of Juno's Temple ; for Strabo writes that one of the Suburbs of this City was at Cape Juno . Though Samos is entirely deftroy'd , its ...
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Strona 205 - Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it.
Strona 155 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Strona 181 - Glafs of Sidon, the Purple of Tyre, and the exceeding fine Linen they wove, were the Product of their own Country, and their own Inventions: And...
Strona 217 - 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 199 - King Solomon to King Hiram, Greeting: "Be it known unto thee, O King, that my father David had it a long time in his mind to...
Strona 215 - Befiegers, where it fluck fall, and gave the Tyrians an Opportunity either of plucking their Targets out of their 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 198 - Tyre was built by the Sidonians, two hundred and forty years before the building of the temple of Jerusalem : for this reason it is called by Isaiah, the Daughter of Sidon.
Strona 160 - IT is certain that th,e Syrians were anciently governed by Heads of Families, who had the Title of Kings; and that they continued under the fame Government, in part, even to the Days of Saul, is plain from the Kings of Zobah, mentioned in Scripture* among the reft of his Enemies.
Strona 212 - Sidon, because of the extreme narrowness of the entrance, and its being defended by a large number of galleys, all whose prows were turned towards the main ocean, he only sunk three of them, which lay without, and afterwards came to an anchor with his whole fleet, pretty near the mole, along the shore, where his ships rode in safety.
Strona 203 - Elifa her demands ; which he foon repented ; for, as (he was aififted by her brother Barca, and feveral fenators, who were privy to her true defign, and engaged to follow her at all adventures; , her treafures were put on (hip-board, and the fleet out of fight, before Pygmalion was apprifed of her refolution. We are told, that, feeing himfelf thus deluded by a woman, and the vaft riches which he deemed already fecured in his own coffers, fnatched, by fuch a cunning device, out of his hands, he ordered...