Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead SeaLee and Blanchard, 1849 - 508 páginas |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea William Francis Lynch Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
Akil ancient Arabs Aulick banks bath beach beautiful Bedawin Beïrût beneath blunderbuss boats Bosporus camels camp caravan chasm Christian cliffs colour Constantinople covered Dale dark Dead Sea deep descended divan dragoman east eastern Emir encampment Fanny Skinner flowers Ghor governor green hills horses hour island Janissaries Jews Jordan Kerak lake land light lofty looked MASADA mihrab miles morning mosque Mount mountains Muhammed Mustafa night palace party Pasha passed piastres plain Port Mahon present rapid ravine river rock round ruins Sa'id Bey sailed salt scene Sea of Galilee sea of Marmara seemed seen Semakh sheikh Sherîf shore short distance side sight slope Smyrna sound stones stood stream Sultan summit surface swept Syria tamarisk tarbouch tents thence Tiberias tion tomb town tree tribe Turkish Turks Usdum valley village Wady walls wild wind yards
Pasajes populares
Página 116 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Página 146 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.
Página 411 - ... makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity : makes an instrument of torture and...
Página 411 - I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness — creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights; awakens life even in death, and from corruption and decay calls up beauty and divinity...