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... feet in height , without any interval between them and the stream . Their rugged bosoms gave nourishment to a few stunted oaks that hung to the scanty soil . Some distant banks appeared to to produce the wild vine , others were tufted ...
... feet in height , without any interval between them and the stream . Their rugged bosoms gave nourishment to a few stunted oaks that hung to the scanty soil . Some distant banks appeared to to produce the wild vine , others were tufted ...
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... feet . We sent a man forward , to ascertain whether there was any likelihood of meeting a kafilah , as , after entering the defile , it would be utterly impossible either to turn our own loaded mules , or to pass those of any other ...
... feet . We sent a man forward , to ascertain whether there was any likelihood of meeting a kafilah , as , after entering the defile , it would be utterly impossible either to turn our own loaded mules , or to pass those of any other ...
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... feet , marking its irregular course through the plain , until it gradually became a speck in the horizon , and was lost . Still descending through an uneven valley surrounded by low hills , we crossed a branch of the Diala , which , in ...
... feet , marking its irregular course through the plain , until it gradually became a speck in the horizon , and was lost . Still descending through an uneven valley surrounded by low hills , we crossed a branch of the Diala , which , in ...
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... feet , which is adorned with a quadruple row of arched recesses , with a central arch making a span of eighty - six feet , and rising to the height of one hundred and three feet . Walls of the thickness of sixteen feet support it , and ...
... feet , which is adorned with a quadruple row of arched recesses , with a central arch making a span of eighty - six feet , and rising to the height of one hundred and three feet . Walls of the thickness of sixteen feet support it , and ...
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... feet . In this last oper- ation it is sufficient to wet the sandal only . At each ceremonial a suitable petition is of- fered , and the whole concludes thus : " Hold me up firmly , O Lord ! and suffer not my foot to slip , that I may ...
... feet . In this last oper- ation it is sufficient to wet the sandal only . At each ceremonial a suitable petition is of- fered , and the whole concludes thus : " Hold me up firmly , O Lord ! and suffer not my foot to slip , that I may ...
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Page 4 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 202 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 112 - In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, " Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 104 - I'll read you matter deep and dangerous ; As full of peril and adventurous spirit, As to o'er-walk a current, roaring loud, On the unsteadfast footing of a spear.
Page 92 - And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed ; for all the goods of his master were in his hand : and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Page 95 - I love all waste And solitary places ; where we taste The pleasure of believing what we see Is boundless, as we wish our souls to be...
Page 23 - They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: 8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Page 22 - The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 22 - He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away ; the branches thereof are made white.
Page 31 - And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.