The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Том 3Francis S. Wiggins, 1833 |
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... Strabo . It would appear , however , from the description , that the oryx or Indian ass of Aristotle was identical with the rhinoceros ; his informers , for he never saw the animal himself , com- paring it to the ass from the clumsiness ...
... Strabo . It would appear , however , from the description , that the oryx or Indian ass of Aristotle was identical with the rhinoceros ; his informers , for he never saw the animal himself , com- paring it to the ass from the clumsiness ...
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... Strabo mentions that after the branches have extended about twelve feet horizontally , they shoot down in the direction of the earth and there root themselves ; and when they have attained maturi- ty , they propagate onward in the same ...
... Strabo mentions that after the branches have extended about twelve feet horizontally , they shoot down in the direction of the earth and there root themselves ; and when they have attained maturi- ty , they propagate onward in the same ...
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... Strabo , there were thirteen towns swal- lowed up in the Lake Asphaltites ; Stephen of Byzan- ium reckons eight ; the book of Genesis , while it names five as situated in the Vale of Siddim , relates the de- struction of two only four ...
... Strabo , there were thirteen towns swal- lowed up in the Lake Asphaltites ; Stephen of Byzan- ium reckons eight ; the book of Genesis , while it names five as situated in the Vale of Siddim , relates the de- struction of two only four ...
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... Strabo gives a circumference of sixty'stadia to the ruins of Sodom , which are also mentioned by Tacitus . It is surprising that no pains have been taken by re- cent travellers to throw light upon this interesting point , or even to ...
... Strabo gives a circumference of sixty'stadia to the ruins of Sodom , which are also mentioned by Tacitus . It is surprising that no pains have been taken by re- cent travellers to throw light upon this interesting point , or even to ...
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... Strabo and the ancients ; the other , having the greatest elevation , is the mouth of the volcano , which almost constantly emits smoke . Its height above the level of the sea , is 3,900 feet , and it may be ascended by three different ...
... Strabo and the ancients ; the other , having the greatest elevation , is the mouth of the volcano , which almost constantly emits smoke . Its height above the level of the sea , is 3,900 feet , and it may be ascended by three different ...
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Ajalon ancient animal appear arch Asphaltites beautiful body breath bright called cataract Christian church clouds covered cultivated dark dead Dead Sea death deep delightful distance earth Egypt Falls father feel feet fire flowers friends fruit Gibeon glory grave hath heart heaven height hills holy Horseshoe Fall human hundred inhabitants insect island Jericho Jordan Josephus Judea lake Lake George land lava light living lofty Lord miles mind moon Mount mountain mouth Nassau Hall nature nearly never night o'er observed Palestine pass plain plants pleasure present rise river river Ta rock round ruins scene Scriptures seen side situated soul species spirit spot spring stars stone Strabo stream summit surrounded Tattler Tentyra thee thing thou thought thousand tion tivated Torre del Greco town traveller trees valley volcano walls whole winds wings
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Стр. 348 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Стр. 180 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Стр. 226 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Стр. 210 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of swedt harmony.
Стр. 140 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves ; springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Стр. 144 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Стр. 57 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee...
Стр. 210 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Стр. 403 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.