Quarterly StatementThe Society, 1917 |
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 82 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
الصفحة 86 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and...
الصفحة 86 - ... the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills...
الصفحة 56 - Ride from Gaza to Jerusalem, with a Description of the Greek Holy Fire S.
الصفحة 177 - The knights' bones are dust, And their good swords rust, Their souls are with the saints, I trust.
الصفحة 169 - There, at present, by the command of the Emperor Constantine, has been built a basilica, that is to say a church, of wondrous beauty, having at the side cisterns from which water is raised, and a bath behind in which infants are baptized.
الصفحة 44 - I had a goat killed in their honour, which made us the best of friends, and they kept up dancing and singing round fires in front of our tents all night. The men went through the usual war dance, imitating the attack and defeat of an enemy, to the accompaniment of clapping hands ; but what was more curious was later in the evening, when two of the prettiest women were called out by their husbands, and went through a peculiar and very graceful dance with swords ; they were unveiled, and looked quite...
الصفحة 104 - RAISED MAP OF PALESTINE. Constructed from the Surveys of the Palestine Exploration Fund, and other Sources, by GEORGE ARMSTRONG (OF THE SURVEY PARTY).
الصفحة 29 - It is on the issues of this conflict that depends the opinion of the multitude of spectators on the surrounding hills, who wait only to see how it ends to join the victor, and with such a reinforcement for the execution of his known projects, Constantinople and even Vienna must feel the shock. Be assured, my Lord, the magnitude of our obligations does but increase the energy of our efforts in the attempt to discharge our duty, and, though we may, and probably shall, be overpowered, I can venture...