Travels Through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and Other Parts of the World ...William D. Wilson, 1835 - 496 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 90
עמוד 4
... ruins make us reflect on the instabil ity of human grandeur and remind us that we are strangers and pilgrims upon earth , seeking a city which hath ( everlasting ) foundations whose builder and maker is God . Our Author's ac- curate ...
... ruins make us reflect on the instabil ity of human grandeur and remind us that we are strangers and pilgrims upon earth , seeking a city which hath ( everlasting ) foundations whose builder and maker is God . Our Author's ac- curate ...
עמוד 5
... ruins ; and how large and magnificent that city was , appears from Cicero , Stephanus By- zantius , Vitruvius , * and other authors . The remains of its an- cient grandeur are still abundantly visible ; for every where about * Cicero ...
... ruins ; and how large and magnificent that city was , appears from Cicero , Stephanus By- zantius , Vitruvius , * and other authors . The remains of its an- cient grandeur are still abundantly visible ; for every where about * Cicero ...
עמוד 7
... ruins whereof are visible to this day : and Terpander , who was the first that fitted seven strings to the lyre , was also a native of this country . We may add to all these , upon the authority of Strabo , Hellenicus the historian ...
... ruins whereof are visible to this day : and Terpander , who was the first that fitted seven strings to the lyre , was also a native of this country . We may add to all these , upon the authority of Strabo , Hellenicus the historian ...
עמוד 10
... ruin , and hardly any thing left standing but the walls . One One may still dis- cern two Roman eagles indifferently cut in stone near the North- gate , and over the gate a Greek inscription , but so high and de- faced that we could not ...
... ruin , and hardly any thing left standing but the walls . One One may still dis- cern two Roman eagles indifferently cut in stone near the North- gate , and over the gate a Greek inscription , but so high and de- faced that we could not ...
עמוד 12
... ruins . May we not therefore , deem it a peculiar blessing of Provi- dence that there are yet so many Christians remaining in Smyr- na , notwithstanding they are under a Mahometan power ? They reckon at least ter thousand Greeks ...
... ruins . May we not therefore , deem it a peculiar blessing of Provi- dence that there are yet so many Christians remaining in Smyr- na , notwithstanding they are under a Mahometan power ? They reckon at least ter thousand Greeks ...
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