John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Constantinople. Jerusalem. EgyptBalch Brothers, 1897 |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Constantinople. Jerusalem. Egypt John Lawson Stoddard Visualització completa - 1903 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Abraham ages ancient antiquity Arab arches architecture Asia beautiful beneath Bethlehem Bosporus built Cairo Caliphs called capital centuries Christ Christian church CITADEL colossal columns conquest Constantinople Crusaders Damascus Gate death desert dome Egypt Egyptian emperors fact farther fortress Galata GATE Golden Horn grave Greek harem Hebrew Hebron Heliopolis hill Holy Sepulchre hundred Jaffa Jericho Jerusalem Jesus Jews Judæa KARNAK King land look magnificent Mar Saba marble Mehemet Mehemet Ali memories ment mighty miles minarets Mohammed Mohammedan monuments Moslem mosques night Nile obelisks once Orient palaces Palestine Pasha pilgrims prayer priest Prophet Pyramids Rameses RAMESES II relic remains reverence rock Roman Rome ruins sacred sand SANTA SOPHIA scene Sea of Marmora seems Seraglio Point shore Sphinx spot Stamboul stands statue stone streets Sultan temple thousand tion to-day tomb tourist towers traveler tured Turkish Turks walls worshipers
Passatges populars
Pàgina 227 - The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — is gone.
Pàgina 205 - Our deeds still travel with us from afar, And what we have been makes us what we are.
Pàgina 206 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Fast's blood-rusted key.
Pàgina 57 - The cypresses of Scutari, In stern magnificence look down On the bright lake and stream of sea, And glittering theatre of town : Above the throng of rich kiosks, Above the towers in triple tire, Above the domes of loftiest mosques These pinnacles of death aspire.
Pàgina 195 - How is the gold become dim," he might exclaim in the words of an ancient lamentation—" how is the gold become dim, and the most fine gold changed...
Pàgina 148 - It is said to be the stone which the angel rolled away from the mouth of the sepulchre.
Pàgina 255 - Upon its surface were inscribed the words — "I am the king of kings. If any one wishes to know how great I am, let him try to surpass one of my works.
Pàgina 154 - Easter, the greatest moral argument against the identity of the spot which it professes to honour, stripped, indeed, of some of its most revolting features, yet still, considering the place, the time, and the intention of the professed miracle, probably the most offensive imposture to be found in the world.
Pàgina 5 - John L. Stoddard's lectures; illustrated and embellished with views of the world's famous places and people ... 1899.
Pàgina 39 - O Christ, Ruler and Master of the World, to Thee have I now consecrated this obedient city, and this scepter and the power of Rome. Guard it : deliver it from every harm.