Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807A memoir of the author's life while he was researching and writing a religious history called Les Martyrs, ou le Triomphe de la Religion Chretienne. The introduction includes the history of Athens and Sparta and an inquiry into religious traditions related to Jerusalem--specifically, the authenticity of claims made by religious tourists, such as visiting the actual tomb of Christ. The text of the diary is full of literary references and adventure. Unlike other travel diaries, the narrative flow is more like a novel and the entries are not just lists of weather reports, food, pretty sights, and some funny anecdotes. Since the author had a research purpose during his time there, Travels in Greece has a protagonist with a purpose. |
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... light ; that I give them to the public with regret , and , as it were , in spite of myself , I should tell the truth , and , probably , nobody would believe me . My tour was not undertaken with the intention of writing it ; I had a very ...
... light ; that I give them to the public with regret , and , as it were , in spite of myself , I should tell the truth , and , probably , nobody would believe me . My tour was not undertaken with the intention of writing it ; I had a very ...
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... light on that of Greece , prop- erly so called . The first crusaders also passed through Constantinople without penetrating into Achaia . But , during the reign of Manuel Comnenus , who succeeded Alexis , the kings of Sicily , the Vene ...
... light on that of Greece , prop- erly so called . The first crusaders also passed through Constantinople without penetrating into Achaia . But , during the reign of Manuel Comnenus , who succeeded Alexis , the kings of Sicily , the Vene ...
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... light from the summit of the cross . " St. Jerome declares , in the same letter , that pil- A. D. 385 . grims from India , Ethiopia , Britain , and Hibernia , ** resorted to Jerusalem , and sung in their various lan- guages the praises ...
... light from the summit of the cross . " St. Jerome declares , in the same letter , that pil- A. D. 385 . grims from India , Ethiopia , Britain , and Hibernia , ** resorted to Jerusalem , and sung in their various lan- guages the praises ...
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... lights of Venice sink into the horizon ; and distin- guished , like spots upon the surface of the deap , the shadows of the different islands scattered along the coast . These islands , instead of being covered with forts and bastions ...
... lights of Venice sink into the horizon ; and distin- guished , like spots upon the surface of the deap , the shadows of the different islands scattered along the coast . These islands , instead of being covered with forts and bastions ...
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... light of the lamp placed near the compass in the steerage . The mar at the helm looked at me with astonishment ; he took me , I suppose for a French naval officer , busily engaged like himself with the ship's course ; he knew not that ...
... light of the lamp placed near the compass in the steerage . The mar at the helm looked at me with astonishment ; he took me , I suppose for a French naval officer , busily engaged like himself with the ship's course ; he knew not that ...
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Page 287 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 244 - Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Page 296 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Page 7 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 286 - And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Page 297 - AND it came to pass, that as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 291 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land...
Page 380 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 119 - In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the "sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 136 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20. For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21. (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.) 22.