The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy LandHarper, 1859 |
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... Ancient Stone in Wall at Tyre .. Broken Purpura .................. . 255 256 263 , 264 265 269 Ras el ' Ain ( great Fountain at Tyre ) ..... 277 , 278 Ruins of ancient Aqueduct at Tyre .... Tomb of Hiram ......... The Cedars of Lebanon ...
... Ancient Stone in Wall at Tyre .. Broken Purpura .................. . 255 256 263 , 264 265 269 Ras el ' Ain ( great Fountain at Tyre ) ..... 277 , 278 Ruins of ancient Aqueduct at Tyre .... Tomb of Hiram ......... The Cedars of Lebanon ...
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... Ancient Stone in Wall at Tyre ....... Broken Purpura ...... 255 256 263 , 264 265 269 Ras el ' Ain ( great Fountain at Tyre ) ... 277 , 278 Ruins of ancient Aqueduct at Tyre .... Tomb of Hiram ......... The Cedars of Lebanon ... 280 291 ...
... Ancient Stone in Wall at Tyre ....... Broken Purpura ...... 255 256 263 , 264 265 269 Ras el ' Ain ( great Fountain at Tyre ) ... 277 , 278 Ruins of ancient Aqueduct at Tyre .... Tomb of Hiram ......... The Cedars of Lebanon ... 280 291 ...
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William McClure Thomson. LIST OF ENGRAVINGS . Ancient Figures on Rock at Kanah xiii PAGE 298 Marah , Sheep - fold ............ .. Ancient Oil Mills and Presses .. Partridges ...... 300 307 309 Falcon ..... Falcon ( small ) Castle of ...
William McClure Thomson. LIST OF ENGRAVINGS . Ancient Figures on Rock at Kanah xiii PAGE 298 Marah , Sheep - fold ............ .. Ancient Oil Mills and Presses .. Partridges ...... 300 307 309 Falcon ..... Falcon ( small ) Castle of ...
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... attention ? Very little , perhaps , to one who has passed in and out daily for twenty years ; but a hundred Biblical incidents connect themselves in my mind with gates . Almost every city and town of ancient celebrity had them , and.
... attention ? Very little , perhaps , to one who has passed in and out daily for twenty years ; but a hundred Biblical incidents connect themselves in my mind with gates . Almost every city and town of ancient celebrity had them , and.
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... ancient days . I remember that right- eous Lot , intent on deeds of hospitality , sat in the gate of Sodom toward the close of day , somewhat as these Arabs are now seated , I suppose , and thereby he obtained the priv- ilege of ...
... ancient days . I remember that right- eous Lot , intent on deeds of hospitality , sat in the gate of Sodom toward the close of day , somewhat as these Arabs are now seated , I suppose , and thereby he obtained the priv- ilege of ...
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Page 436 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : At her feet he bowed, he fell : Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Page 423 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
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Page 420 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Page 377 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
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Page 439 - Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 436 - She put her hand to the nail, And her right hand to the workmen's hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, When she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
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