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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... mentioned , yet too necessary to be omit- ted , can not be secured in a day . Meanwhile we may em- ploy some of the hours of unavoidable delay in excursions to sites and scenes in and around our beautiful city . In- deed , we invite you ...
... mentioned , yet too necessary to be omit- ted , can not be secured in a day . Meanwhile we may em- ploy some of the hours of unavoidable delay in excursions to sites and scenes in and around our beautiful city . In- deed , we invite you ...
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... mentioned it in one or two places ; and , farther , the mulberry is more easily pluck- ed up by the roots than any other tree , of the same size , in the country , and the thing is oftener done . Hundreds of them are plucked up every ...
... mentioned it in one or two places ; and , farther , the mulberry is more easily pluck- ed up by the roots than any other tree , of the same size , in the country , and the thing is oftener done . Hundreds of them are plucked up every ...
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... mentioned in the Bible . GATE OF CITY . Well , what is there in a mere gate to attract attention ? Very little , perhaps , to one who has passed in and out daily for twenty years ; but a hundred Biblical incidents connect themselves in ...
... mentioned in the Bible . GATE OF CITY . Well , what is there in a mere gate to attract attention ? Very little , perhaps , to one who has passed in and out daily for twenty years ; but a hundred Biblical incidents connect themselves in ...
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... mention . All this seems Biblical enough . But here comes a woman , veiled from head to foot , and takes Luke xiii . 24 , 25 , and Matt . vii . 13 . 1 Psalm xxiv . 7 . LETTER - WRITER . 33 LETTER - WRITER . her 32 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... mention . All this seems Biblical enough . But here comes a woman , veiled from head to foot , and takes Luke xiii . 24 , 25 , and Matt . vii . 13 . 1 Psalm xxiv . 7 . LETTER - WRITER . 33 LETTER - WRITER . her 32 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
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... and pic- turesque patterns sailing or at rest . You will travel far ere you find a prospect of equal variety , beauty , and magnifi- cence . Is Beirût mentioned in the Bible ? I think not . It is possible that the Berothai.
... and pic- turesque patterns sailing or at rest . You will travel far ere you find a prospect of equal variety , beauty , and magnifi- cence . Is Beirût mentioned in the Bible ? I think not . It is possible that the Berothai.
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Page 438 - 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 425 - 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...
Page 508 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha. he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Page 422 - 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 379 - 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 441 - 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 438 - 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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