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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... mountain , and vale , and lake , and river - to the shepherd's tent , the peasant's hut , the hermit's cave , and palace of kings , and temple of gods - to the haunts of the living and the sepulchres of the dead - to muse on what has ...
... mountain , and vale , and lake , and river - to the shepherd's tent , the peasant's hut , the hermit's cave , and palace of kings , and temple of gods - to the haunts of the living and the sepulchres of the dead - to muse on what has ...
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... mountains to a giddy pinnacle not far from the ruined but romantic castle of Buffavento , and from it the higher half of Lebanon look- ed like a huge snow - bank drifted up against the sky . Be- neath my feet rolled the sparkling seas ...
... mountains to a giddy pinnacle not far from the ruined but romantic castle of Buffavento , and from it the higher half of Lebanon look- ed like a huge snow - bank drifted up against the sky . Be- neath my feet rolled the sparkling seas ...
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... mountains . The whole . plain is a projection seaward from the general direction of the coast , and along the base of the hills it is so low as to appear like an island to one sailing up from Sidon . The surface rises gradually from the ...
... mountains . The whole . plain is a projection seaward from the general direction of the coast , and along the base of the hills it is so low as to appear like an island to one sailing up from Sidon . The surface rises gradually from the ...
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... mountains of Metn and the Kesrawan on the east and northeast , rugged , steep , and lofty , shaded with pine forests , and dotted with villages , churches , and con- vents ; the wild gorge of the Dog River , with snowy Sun- nîn beyond ...
... mountains of Metn and the Kesrawan on the east and northeast , rugged , steep , and lofty , shaded with pine forests , and dotted with villages , churches , and con- vents ; the wild gorge of the Dog River , with snowy Sun- nîn beyond ...
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... mountain for an hour and a half . It then descends by a very slippery track to the river , in the immediate vicinity of the caves . There are three of them , and all in the cliffs on the north side of the ravine . Out of the first ...
... mountain for an hour and a half . It then descends by a very slippery track to the river , in the immediate vicinity of the caves . There are three of them , and all in the cliffs on the north side of the ravine . Out of the first ...
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