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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Page vi
... That blessed book , at once his guide , pattern , and text , wears the same air of country life , and He who came from heaven to earth for man's redemption loved AUTHOR'S PREFACE . not the city . To the wilderness vi AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... That blessed book , at once his guide , pattern , and text , wears the same air of country life , and He who came from heaven to earth for man's redemption loved AUTHOR'S PREFACE . not the city . To the wilderness vi AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
Page xvi
... unavoidable delay in excursions to sites and scenes in and around our beautiful city . In- deed , we invite you to join us in such a ramble at once through these charming suburbs . ་ ་ ་་་ 34 30 ' MAP OF THE HOLY xvi INTRODUCTION .
... unavoidable delay in excursions to sites and scenes in and around our beautiful city . In- deed , we invite you to join us in such a ramble at once through these charming suburbs . ་ ་ ་་་ 34 30 ' MAP OF THE HOLY xvi INTRODUCTION .
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... once heard an itinerant preacher in the " back woods " puzzle himself and his hearers with an elaborate criticism about the tree into which Zaccheus climbed to see the Saviour.2 He and his audience were familiar only with the sycamores ...
... once heard an itinerant preacher in the " back woods " puzzle himself and his hearers with an elaborate criticism about the tree into which Zaccheus climbed to see the Saviour.2 He and his audience were familiar only with the sycamores ...
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... once , watch him ; if twice , avoid his society ; if three times , move into another street . " And , certainly , no one acquainted with the people will feel his confidence in an individual increased by the fact that he is particularly ...
... once , watch him ; if twice , avoid his society ; if three times , move into another street . " And , certainly , no one acquainted with the people will feel his confidence in an individual increased by the fact that he is particularly ...
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... even surmised , the student of our city's ancient story is surprised and disappointed to find her origin enveloped in such utter obscurity , and sighs BEIRUT HISTORY . 43 for records which must once have 42 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... even surmised , the student of our city's ancient story is surprised and disappointed to find her origin enveloped in such utter obscurity , and sighs BEIRUT HISTORY . 43 for records which must once have 42 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
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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...
Page 492 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
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.
Page 447 - Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
Page 526 - Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish...