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When the wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled
vehicles immediately suik into neglect , and ... Nor will they ever re - appear till
some other race than the Arab predominates , and a better than the Turk governs
.
When the wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled
vehicles immediately suik into neglect , and ... Nor will they ever re - appear till
some other race than the Arab predominates , and a better than the Turk governs
.
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I remember that righteous 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 Scripture :. privilege of entertaining
unawares ...
I remember that righteous 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 Scripture :. privilege of entertaining
unawares ...
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... along which the Phænician , Egyptian , Persian , Babylonian , Greek , Roman ,
Frank , Turk , and Arab , have marched ... and Arabic , --- cach embodies a history
of itself , or rather tells of one written elsewhere , which we long to possess .
... along which the Phænician , Egyptian , Persian , Babylonian , Greek , Roman ,
Frank , Turk , and Arab , have marched ... and Arabic , --- cach embodies a history
of itself , or rather tells of one written elsewhere , which we long to possess .
Page 53
Graft the good upon the wild , and , as the Arabs say , it will conquer the wild ; but
you cannot reverse the process with success . If you insert a wild graft into a good
tree , it will conquer the good . It is only in the kingdom of grace that a process ...
Graft the good upon the wild , and , as the Arabs say , it will conquer the wild ; but
you cannot reverse the process with success . If you insert a wild graft into a good
tree , it will conquer the good . It is only in the kingdom of grace that a process ...
Page 75
A Khân - Arab customs . Sidon - Its history , glory , decline . We have now another
long , low cape , called Nukkar Jedrah , even more rocky than es S'adîat . Are
these parallel lines of rough rock , some sixteen feet apart , the curb- Roman ...
A Khân - Arab customs . Sidon - Its history , glory , decline . We have now another
long , low cape , called Nukkar Jedrah , even more rocky than es S'adîat . Are
these parallel lines of rough rock , some sixteen feet apart , the curb- Roman ...
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| Title | The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land |
| Author | William McClure Thomson |
| Publisher | T. Nelson, 1869 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 718 pages |
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