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Page 25
The next move tions in will bring him to his knees , and then , settling back upon
his heels , he will prayer : mumble over various small petitions , with sundry
grunts and exclamations , according to taste and habit . He has now gone
through one ...
The next move tions in will bring him to his knees , and then , settling back upon
his heels , he will prayer : mumble over various small petitions , with sundry
grunts and exclamations , according to taste and habit . He has now gone
through one ...
Page 29
Here is something new , I'll engage ; sufficiently Oriental , also , though not
according to Scripture . ” This old man sitting by the mosque is a letter - writer .
sional letHe has his paper near him , and his scissors to trim it to the required
shape and ...
Here is something new , I'll engage ; sufficiently Oriental , also , though not
according to Scripture . ” This old man sitting by the mosque is a letter - writer .
sional letHe has his paper near him , and his scissors to trim it to the required
shape and ...
Page 35
They vary in depth from twenty to one hundred and fifty feet , according to
position , After all that can be said , or even surmised , the student of our city's
ancient Admirable story is surprised and disappointed to find her origin
enveloped in such ...
They vary in depth from twenty to one hundred and fifty feet , according to
position , After all that can be said , or even surmised , the student of our city's
ancient Admirable story is surprised and disappointed to find her origin
enveloped in such ...
Page 38
The Arabs , as a matter of course , ascribe this aqueduct to Zobeîda , a sort of
Moslem St. Helena , according to popular legends , but , in historic truth , the wife
of Haroun er Raschîd . It is quite impossible to ascertain who constructed it ; but ...
The Arabs , as a matter of course , ascribe this aqueduct to Zobeîda , a sort of
Moslem St. Helena , according to popular legends , but , in historic truth , the wife
of Haroun er Raschîd . It is quite impossible to ascertain who constructed it ; but ...
Page 39
There multitudes and evening on the sleep during the summer , in all places
where malaria does not render it dangerous . This custom is very ancient .
Though according to our translation of 1st Sanuel ix . 25 , 26 , Samuel calls Saul
to the top ...
There multitudes and evening on the sleep during the summer , in all places
where malaria does not render it dangerous . This custom is very ancient .
Though according to our translation of 1st Sanuel ix . 25 , 26 , Samuel calls Saul
to the top ...
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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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