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Page 23
They were carried to market in large quantities , and appareil to be more valued
there than with us . Still they are at best very insipid , and none but the poorer
classes eat them . This agrees with and explains an allusion in Amos . He had ...
They were carried to market in large quantities , and appareil to be more valued
there than with us . Still they are at best very insipid , and none but the poorer
classes eat them . This agrees with and explains an allusion in Amos . He had ...
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And here are the two leaves of the cate , iind the bars , and the bolts , like those of
Gaza , which Samson tore from their sockets , and on his shoulders carried up to
the top of a hill that is before lebron . And over this gate is in chamber , like that ...
And here are the two leaves of the cate , iind the bars , and the bolts , like those of
Gaza , which Samson tore from their sockets , and on his shoulders carried up to
the top of a hill that is before lebron . And over this gate is in chamber , like that ...
Page 38
Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the canal meets , on the
Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them
by a tunnel cut in the solid rock . I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond ...
Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the canal meets , on the
Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them
by a tunnel cut in the solid rock . I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond ...
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... obvious that the dumb ass , if it could speak with man's voice as Balaam's did ,
might rebuke the madness of the attempt . But what are we to do ? Retreat to the
next side - alley , and let them pass . These stone - carrying donkeys are a great ...
... obvious that the dumb ass , if it could speak with man's voice as Balaam's did ,
might rebuke the madness of the attempt . But what are we to do ? Retreat to the
next side - alley , and let them pass . These stone - carrying donkeys are a great ...
Page 51
The tradition among the Greeks that the first olive - branch that reached their
country was carried by a dove from Phoenicia to the temple of Jupiter in Epirus ,
is certainly very remarkable . The connection of the dove with the olive , however
, is ...
The tradition among the Greeks that the first olive - branch that reached their
country was carried by a dove from Phoenicia to the temple of Jupiter in Epirus ,
is certainly very remarkable . The connection of the dove with the olive , however
, is ...
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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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