The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land |
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Page xvi
In a word , Palestine is one vast tablet whereupon God's messages to men have
been drawn , and graven deep in living characters by the Great Publisher of glad
tidings , to be seen and read of all to the end of time . The Land and the Book ...
In a word , Palestine is one vast tablet whereupon God's messages to men have
been drawn , and graven deep in living characters by the Great Publisher of glad
tidings , to be seen and read of all to the end of time . The Land and the Book ...
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Now look at this tree - its ample girth , its wide - spread arms , branching off from
the parent trunk only a few feet from the ground ; then examine its enormous
roots -- as thick , as numerous , and 11s steadlas wide spread into the deep soil ...
Now look at this tree - its ample girth , its wide - spread arms , branching off from
the parent trunk only a few feet from the ground ; then examine its enormous
roots -- as thick , as numerous , and 11s steadlas wide spread into the deep soil ...
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The deep Bay of St. George sweeping around the base of the hills ; the
mountains of Metn and the Kesrawan on the cast and north - cast , rugsed , steep
, and lofty , shaded with pine forests , and dotted with villages , churches , and
convents ...
The deep Bay of St. George sweeping around the base of the hills ; the
mountains of Metn and the Kesrawan on the cast and north - cast , rugsed , steep
, and lofty , shaded with pine forests , and dotted with villages , churches , and
convents ...
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I refer you to the deep bay down yonder , which owes its name to this contest on
its shore . I can show you the well into which the victorious saint cast the horrid
monster , and the spot where he washed his bloody hands after this dirty work
was ...
I refer you to the deep bay down yonder , which owes its name to this contest on
its shore . I can show you the well into which the victorious saint cast the horrid
monster , and the spot where he washed his bloody hands after this dirty work
was ...
Page 46
Over the deep ravine of the latter stream , and not far from its birth , nature has
thrown , or has left , a gigantic arch , which to this day is the bridge for the public
high way , the highest in the land , creeping cautiously along the very uppermost
...
Over the deep ravine of the latter stream , and not far from its birth , nature has
thrown , or has left , a gigantic arch , which to this day is the bridge for the public
high way , the highest in the land , creeping cautiously along the very uppermost
...
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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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