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 ix
In the first part of the following work the scene is laid at the foot of Lebanon ,
along the coast of PHENICIA , which , though included in the land promised to
Abrahamn , was not , in point of fact , possessed by the Jews . From Tyre we are ...
In the first part of the following work the scene is laid at the foot of Lebanon ,
along the coast of PHENICIA , which , though included in the land promised to
Abrahamn , was not , in point of fact , possessed by the Jews . From Tyre we are ...
Page xi
On this fundamental fact the author rests his apology for obtruding the present
work upon the notice of the public . Commentaries are daily multiplying ;
geographies and dictionaries , researches and travels almost innumerable , lend
their aid ...
On this fundamental fact the author rests his apology for obtruding the present
work upon the notice of the public . Commentaries are daily multiplying ;
geographies and dictionaries , researches and travels almost innumerable , lend
their aid ...
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But nothing is easier than to climb into these sycamores ; ani , in forcimin fact ,
here is a score of boys and girls in this one ; and as its giant arms stretch quite
across the road , those on them can look directly down upon any crowil passing ...
But nothing is easier than to climb into these sycamores ; ani , in forcimin fact ,
here is a score of boys and girls in this one ; and as its giant arms stretch quite
across the road , those on them can look directly down upon any crowil passing ...
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I have but faint ideas of a faith that could pluck up and plant in the sea such a tree
as that ; and these facts certainly adı great emphasis to the parable ... A sharp
frost will kill them ; and this agrees with the fact that they were killed by it in Egypt
.
I have but faint ideas of a faith that could pluck up and plant in the sea such a tree
as that ; and these facts certainly adı great emphasis to the parable ... A sharp
frost will kill them ; and this agrees with the fact that they were killed by it in Egypt
.
Page 31
The word translated “ power ” is perhaps a mere symbolic title of the veil - Power "
: nor is the figure altogether strange or unintelligible to an Oriental . The on the
head . veil is , in fact , the beautiful lady's strength and defence . Modestly veiled ...
The word translated “ power ” is perhaps a mere symbolic title of the veil - Power "
: nor is the figure altogether strange or unintelligible to an Oriental . The on the
head . veil is , in fact , the beautiful lady's strength and defence . Modestly veiled ...
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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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