The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page 32
... feet wide , houses sixty feet high , with dead stone walls without ornament or relief of any kind ? They are sad and sombre at best , and must be particularly so at night . Already the shades of evening fall heavily along these gloomy ...
... feet wide , houses sixty feet high , with dead stone walls without ornament or relief of any kind ? They are sad and sombre at best , and must be particularly so at night . Already the shades of evening fall heavily along these gloomy ...
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... feet , in a direction nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river ...
... feet , in a direction nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river ...
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... feet of it without suspecting its existence . Creep carefully over the rocks , let yourself down some ten feet and you find a wide , low opening . Soon the passage becomes high enough to walk erect , and turns round toward the west ...
... feet of it without suspecting its existence . Creep carefully over the rocks , let yourself down some ten feet and you find a wide , low opening . Soon the passage becomes high enough to walk erect , and turns round toward the west ...
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... feet thick ; the span 157 ; the breadth from 80 to 140 ; and the height on the lower side nearly 200 feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now ...
... feet thick ; the span 157 ; the breadth from 80 to 140 ; and the height on the lower side nearly 200 feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now ...
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... feet - the blue Mediterranean , this yellow Kullâbât , and the silvery sea of this olive Sahrâh . Though we may not admire the poetry of the pacha , we will the scene that inspired it . All he saw is before us ; and with the noble ...
... feet - the blue Mediterranean , this yellow Kullâbât , and the silvery sea of this olive Sahrâh . Though we may not admire the poetry of the pacha , we will the scene that inspired it . All he saw is before us ; and with the noble ...
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