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This one is Bab es Shurraiyeh , because the governor's palace is near it . And
thus , too , the streets and different quarters of the city derive their names . Those
who follow the same trade congregate in the same Names of gates . I Ruth ix . 1.
2 .
This one is Bab es Shurraiyeh , because the governor's palace is near it . And
thus , too , the streets and different quarters of the city derive their names . Those
who follow the same trade congregate in the same Names of gates . I Ruth ix . 1.
2 .
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Yes ; but they are peasants from the country , or else Rebekah's fair daughters
who now utterly refuse to follow her modest example . She pit on a veil before her
betrothed husband ; these resolutely assert their " rights , ” and their pretty pale ...
Yes ; but they are peasants from the country , or else Rebekah's fair daughters
who now utterly refuse to follow her modest example . She pit on a veil before her
betrothed husband ; these resolutely assert their " rights , ” and their pretty pale ...
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That I can readily believe ; and yet I am unwilling to pass away from Beirût
without imprinting on memory's tablet a fairer , truer copy of her charming scenery
than I have yet obtained . Follow me , then , to the terrace of our house . It
commands ...
That I can readily believe ; and yet I am unwilling to pass away from Beirût
without imprinting on memory's tablet a fairer , truer copy of her charming scenery
than I have yet obtained . Follow me , then , to the terrace of our house . It
commands ...
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Follow me into the grove , and I will show you what may have suggested the
Olive comparison . Here we have bit upon a beautiful illustration . This aged and
plants decayed tree is surrounded , as you see , by several young and thrifty
shoots ...
Follow me into the grove , and I will show you what may have suggested the
Olive comparison . Here we have bit upon a beautiful illustration . This aged and
plants decayed tree is surrounded , as you see , by several young and thrifty
shoots ...
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Yon shepherd is about to lead his flock across ; anhas our Lord says of the good
shepherd - you observe that he goes before , and the sheep follow . Not all in the
same manner , however . Some enter boldly , and come straight across .
Yon shepherd is about to lead his flock across ; anhas our Lord says of the good
shepherd - you observe that he goes before , and the sheep follow . Not all in the
same manner , however . Some enter boldly , and come straight across .
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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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