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 29
... half the city . No matter ; I suppose , like other confessors , he keeps dark , and may be trusted . Still , this letter - writing would not be a very thriving business in our country . How every circumstance and incident carries one ...
... half the city . No matter ; I suppose , like other confessors , he keeps dark , and may be trusted . Still , this letter - writing would not be a very thriving business in our country . How every circumstance and incident carries one ...
Page 34
... half revealed , now quite concealed by crowding mulberry and parasol China trees , and waving festoons of vines and cunning creepers of many colours — this , this is Beirût , with the glorious Mediterranean all around , and ships and ...
... half revealed , now quite concealed by crowding mulberry and parasol China trees , and waving festoons of vines and cunning creepers of many colours — this , this is Beirût , with the glorious Mediterranean all around , and ships and ...
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... half . It then descends by a very slippery track to the river , in the immediate vicinity of the caves . There are three of The caves . them , and all in the cliffs on the north side of the ravine . Out of the first rushes a large part ...
... half . It then descends by a very slippery track to the river , in the immediate vicinity of the caves . There are three of The caves . them , and all in the cliffs on the north side of the ravine . Out of the first rushes a large part ...
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... half - natural , half - artificial mound , the guide - books will tell you , is one of those telegraphic beacons which St. Helen built along the road from Jerusalem to Constantinople , to convey to her royal son the very first tidings ...
... half - natural , half - artificial mound , the guide - books will tell you , is one of those telegraphic beacons which St. Helen built along the road from Jerusalem to Constantinople , to convey to her royal son the very first tidings ...
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... half starved , and then overloaded by their cruel masters , for such are now the conditions in which these poor slaves of all work ordinarily fall under their burdens ; and that then , as now , it required the united strength of at ...
... half starved , and then overloaded by their cruel masters , for such are now the conditions in which these poor slaves of all work ordinarily fall under their burdens ; and that then , as now , it required the united strength of at ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion