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And now , This summons was neither unexpected nor reluctantly obeyed ; and a
few hours ' ride along the shore brought the author from Sidon to Beirût , where
the long - separated met in the hospitable mansion of a mutual friend . kind ...
And now , This summons was neither unexpected nor reluctantly obeyed ; and a
few hours ' ride along the shore brought the author from Sidon to Beirût , where
the long - separated met in the hospitable mansion of a mutual friend . kind ...
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9 , we learn that Peter at Joppa went up to the roof to pray about the sixth hour .
All this is very natural . The Sabeans of Chaldea and Persia could find no more
appropriate place for the performance of their idolatrons worship of the heavenly
...
9 , we learn that Peter at Joppa went up to the roof to pray about the sixth hour .
All this is very natural . The Sabeans of Chaldea and Persia could find no more
appropriate place for the performance of their idolatrons worship of the heavenly
...
Page 48
I did so , and have never been annoyed with a similar demand from that day to
this . Ile had mistaken me for a stranger , and expected to extort a bakshish . It is
nine hours , you say , from Beirût to Sidon ? About twenty - seven miles , and
takes ...
I did so , and have never been annoyed with a similar demand from that day to
this . Ile had mistaken me for a stranger , and expected to extort a bakshish . It is
nine hours , you say , from Beirût to Sidon ? About twenty - seven miles , and
takes ...
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... hide in his busom , or stand ont in bold relief napon his ample shoulders ,
giving life and animation to the scene . We will now rest and lunch at this khân
Khŭldeh . It has taken three hours to reach it . Though you have but little relish for
rotten ...
... hide in his busom , or stand ont in bold relief napon his ample shoulders ,
giving life and animation to the scene . We will now rest and lunch at this khân
Khŭldeh . It has taken three hours to reach it . Though you have but little relish for
rotten ...
Page 59
An hour's easy , or rather uneasy , ride through the deep sand of the shore , will
bring us to our tent on the green bank of the Damûr . Here , on the brow of this
rocky hill , we have the lime - kilns you spoke of , Limeand men in the very act of ...
An hour's easy , or rather uneasy , ride through the deep sand of the shore , will
bring us to our tent on the green bank of the Damûr . Here , on the brow of this
rocky hill , we have the lime - kilns you spoke of , Limeand men in the very act of ...
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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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