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Page 21
In Syria , where we have no swine , or next to none , the pods are ground up ,
and a species of molasses expressed , which is much used in making certain
kinds of sweetcamels . Kharul tree husks . ' 11 Sid . xiii . 5 i isaiah ii . 7 . 3 Acts viii
. 28 .
In Syria , where we have no swine , or next to none , the pods are ground up ,
and a species of molasses expressed , which is much used in making certain
kinds of sweetcamels . Kharul tree husks . ' 11 Sid . xiii . 5 i isaiah ii . 7 . 3 Acts viii
. 28 .
Page 28
Move on , then ; but allow me to remark , as we enter , that gates have the same
kind of names now as in ancient times , generally derived from some accidental
circumstance comected with them . One is Bab el Bahar , because it leads to the
...
Move on , then ; but allow me to remark , as we enter , that gates have the same
kind of names now as in ancient times , generally derived from some accidental
circumstance comected with them . One is Bab el Bahar , because it leads to the
...
Page 55
This tree also requires but little labour or care of any kind , and , if long neglected
, will revive again when the ground is dug or ploughed , and begin afresh to yield
as before . Vineyards forsaken die out almost immediately , and mulberry ...
This tree also requires but little labour or care of any kind , and , if long neglected
, will revive again when the ground is dug or ploughed , and begin afresh to yield
as before . Vineyards forsaken die out almost immediately , and mulberry ...
Page 56
To comprehend the necessity of all this , you must remember that the olive -
groves are in common - not owned in common , but planted on the same general
tract of land , and are without fences , walls , or hedges of any kind , mingled
together ...
To comprehend the necessity of all this , you must remember that the olive -
groves are in common - not owned in common , but planted on the same general
tract of land , and are without fences , walls , or hedges of any kind , mingled
together ...
Page 72
There is scarcely an expression of the kind we are considering which has not its
perfect parallel in the daily living language in the people around us . Place an
Arah in the circumstances in which these old heathen are represented as acting ...
There is scarcely an expression of the kind we are considering which has not its
perfect parallel in the daily living language in the people around us . Place an
Arah in the circumstances in which these old heathen are represented as acting ...
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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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