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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... kind of names now as in ancient times , generally derived from some accidental circumstance connected with them . One is Bab el Bahar , because it leads to the sea . That near which the tanners carry on their business is This one is Bab ...
... kind of names now as in ancient times , generally derived from some accidental circumstance connected with them . One is Bab el Bahar , because it leads to the sea . That near which the tanners carry on their business is This one is Bab ...
Page 51
... kind . Who can see the dove sitting in this tree without thinking of that THE RAVEN - THE DOVE . 51 CHAPTER V. Olive orchards evening when she re- turned to the ark , " and , lo ! in her mouth was an olive - leaf plucked off ? " RAVEN ...
... kind . Who can see the dove sitting in this tree without thinking of that THE RAVEN - THE DOVE . 51 CHAPTER V. Olive orchards evening when she re- turned to the ark , " and , lo ! in her mouth was an olive - leaf plucked off ? " RAVEN ...
Page 55
... 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 orchards neglected run rapidly to ruin ; but not ...
... 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 orchards neglected run rapidly to ruin ; but not ...
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... kind , mingled together like the trees in a natural forest . This tree belongs to Zeid , that to ' Abeid , as they say , and so on through the whole plantation . Such , at least , is the case with the groves we are describing . This ...
... kind , mingled together like the trees in a natural forest . This tree belongs to Zeid , that to ' Abeid , as they say , and so on through the whole plantation . Such , at least , is the case with the groves we are describing . This ...
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... kind we are considering which has not its per- fect parallel in the daily living language in the people around us . Place an Arab in the circumstances in which these old heathen are represented as act- ing and speaking , and his ...
... kind we are considering which has not its per- fect parallel in the daily living language in the people around us . Place an Arab in the circumstances in which these old heathen are represented as act- ing and speaking , and his ...
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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