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 19
... look quite to the bottom of heaven's profoundest azure , " where the everlasting stars abide ; " and how sharply defined is every rock and ravine , and tree and house on lofty Lebanon . That virgin snow on its summit is thirty miles off ...
... look quite to the bottom of heaven's profoundest azure , " where the everlasting stars abide ; " and how sharply defined is every rock and ravine , and tree and house on lofty Lebanon . That virgin snow on its summit is thirty miles off ...
Page 20
... look round at every fresh noise , expecting to see a cart , or dray , or waggon of some kind or other , but am always disappointed . And will be . There is nothing of the sort in Syria ; neither is there street or road for them in any ...
... look round at every fresh noise , expecting to see a cart , or dray , or waggon of some kind or other , but am always disappointed . And will be . There is nothing of the sort in Syria ; neither is there street or road for them in any ...
Page 23
... look directly down upon any crowd passing beneath . It is admirably adapted to the purpose for which Zaccheus selected it . True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - side , and in the open spaces where several paths ...
... look directly down upon any crowd passing beneath . It is admirably adapted to the purpose for which Zaccheus selected it . True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - side , and in the open spaces where several paths ...
Page 25
... looks merely at the surface , or who is very charitable , or very indifferent , may connect this out - of - door formal praying toward Mecca with the venerable custon of the pious Israelite turning toward the temple in Jerusalem , when ...
... looks merely at the surface , or who is very charitable , or very indifferent , may connect this out - of - door formal praying toward Mecca with the venerable custon of the pious Israelite turning toward the temple in Jerusalem , when ...
Page 32
... look sharply before and behind , or they may be run over , crushed against the wall , or have their clothes and faces torn by this brush ; a very necessary admonition . That I perceive well enough ; but are all Oriental cities built ...
... look sharply before and behind , or they may be run over , crushed against the wall , or have their clothes and faces torn by this brush ; a very necessary admonition . That I perceive well enough ; but are all Oriental cities built ...
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