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... solely to this fact . Here is his appropriate field , and the limit of his promise .
Where he has been he proposes to guide his reader , through that “ good land ”
of mountain , and vale , and lake , and river -- to the shepherd's tent , the
peasant's ...
... solely to this fact . Here is his appropriate field , and the limit of his promise .
Where he has been he proposes to guide his reader , through that “ good land ”
of mountain , and vale , and lake , and river -- to the shepherd's tent , the
peasant's ...
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There is a splendid view of it from the mountain of the Cross , il few miles back of
Larnica ; and many years ago , when travelling through the island , I climbeu ,
with infinite toil , the northern range of mountains to a gildy pinnacle , not far from
...
There is a splendid view of it from the mountain of the Cross , il few miles back of
Larnica ; and many years ago , when travelling through the island , I climbeu ,
with infinite toil , the northern range of mountains to a gildy pinnacle , not far from
...
Page 45
... be explored . A few rods farther up the valley is the second cave . It runs under
the mountain in a ... How far it extends under the mountains I had no means of
ascertaining . I fired a gun up it ; the echoes were loud and oftrepeated . This
cave ...
... be explored . A few rods farther up the valley is the second cave . It runs under
the mountain in a ... How far it extends under the mountains I had no means of
ascertaining . I fired a gun up it ; the echoes were loud and oftrepeated . This
cave ...
Page 52
And the objection to the literal meaning or strict veracity of this statement has no
solid foundation , in the fact that the olive is not an inhabitant of the cold
mountains of Armenia . Have you ever met with any certain traces of the flood in
this ...
And the objection to the literal meaning or strict veracity of this statement has no
solid foundation , in the fact that the olive is not an inhabitant of the cold
mountains of Armenia . Have you ever met with any certain traces of the flood in
this ...
Page 60
The Emir Hyder , in his “ History of Lebanon , ” says , that about ninety - tive years
ago a projecting terrace at Kefi Nabrûkll , which had a small village on it , parted
from the main mountain , and plunged with prodigious uproar into the wally ...
The Emir Hyder , in his “ History of Lebanon , ” says , that about ninety - tive years
ago a projecting terrace at Kefi Nabrûkll , which had a small village on it , parted
from the main mountain , and plunged with prodigious uproar into the wally ...
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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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