The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land |
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Page 21
They might be construeteil , at al Roads in Syria . moderate expense , in nearly
all parts of the country . Their total disappearance can easily be explained . When
the wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled ...
They might be construeteil , at al Roads in Syria . moderate expense , in nearly
all parts of the country . Their total disappearance can easily be explained . When
the wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled ...
Page 26
They were , indeed ; and , although customs have changed in this respect , there
is still enough remaining in this country to remind one of those olden times when
nearly every public transaction took place at or near the city gates . Beirût has ...
They were , indeed ; and , although customs have changed in this respect , there
is still enough remaining in this country to remind one of those olden times when
nearly every public transaction took place at or near the city gates . Beirût has ...
Page 38
It was conducted in stone tubes along the ridge south - west for six or eight milos
to the temple that occupied the place of Deir el Kŭlah . From thence it descendeù
the steep mountain , about fifteen hundred feet , in a direction nearly west ...
It was conducted in stone tubes along the ridge south - west for six or eight milos
to the temple that occupied the place of Deir el Kŭlah . From thence it descendeù
the steep mountain , about fifteen hundred feet , in a direction nearly west ...
Page 46
TI arch is 90 thick ; the span 157 ; the breadth from 80 to 140 ; and the height on
the lower side nearly 200 feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without
any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now ...
TI arch is 90 thick ; the span 157 ; the breadth from 80 to 140 ; and the height on
the lower side nearly 200 feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without
any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now ...
Page 83
This latter rate is nearly the lowest mentioned in the parable as the yield of what
He calls good ground , and that is really a first - rate crop for even such plains as
Esdraelon , which , being directly below Nazareth , must have been perfectly ...
This latter rate is nearly the lowest mentioned in the parable as the yield of what
He calls good ground , and that is really a first - rate crop for even such plains as
Esdraelon , which , being directly below Nazareth , must have been perfectly ...
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