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 21
... nearly all parts of the country . Their total disappear- Syria . ance can easily be explained . When the wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even contempt ...
... nearly all parts of the country . Their total disappear- Syria . ance can easily be explained . When the wild Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even contempt ...
Page 26
... nearly every public transaction took place at or near the city gates . Beirût has burst her shell by the force of sudden expansion , and will soon have neither wall nor gates ; but nearly every other city in Syria and Palestine is still ...
... nearly every public transaction took place at or near the city gates . Beirût has burst her shell by the force of sudden expansion , and will soon have neither wall nor gates ; but nearly every other city in Syria and Palestine is still ...
Page 38
... nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river . The next tier below ...
... nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river . The next tier below ...
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... nearly 200 feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now inform you , for your satisfaction , that while you have been en- joying Dog River , I ...
... nearly 200 feet . These figures may be rather large ; but , without any exaggeration , it is a grand and impressive natural curiosity . Let me now inform you , for your satisfaction , that while you have been en- joying Dog River , I ...
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... 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 familiar ...
... 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 familiar ...
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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