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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They have a proverb to this effect : “ If your neighbour has made the pilgrimage to
Mecca once , watch him ; if twice , avoid his society ; if three times , move into
another street . ” And , certainly , no one acquainted with the people will feel his ...
They have a proverb to this effect : “ If your neighbour has made the pilgrimage to
Mecca once , watch him ; if twice , avoid his society ; if three times , move into
another street . ” And , certainly , no one acquainted with the people will feel his ...
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I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond which it is choked up with rubbish
. Descending to the margin of the plain , the canal was led along the base of the
hills southward , past the Khan es Shîâhh , and thence westward to the vicinity ...
I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond which it is choked up with rubbish
. Descending to the margin of the plain , the canal was led along the base of the
hills southward , past the Khan es Shîâhh , and thence westward to the vicinity ...
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And , once more , we may infer with certainty that the roads were then as rough
and slippery as this which has upset your patience and our unfortunate donkey .
All these deductions I believe to be very near the truth . Manners and customs ...
And , once more , we may infer with certainty that the roads were then as rough
and slippery as this which has upset your patience and our unfortunate donkey .
All these deductions I believe to be very near the truth . Manners and customs ...
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Simply by the fact that the multiplication of ships in this sea , after the now in the
time of Jonah , frightened them out of it , as other causes have driven all lions out
of Palestine , where they were once numerous . It is well known that sonie of the ...
Simply by the fact that the multiplication of ships in this sea , after the now in the
time of Jonah , frightened them out of it , as other causes have driven all lions out
of Palestine , where they were once numerous . It is well known that sonie of the ...
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And now we must climb once more up five hundred feet , to that castle - like
enclosure around the top of this bold montain pyramid . Safely done ; and here
we stand on Dahr Jwe , and beneath this rude and broken tomb lies buried the
once ...
And now we must climb once more up five hundred feet , to that castle - like
enclosure around the top of this bold montain pyramid . Safely done ; and here
we stand on Dahr Jwe , and beneath this rude and broken tomb lies buried the
once ...
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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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