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... across the NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PALESTINE ; and after gazing on the
snowcapped Hermon , visiting the sites of Dan , and Cæsarea Philippi , and the
sources of the Jordan , we pass through UPPER GALILEE , and return to the sea
...
... across the NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PALESTINE ; and after gazing on the
snowcapped Hermon , visiting the sites of Dan , and Cæsarea Philippi , and the
sources of the Jordan , we pass through UPPER GALILEE , and return to the sea
...
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But nothing is easier than to climb into these sycamores ; ani , in forcimin fact ,
here is a score of boys and girls in this one ; and as its giant arms stretch quite
across the road , those on them can look directly down upon any crowil passing ...
But nothing is easier than to climb into these sycamores ; ani , in forcimin fact ,
here is a score of boys and girls in this one ; and as its giant arms stretch quite
across the road , those on them can look directly down upon any crowil passing ...
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That I can readily believe ; and yet I am unwilling to pass away from Beirût
without imprinting on memory's tablet a fairer , truer copy of her charming scenery
than I have yet obtained . Follow me , then , to the terrace of our house . It
commands ...
That I can readily believe ; and yet I am unwilling to pass away from Beirût
without imprinting on memory's tablet a fairer , truer copy of her charming scenery
than I have yet obtained . Follow me , then , to the terrace of our house . It
commands ...
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But let that pass ; Beirût has no need of such doubtful claims to immortality .
Judging from the scanty and indefinite notices by the pilgrims of the mediaeval
ages , the number of her inhabitants varied from 5000 to 10,000 , engaged in ...
But let that pass ; Beirût has no need of such doubtful claims to immortality .
Judging from the scanty and indefinite notices by the pilgrims of the mediaeval
ages , the number of her inhabitants varied from 5000 to 10,000 , engaged in ...
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Very few . We have columns and sarcophagi in abundance , and some of them
have inscriptions which tell their own story . An ancient aqueduct has lately been
discovered , cut through the rock , and passing beneath the city at Bab Yacob .
Very few . We have columns and sarcophagi in abundance , and some of them
have inscriptions which tell their own story . An ancient aqueduct has lately been
discovered , cut through the rock , and passing beneath the city at Bab Yacob .
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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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