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Page ix
Leaving them , we again turn westwards , till we reach the scene of his childhood
, NAZARETH . From Nazareth we strike into the famous plain of ESDRAELON ,
survey thic heights of Tabor , Hermon , and Gilboa , visit Endor and Shunen , and
...
Leaving them , we again turn westwards , till we reach the scene of his childhood
, NAZARETH . From Nazareth we strike into the famous plain of ESDRAELON ,
survey thic heights of Tabor , Hermon , and Gilboa , visit Endor and Shunen , and
...
Page xvii
This will reach you by messenger express . The answer , I hope , will be yourself .
” And now , This summons was neither unexpected nor reluctantly obeyed ; and a
few hours ' ride along the shore brought the author from Sidon to Beirût ...
This will reach you by messenger express . The answer , I hope , will be yourself .
” And now , This summons was neither unexpected nor reluctantly obeyed ; and a
few hours ' ride along the shore brought the author from Sidon to Beirût ...
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We shall not reach the city to - day if we stop at every tree and shrub that is
strange , Oriental , or Biblical . Very likely . Here , for example , are the almond ,
the olive , the fig , and the pomegranate , all together ; but we shall meet them ...
We shall not reach the city to - day if we stop at every tree and shrub that is
strange , Oriental , or Biblical . Very likely . Here , for example , are the almond ,
the olive , the fig , and the pomegranate , all together ; but we shall meet them ...
Page 52
... of this flinty marl ; and from thence it draws its richest stores of oil . If the
overlying mould is so deep that its Oil out of the rock . 1 Hos . xiv . 6 . 2 Deut . xxxii
. 13 . THE OLIVE . 53 wild olives . roots cannot reach 52 THE LAND AND THE
BOOK ,
... of this flinty marl ; and from thence it draws its richest stores of oil . If the
overlying mould is so deep that its Oil out of the rock . 1 Hos . xiv . 6 . 2 Deut . xxxii
. 13 . THE OLIVE . 53 wild olives . roots cannot reach 52 THE LAND AND THE
BOOK ,
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53 wild olives . roots cannot reach the rock beneath , I am told that the tree lang
iishes , and cuAPTER its berries are small and sapless . There is , however ,
another explanation of this figure of Moses . In ancient times generally ( and in
many ...
53 wild olives . roots cannot reach the rock beneath , I am told that the tree lang
iishes , and cuAPTER its berries are small and sapless . There is , however ,
another explanation of this figure of Moses . In ancient times generally ( and in
many ...
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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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