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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... region . You think , then , that this solemn ceremony is mere hollow - hearted hypo- crisy ? Not exactly that ; at least not necessarily so , nor in all cases . I would be A man of glad to believe there was ordinarily any corresponding ...
... region . You think , then , that this solemn ceremony is mere hollow - hearted hypo- crisy ? Not exactly that ; at least not necessarily so , nor in all cases . I would be A man of glad to believe there was ordinarily any corresponding ...
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... region , which often returns several hundred fold . I have been assured by respectable farmers that they have gathered more than four hundred Four hun . fold of this corn . dred fold . In the time of Christ the country was densely ...
... region , which often returns several hundred fold . I have been assured by respectable farmers that they have gathered more than four hundred Four hun . fold of this corn . dred fold . In the time of Christ the country was densely ...
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... region time out of mind . The whole country about that lake is volcanic , and these marble columns had been brought there from a great distance for their special accommodation . Need we wonder , therefore , at the disappearance of ruins ...
... region time out of mind . The whole country about that lake is volcanic , and these marble columns had been brought there from a great distance for their special accommodation . Need we wonder , therefore , at the disappearance of ruins ...
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... region . Each village has one or more ; and , besides these , every conspicuous hill - top has a willy or mazar , beneath a spreading oak , to which people pay High religious visits , and thither they go up to worship and to discharge ...
... region . Each village has one or more ; and , besides these , every conspicuous hill - top has a willy or mazar , beneath a spreading oak , to which people pay High religious visits , and thither they go up to worship and to discharge ...
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... are passing over , and so quietly too , a region whose eventful story runs back to the earliest records of our race . Is 12 Kings iv . 10 . 2 Mark vii . 24-30 . 3 Luke iv . 25-29 . PART I. Origin of the Pho- nicians . Account of 11.
... are passing over , and so quietly too , a region whose eventful story runs back to the earliest records of our race . Is 12 Kings iv . 10 . 2 Mark vii . 24-30 . 3 Luke iv . 25-29 . PART I. Origin of the Pho- nicians . Account of 11.
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