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... to be inhabited by the remarkable people to whom it gave its name . The great
size and importance of Beirût are quite modern , attained , indeed , within the last
thirty years . They are due to its foreign commerce , there being regular steam ...
... to be inhabited by the remarkable people to whom it gave its name . The great
size and importance of Beirût are quite modern , attained , indeed , within the last
thirty years . They are due to its foreign commerce , there being regular steam ...
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This sycamore is a remarkable tree . It not only bear's several crops of figs during
the year , but those tics Fiss grow on short stems along the trunk and laryo
branches , and not at the end of twigs , as in other fruit - bearing trees . The figs
are ...
This sycamore is a remarkable tree . It not only bear's several crops of figs during
the year , but those tics Fiss grow on short stems along the trunk and laryo
branches , and not at the end of twigs , as in other fruit - bearing trees . The figs
are ...
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It is remarkable that in their synagounes the men in our day keep on their hats or
other headdresses , and those who read the service throw a large l'eil over the
head and shoulders , as if in direct and intentional contradiction to the Apostle .
It is remarkable that in their synagounes the men in our day keep on their hats or
other headdresses , and those who read the service throw a large l'eil over the
head and shoulders , as if in direct and intentional contradiction to the Apostle .
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But what do you make of the tenth verse of this remarkable passage ? The word
translated “ power ” is perhaps a mere symbolic title of the veil - Power " : nor is
the figure altogether strange or unintelligible to an Oriental . The on the head .
veil ...
But what do you make of the tenth verse of this remarkable passage ? The word
translated “ power ” is perhaps a mere symbolic title of the veil - Power " : nor is
the figure altogether strange or unintelligible to an Oriental . The on the head .
veil ...
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Planting Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût - a fact somewhat
of Christi- remarkable - yet Christianity was early planted here , and so flourished
that it anity . soon became the seat of a bishopric . Under the Christian ...
Planting Though the apostles seem never to have visited Beirût - a fact somewhat
of Christi- remarkable - yet Christianity was early planted here , and so flourished
that it anity . soon became the seat of a bishopric . Under the Christian ...
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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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