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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Dog River , 44 V. Beirut to the Damur , 46 VI . Damur to Neby Yunas , 62 VII .
Lady Hester Stanhope --- Sidon , 75 VIII . Sidon , 90 IX . Sidon - continued , 108 X
. Sidon to Sarafend , 133 XI . Neighbourhood of Sarafend , 146 XII . Sarafend to ...
Dog River , 44 V. Beirut to the Damur , 46 VI . Damur to Neby Yunas , 62 VII .
Lady Hester Stanhope --- Sidon , 75 VIII . Sidon , 90 IX . Sidon - continued , 108 X
. Sidon to Sarafend , 133 XI . Neighbourhood of Sarafend , 146 XII . Sarafend to ...
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The very hills and mountains , rocks , rivers , and fountains , are symbols and
pledges of things far better than themselves . In a word , Palestine is one vast
tablet whereupon God's messages to men have been drawn , and graven deep
in ...
The very hills and mountains , rocks , rivers , and fountains , are symbols and
pledges of things far better than themselves . In a word , Palestine is one vast
tablet whereupon God's messages to men have been drawn , and graven deep
in ...
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23 1 . were familiar only with the sycamores of onr flat river bottoms , tall as a
steeple , " HAPTER and smooth as hypocrisy . “ Why , ” said the orator , “ a
squirrel cant climb them . ” The conclusion reached was that the sycamore must
have ...
23 1 . were familiar only with the sycamores of onr flat river bottoms , tall as a
steeple , " HAPTER and smooth as hypocrisy . “ Why , ” said the orator , “ a
squirrel cant climb them . ” The conclusion reached was that the sycamore must
have ...
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... steep , and lofty , shaded with pine forests , and dotted with villages , churches ,
and convents ; the wild gorge of the Doy River , with snowy Sunnîn beyond and
above ; the sandy ridge of Brumanal , and Deir el Kŭlàh , with the deep ravine of
...
... steep , and lofty , shaded with pine forests , and dotted with villages , churches ,
and convents ; the wild gorge of the Doy River , with snowy Sunnîn beyond and
above ; the sandy ridge of Brumanal , and Deir el Kŭlàh , with the deep ravine of
...
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Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the canal meets , on the
Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them
by a tunnel cut in the solid rock . I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond ...
Though carried over the river at so great an elevation , the canal meets , on the
Beirût or west side , with perpendicular cliffs , and passes directly through them
by a tunnel cut in the solid rock . I once crept into it for thirty or forty feet , beyond ...
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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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