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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Page ix
... Endor and Shunem , and other places famed in Old Testament history ; and crossing the Kishon and the ridge of Carmel , come again on the sea at the ruins of CÆSAREA PALESTINA . From this ancient Roman capital of Palestine we proceed along.
... Endor and Shunem , and other places famed in Old Testament history ; and crossing the Kishon and the ridge of Carmel , come again on the sea at the ruins of CÆSAREA PALESTINA . From this ancient Roman capital of Palestine we proceed along.
Page xvi
... ruins rebuke the pride of man and vindicate the truth of God ; and yawning gulfs , from Tophet to the Sea of Death , in its sepulchre of bitumen and brimstone , warn the wicked , and prophesy of coming wrath . Even the trees of her ...
... ruins rebuke the pride of man and vindicate the truth of God ; and yawning gulfs , from Tophet to the Sea of Death , in its sepulchre of bitumen and brimstone , warn the wicked , and prophesy of coming wrath . Even the trees of her ...
Page 36
... Ruins of columns . Theatres . Planting of Christi- anity . Earth- quake . Troubles number lie at the bottom of the sea in front of the town . In 1839-40 , Mahmûd Bey , governor of Beirût , built a break - water entirely of these columns ...
... Ruins of columns . Theatres . Planting of Christi- anity . Earth- quake . Troubles number lie at the bottom of the sea in front of the town . In 1839-40 , Mahmûd Bey , governor of Beirût , built a break - water entirely of these columns ...
Page 58
... ruins , there is something hereabouts will surely interest you . This broken tower , crowning the top of a half - natural , half - artificial mound , the guide - books will tell you , is one of those telegraphic beacons which St. Helen ...
... ruins , there is something hereabouts will surely interest you . This broken tower , crowning the top of a half - natural , half - artificial mound , the guide - books will tell you , is one of those telegraphic beacons which St. Helen ...
Page 81
... ruins without beauty to charm or age to make vener- and man able — itself a ruin of yesterday , and sinking fast to hopeless oblivion . Will such an end pay for such a life ? But enough of Lady Hester . Poor wander- ing star , struck ...
... ruins without beauty to charm or age to make vener- and man able — itself a ruin of yesterday , and sinking fast to hopeless oblivion . Will such an end pay for such a life ? But enough of Lady Hester . Poor wander- ing star , struck ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion