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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From the cities of the Philistines we strike up , like Samson with the gates of Gaza
on his back , to HEBRON , on the top of the great ridge that runs along central
Palestine ; then through the WILDERNESS OF JUDAH , to the northern edge of ...
From the cities of the Philistines we strike up , like Samson with the gates of Gaza
on his back , to HEBRON , on the top of the great ridge that runs along central
Palestine ; then through the WILDERNESS OF JUDAH , to the northern edge of ...
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to warn all concerned to look sharply before and behind , or they may be run over
, crushed against the wall , or have their clothes and faces torn by this brush ; a
very necessary admonition . That I perceive well enough ; but are all Oriental ...
to warn all concerned to look sharply before and behind , or they may be run over
, crushed against the wall , or have their clothes and faces torn by this brush ; a
very necessary admonition . That I perceive well enough ; but are all Oriental ...
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The perpendicular runs in eastward from the Ras about five miles to the foot of
Lebanon , at the bottom of St. George's Bay . The hypothenuse is the irregular
line of the mountains . The whole plain is a projection seaward from the general ...
The perpendicular runs in eastward from the Ras about five miles to the foot of
Lebanon , at the bottom of St. George's Bay . The hypothenuse is the irregular
line of the mountains . The whole plain is a projection seaward from the general ...
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There are three of the caves . them , and all in the cliffs on the north side of the
ravine . Out of the first rushes a large part of the river ; but without a boat it cannot
be explored . A few rods farther up the valley is the second cave . It runs under
the ...
There are three of the caves . them , and all in the cliffs on the north side of the
ravine . Out of the first rushes a large part of the river ; but without a boat it cannot
be explored . A few rods farther up the valley is the second cave . It runs under
the ...
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Vineyards forsaken die out almost immediately , and mulberry orcharis neglected
run rapidly to ruin ; but not so the olive . I saw the desolate hills of Jebel - el - '
Alâh , above Antioch , covered with these groves , although no one had paid ...
Vineyards forsaken die out almost immediately , and mulberry orcharis neglected
run rapidly to ruin ; but not so the olive . I saw the desolate hills of Jebel - el - '
Alâh , above Antioch , covered with these groves , although no one had paid ...
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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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