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Page ix
Again we strike eastwards , and cross to the LAKE OF GALILEE , walking right
round the shores which were so familiar to Jesus . Leaving them , we again turn
westwards , till we reach the scene of his childhood , NAZARETH . From
Nazareth ...
Again we strike eastwards , and cross to the LAKE OF GALILEE , walking right
round the shores which were so familiar to Jesus . Leaving them , we again turn
westwards , till we reach the scene of his childhood , NAZARETH . From
Nazareth ...
Page xvii
For twenty years and more , as you well know , a visit to Palestine has been the
unattained object of my fondest aspirations ; and now here am í safely landed on
her sacred shore , in perfect health , and ready to prosecute our pilgrimage with ...
For twenty years and more , as you well know , a visit to Palestine has been the
unattained object of my fondest aspirations ; and now here am í safely landed on
her sacred shore , in perfect health , and ready to prosecute our pilgrimage with ...
Page 33
... slopes of a triangular plain , whose base line is the shore , from Ras Beirût to
Nahr Yâbis , some six miles toward Sidon . The perpendicular runs in eastward
from the Ras about five miles to the foot of Lebanon , at the bottom of St. George's
...
... slopes of a triangular plain , whose base line is the shore , from Ras Beirût to
Nahr Yâbis , some six miles toward Sidon . The perpendicular runs in eastward
from the Ras about five miles to the foot of Lebanon , at the bottom of St. George's
...
Page 37
I refer you to the deep bay down yonder , which owes its name to this contest on
its shore . I can show you the well into which the victorious saint cast the horrid
monster , and the spot where he washed his bloody hands after this dirty work
was ...
I refer you to the deep bay down yonder , which owes its name to this contest on
its shore . I can show you the well into which the victorious saint cast the horrid
monster , and the spot where he washed his bloody hands after this dirty work
was ...
Page 57
The rock on the shore is a soft sandstone , which is continually disintegrating by
the action of wind and wave . The loose sand is cast up upon the beach , and the
strong south - west winds which blow across the plain are constantly spreading it
...
The rock on the shore is a soft sandstone , which is continually disintegrating by
the action of wind and wave . The loose sand is cast up upon the beach , and the
strong south - west winds which blow across the plain are constantly spreading it
...
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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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