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Page xvi
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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... a sensitive and most jealous public sentiment , and no man insults her but at
the risk of being torn in pieces by an infuriated mob ; but without the veil she is a
weak , helpless thing , at the mercy of every brute who may choose to abuse her .
... a sensitive and most jealous public sentiment , and no man insults her but at
the risk of being torn in pieces by an infuriated mob ; but without the veil she is a
weak , helpless thing , at the mercy of every brute who may choose to abuse her .
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The thing is at least possible , and without resorting to supernatural interferA little
manoeuvring , or a little money , could set either real or spurious Jews at work in
the exact way to bring on the catastrophe . But let that pass ; Beirût has no need ...
The thing is at least possible , and without resorting to supernatural interferA little
manoeuvring , or a little money , could set either real or spurious Jews at work in
the exact way to bring on the catastrophe . But let that pass ; Beirût has no need ...
Page 43
Our Lord says , “ Let him that is on the house - top not come down to take any-
CHAPTER thing out of his house . " Is it a correct inference from this that the
stairway landed on the outside of the house ? Outside of the house , but within
the ...
Our Lord says , “ Let him that is on the house - top not come down to take any-
CHAPTER thing out of his house . " Is it a correct inference from this that the
stairway landed on the outside of the house ? Outside of the house , but within
the ...
Page 53
Stay till I turn to the passage , for there are some things in it which I have never
understood . Here it is : “ If some of the branches be broken off , and thou , being
a wild olive - tree , wert graffed in among them , and with them partakest of the
root ...
Stay till I turn to the passage , for there are some things in it which I have never
understood . Here it is : “ If some of the branches be broken off , and thou , being
a wild olive - tree , wert graffed in among them , and with them partakest of the
root ...
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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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