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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Page 52
This tree does not flourish in Syria more than three thousand feet above the sea ,
and in the interior not so high , Indeed , it is scarcely found at all in countries
ailjacent to Ararat , and the dove had probably to make a long flight for its leaf ...
This tree does not flourish in Syria more than three thousand feet above the sea ,
and in the interior not so high , Indeed , it is scarcely found at all in countries
ailjacent to Ararat , and the dove had probably to make a long flight for its leaf ...
Page 56
Such , at least , is the case with the groves we are describing . his vast orchard of
Shwoifat , through which we have been riding for the last hour , has a thousand
owners , and in “ shaking time ” every one must look sharply after his own , or he
...
Such , at least , is the case with the groves we are describing . his vast orchard of
Shwoifat , through which we have been riding for the last hour , has a thousand
owners , and in “ shaking time ” every one must look sharply after his own , or he
...
Page 64
... which has upset your patience and our unfortunate donkey . All these
deductions I believe to be very near the truth . Manners and customs , men and
things , roads and loads , continue very much what they were three thousand
years ago .
... which has upset your patience and our unfortunate donkey . All these
deductions I believe to be very near the truth . Manners and customs , men and
things , roads and loads , continue very much what they were three thousand
years ago .
Page 70
It is in no way adapted for that purpose , while thousands of arbours are covered
with various creepers of the general gourd family . As to ancient translations , the
Septuagint gives colocynth , a general name for gourd ; and the Vulgate ...
It is in no way adapted for that purpose , while thousands of arbours are covered
with various creepers of the general gourd family . As to ancient translations , the
Septuagint gives colocynth , a general name for gourd ; and the Vulgate ...
Page 78
... bare rock and wait for the morning . At such times one can appreciate those
promises which insure from sliling and falling ? To stile and fall is , in a thousand
places , certain destruction ; and no threatenings acainst the workers of iniquity
are ...
... bare rock and wait for the morning . At such times one can appreciate those
promises which insure from sliling and falling ? To stile and fall is , in a thousand
places , certain destruction ; and no threatenings acainst the workers of iniquity
are ...
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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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