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... but also to the real value of the work . Mary of them are original , and others
selected from the best existing sources , and so corrected as to be more true to
AUTHOR'S PREFACE . XV In this departnature , and more xiv AUTHOR'S
PREFACE ...
... but also to the real value of the work . Mary of them are original , and others
selected from the best existing sources , and so corrected as to be more true to
AUTHOR'S PREFACE . XV In this departnature , and more xiv AUTHOR'S
PREFACE ...
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True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - sile , and in the open
spaces where several paths meet , just where Zaccheus found it . This sycamore
is a remarkable tree . It not only bear's several crops of figs during the year , but ...
True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - sile , and in the open
spaces where several paths meet , just where Zaccheus found it . This sycamore
is a remarkable tree . It not only bear's several crops of figs during the year , but ...
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True ; but then the roof of David's palace was probably so high that he could king
look directly down into the courts of the neighbouring houses . There are such
David's in all cities , and you can scarcely commit a greater offence than to ...
True ; but then the roof of David's palace was probably so high that he could king
look directly down into the courts of the neighbouring houses . There are such
David's in all cities , and you can scarcely commit a greater offence than to ...
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... is wild by nature , and it must be grafted by the good before it will bear fruit ; but
here the Apostle speaks of grafting the wild into the good , not the good upon the
wild . True , he does ; but observe , he says expressly that this is contrary to ...
... is wild by nature , and it must be grafted by the good before it will bear fruit ; but
here the Apostle speaks of grafting the wild into the good , not the good upon the
wild . True , he does ; but observe , he says expressly that this is contrary to ...
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... half - artificial mound , the guide - books will tell you , is one of those
telegraphic beacons which St. Helen built along the road from Jerusalem to
Constantinople , to convey to her royal son the very first tidings of the discovery of
the true cross ...
... half - artificial mound , the guide - books will tell you , is one of those
telegraphic beacons which St. Helen built along the road from Jerusalem to
Constantinople , to convey to her royal son the very first tidings of the discovery of
the true cross ...
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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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