The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 1T. Nelson, 1881 |
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... seen and felt them ; and this the author has done through many years of vicissitude and ad- venture , and whatever of life and truthfulness there may be in his pen - pictures is due to this fact . Where he has been he proposes to guide ...
... seen and felt them ; and this the author has done through many years of vicissitude and ad- venture , and whatever of life and truthfulness there may be in his pen - pictures is due to this fact . Where he has been he proposes to guide ...
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... seen at early dawn , as we approached . Not a hill , nor a house , nor even a boat , relieved the dismal solitude , until we reached this tumultuous roadstead in front of the town . I can readily believe , however , that in a calm ...
... seen at early dawn , as we approached . Not a hill , nor a house , nor even a boat , relieved the dismal solitude , until we reached this tumultuous roadstead in front of the town . I can readily believe , however , that in a calm ...
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... seen the grampus in the deep sea west of Corsica , and others assert that they met with genuine whales in the same neighbor- hood , and elsewhere in the Mediterranean ; and though I have nev- 1 Jonah i . 17 . 2 Matt . xii . 40 . WHALES ...
... seen the grampus in the deep sea west of Corsica , and others assert that they met with genuine whales in the same neighbor- hood , and elsewhere in the Mediterranean ; and though I have nev- 1 Jonah i . 17 . 2 Matt . xii . 40 . WHALES ...
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... seen in Pales- tine , but the well - sweep and bucket are used in many places ; and I once saw an Egyptian working an apparatus much like the shadûf on the shore of the lake a little north of the city of Tiberias . Another method is ...
... seen in Pales- tine , but the well - sweep and bucket are used in many places ; and I once saw an Egyptian working an apparatus much like the shadûf on the shore of the lake a little north of the city of Tiberias . Another method is ...
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... seen on a grand scale at Hums , Hamath , and all along the Orontes . The wheels there are of enormous size . The diameter of some of those at Hamath is eighty or ninety feet . Small paddles are attached to the rim , and the stream is ...
... seen on a grand scale at Hums , Hamath , and all along the Orontes . The wheels there are of enormous size . The diameter of some of those at Hamath is eighty or ninety feet . Small paddles are attached to the rim , and the stream is ...
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Abimelech Abraham amongst ancient Antipatris appears aqueduct Arabs arch Ashdod Askelon Bedawîn Beit Jibrîn Beth-shemesh Bible Biblical bricks built Cæsarea called camels castle cave church cisterns Damascus Gate David Dead Sea deep desert east Egypt En-rogel entire Eshcol farther feet gardens Gate Gaza Gerar Gilgal Hajla Haram Hebrew Hebron Herod hill Holy City hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Jaffa Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Judah king Lachish land Lieutenant Conder Lord Makkedah mentioned miles modern Moses mosk Moslem mountains Palestine pass patriarchs Philistines pilgrims plain pool present probably prophet Ramleh region ride ridge river road rock ruins sacred says scene seen Sepulchre Shephelah shore side south-east stone Sultân suppose Tell Temple thou tion tomb tower Tower of David travellers trees unto valley village Wady wall whole wilderness Yebna Zion