The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy LandT. Nelson & Sons, 1877 - 718 pages |
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Page vii
... Arabs at a Well , 65 23 Specimens of Tatooing , ... 66 27 Tomb of Jonas , 68 29 Arbour covered with Gourd and Vine 70 40 ... Horned Ladies , 3 ... 42 ... Pewit , 76 Assyrian Sculptures at Dog River , opposite 44 Hed - hood , 77 Palm ...
... Arabs at a Well , 65 23 Specimens of Tatooing , ... 66 27 Tomb of Jonas , 68 29 Arbour covered with Gourd and Vine 70 40 ... Horned Ladies , 3 ... 42 ... Pewit , 76 Assyrian Sculptures at Dog River , opposite 44 Hed - hood , 77 Palm ...
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... Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even ... Arab predominates , and a better than the Turk governs . Even the Christian inhabitants of Lebanon , where good roads are ...
... Arabs of the Mohammedan desolation became masters , wheeled vehicles immediately sunk into neglect , and even ... Arab predominates , and a better than the Turk governs . Even the Christian inhabitants of Lebanon , where good roads are ...
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... Arabs , as a matter of course , ascribe this aqueduct to Zobeîda , a sort of Moslem St. Helena , according to popular legends , but , in historic truth , the wife of Haroun er Raschîd . It is quite impossible to ascertain who ...
... Arabs , as a matter of course , ascribe this aqueduct to Zobeîda , a sort of Moslem St. Helena , according to popular legends , but , in historic truth , the wife of Haroun er Raschîd . It is quite impossible to ascertain who ...
Page 44
... Arab . have marched their countless hosts for four thousand years , has much to tell the student of man's past history ... Arabs long regarded as supernatural warnings of impending woe ; but at length , on one occasion , they mustered ...
... Arab . have marched their countless hosts for four thousand years , has much to tell the student of man's past history ... Arabs long regarded as supernatural warnings of impending woe ; but at length , on one occasion , they mustered ...
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... ARABS AT A WELL ing . marking religious tokens upon the hands and arms is almost universal among Process of the Arabs , of all sects and classes . Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem have the imprint- operation performed there , as the most ...
... ARABS AT A WELL ing . marking religious tokens upon the hands and arms is almost universal among Process of the Arabs , of all sects and classes . Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem have the imprint- operation performed there , as the most ...
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Abraham Acre allusions ancient appear Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beit Beth-horon Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER church cisterns columns custom David Dead Sea deep descended desert doubt east Egypt En-rogel entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Gerar Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron hills Holy hour Hûleh inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains never night north-west Palestine pass Philistines plain pools prophet Ramleh remarkable ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell Temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs towers travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion