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
... Castle of Banias , 238 XVIII . Tell el Kady- ( Dan ) -Plain of the Hûleh , ... ... 247 XIX . Kudes - Safed - Kefr Bur'iam , 266 XX . Hazor - Alma - Acre , XXI . Ladder of Tyre - Acre , ... XXXIX . Hebron to Santa Saba , XL . ' Ain es ...
... Castle of Banias , 238 XVIII . Tell el Kady- ( Dan ) -Plain of the Hûleh , ... ... 247 XIX . Kudes - Safed - Kefr Bur'iam , 266 XX . Hazor - Alma - Acre , XXI . Ladder of Tyre - Acre , ... XXXIX . Hebron to Santa Saba , XL . ' Ain es ...
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... castle of Bûffavento , and from it the higher half of Lebanon looked like a huge snow - bank drifted up against the sky . Beneath my feet rolled the sparkling seas of Cilicia and Pamphylia , over which Paul sailed on his way to Rome ...
... castle of Bûffavento , and from it the higher half of Lebanon looked like a huge snow - bank drifted up against the sky . Beneath my feet rolled the sparkling seas of Cilicia and Pamphylia , over which Paul sailed on his way to Rome ...
Page 78
... castle - like enclosure around the top of this bold mountain pyramid . Safely done ; and here we stand on Dahr June , and beneath this rude and broken tomb lies buried the once lovely , and witty , and most eccentric Lady Hester ...
... castle - like enclosure around the top of this bold mountain pyramid . Safely done ; and here we stand on Dahr June , and beneath this rude and broken tomb lies buried the once lovely , and witty , and most eccentric Lady Hester ...
Page 88
... castle - crowned Tell , which now overlooks the city . " Here , " exclaimed the patriarch , " my wanderings cease . This mound shall be the stronghold of my future city . It meets my wants in all respects . The surface declines gently ...
... castle - crowned Tell , which now overlooks the city . " Here , " exclaimed the patriarch , " my wanderings cease . This mound shall be the stronghold of my future city . It meets my wants in all respects . The surface declines gently ...
Page 100
... castle watching the waves . They come in fast and thick , hills over hills , heaving and tossing their huge volumes against the island and the rocks of the harbour with uproar prodigious — the very " noise of many waters , " so often ...
... castle watching the waves . They come in fast and thick , hills over hills , heaving and tossing their huge volumes against the island and the rocks of the harbour with uproar prodigious — the very " noise of many waters , " so often ...
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