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 19
... look quite to the bottom of heaven's profoundest azure , " where the everlasting stars abide ; " and how sharply defined is every rock and ravine , and tree and house on lofty Lebanon . That virgin snow on its summit is thirty miles off ...
... look quite to the bottom of heaven's profoundest azure , " where the everlasting stars abide ; " and how sharply defined is every rock and ravine , and tree and house on lofty Lebanon . That virgin snow on its summit is thirty miles off ...
Page 20
... look round at every fresh noise , expecting to see a cart , or dray , or waggon of some kind or other , but am always disappointed . And will be . There is nothing of the sort in Syria ; neither is there street or road for them in any ...
... look round at every fresh noise , expecting to see a cart , or dray , or waggon of some kind or other , but am always disappointed . And will be . There is nothing of the sort in Syria ; neither is there street or road for them in any ...
Page 23
... look directly down upon any crowd passing beneath . It is admirably adapted to the purpose for which Zaccheus selected it . True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - side , and in the open spaces where several paths ...
... look directly down upon any crowd passing beneath . It is admirably adapted to the purpose for which Zaccheus selected it . True ; and moreover , it is generally planted by the way - side , and in the open spaces where several paths ...
Page 32
... look sharply before and behind , or they may be run over , crushed against the wall , or have their clothes and faces torn by this brush ; a very necessary admonition . That I perceive well enough ; but are all Oriental cities built ...
... look sharply before and behind , or they may be run over , crushed against the wall , or have their clothes and faces torn by this brush ; a very necessary admonition . That I perceive well enough ; but are all Oriental cities built ...
Page 41
... 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 frequent a terrace which thus commands the interior of your neighbour's ...
... 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 frequent a terrace which thus commands the interior of your neighbour's ...
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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