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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... night . January 24th , 1857 Promise . OUR first walk in the Land of Promise ! 1 To me a land of promises more Land of numerous and not less interesting than those given to the Father of the Faith- ful , when the Lord said , " Arise ...
... night . January 24th , 1857 Promise . OUR first walk in the Land of Promise ! 1 To me a land of promises more Land of numerous and not less interesting than those given to the Father of the Faith- ful , when the Lord said , " Arise ...
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... night up , and leaving for home . Henceforward until morning the streets are deserted and silent , with only here ... Nights . " VIEWS FROM BEIRUT . 33 CHAPTER II . BEIRUT - 32 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... night up , and leaving for home . Henceforward until morning the streets are deserted and silent , with only here ... Nights . " VIEWS FROM BEIRUT . 33 CHAPTER II . BEIRUT - 32 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
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... night . So absorbed was I just now in gazing about , that , if it had not been for the parapet , I should have walked quite off , and then have found myself on the ground with a broken limb or neck , I suppose . As it was , I made a ...
... night . So absorbed was I just now in gazing about , that , if it had not been for the parapet , I should have walked quite off , and then have found myself on the ground with a broken limb or neck , I suppose . As it was , I made a ...
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... nights of winter , and to cook their mess of pottage and bitter herbs . I have often seen these miserable outcasts ... night ; and then the weary labourer must carry on his aching back a heavy load of dripping berries two or three ...
... nights of winter , and to cook their mess of pottage and bitter herbs . I have often seen these miserable outcasts ... night ; and then the weary labourer must carry on his aching back a heavy load of dripping berries two or three ...
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... night ? You shake your head reprovingly , feelings . and the allusion is extravagant , but all my present surroundings seem equally so . Boyhood's possible and impossible fancies are gathering thick about me in living realities . I was ...
... night ? You shake your head reprovingly , feelings . and the allusion is extravagant , but all my present surroundings seem equally so . Boyhood's possible and impossible fancies are gathering thick about me in living realities . I was ...
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